By: Gene Lalor | 2010-04-04 | News and society In the late afternoon of June 8th, 1967, an unarmed American intelligence-gathering ship, the USS Liberty, sat quietly in the waters off the Sinai Peninsula. What happened over a period of the next few hours would go down in the annals of United States naval history as the worst peacetime attack since Pearl Harbor. The subsequent cover-up of the events of that day would be remembered as the most disgraceful military and political cover-up in America's history. This is the first of a brief series which revisits that attack and that cover-up. read more
By: Libra Ray | 2012-01-07 | Home Improvement Great Britain is one of the most developed countries in the world and yet a shameful number of its citizens die every year simply because they can't afford to heat their homes. Many of these victims are the old and infirm. read more
By: H. Winnig | 2010-03-29 | News and society Recently I was doing some research on the horrible, terrifying and indescribable African genocide that went on for decades all over that continent. Though I shouldn't have been shocked, I discovered a very painful article that was written and/or posted on the web on August 6, 2004, or it was June 8, 2004, either way it was almost exactly 5 years ago, that, according to many world history experts, paved the way of genocide as part of "geopolitical strategy" in Africa. read more
By: Chuck Sugar | 2010-04-02 | Relationships Here are some pretty typical questions women ask men and some pretty general things men "hear" when they say them. Women - "I'm going to the store, how much money do we have in our checking account?" Men - Often hear, "I doubt you are able to provide for us," "I can't trust the way you handle our finances," or "Are you wasting your time again?" i.e. "You are a failure." read more
By: Jim Freeman | 2010-04-21 | Politics The Senate has been being the only hope for reason on the soap-opera that is Washington politics for some years. By contrast, the House of Representatives is the nitwitery of lawmaking. read more
By: Eugene Rudder | 2011-09-29 | Politics This post reports on the events this past week and last week that took place at the United Nations regarding Palestine's plea for statehood. The blogger has written his analysis of the positions of the three major players in this drama: Palestine, Israel and the United States. read more
By: Charlotte Rivington | 2011-06-24 | Extreme Quick introduction: My name is Michael Sieben and I’m 13 years old. I like skateboarding, hanging out in drainage ditches, and going swimming. My favorite color is turquoise and my favorite skateboard trick is the boneless. read more
By: pooja rajput | 2012-05-16 | Current Affairs The North Korea missile fiasco gave a sense of humiliation to the entire nation on April 13th, 2012. The controversial launch of an Uhna-3 rocket failed after it crashed into the ocean near the border of North and South Korea, after eighty seconds of its lift-off. read more
By: Andrew Joyce | 2011-01-10 | TV Cockney soap EastEnders is well known for ‘keepin' it in the faaaaamily', but it seems the bosses of the show have taken their plotlines a little too literally with their latest casting decision. According to The Sun's celebrity gossip column, the BBC1 favourite is to bring in nine-year-old Lily Harvey – the real-life sister of Lacey Turner, known to millions as Stacey Branning. read more
By: brian warren | 2011-04-18 | Security Every now and then medical negligence and non-compliance reports rears its ugly face causing traumatic repercussions that shakes the basic foundations of any establishment. This time it has resurfaced again. read more
By: Gemma Carey | 2010-10-31 | Article Marketing I was reading recently that the Communities Secretary Eric Pickles is planning to 'name and shame' councils that use PR agencies. read more
By: Paul Thomson | 2011-09-21 | K-12 Education In today's American culture, you may have noticed that we are almost encouraged to feel shame about ourselves. While ample amounts of graphic violence are A-OK to show even on public television, Heaven forbid one of us catch a glimpse of a nipple (even in an entirely non-sexual context). read more
By: Gene Lalor | 2010-04-04 | News and society This is a follow-up piece to "The Shame of the USS Liberty". It discusses the Israeli attack on the United States Navy intelligence gathering ship, the USS Liberty on June 8th, 1967 and the subsequent cover-up of the details of that event which left 34 dead and 174 injured on that ship. Further, it explores charges of anti-Semitism arising from re-visiting the subject of the Liberty, as if the matter were a closed case, which it is not. read more
By: Jennifer Barnum | 2010-03-29 | Hobbies When you find out this is just another fighting game, don't even consider comparing it to Street Fighter IV. This is an intense fighting game that puts all others to shame. This is an amazing battle ground with incredible high definition that makes you feel that you are really in the game. read more
By: Traffic Rangers | 2010-09-23 | Business Squeeze pages are probably the most important aspect of your online business to focus on. The reason should be pretty clear to you by now - it's the front door - and the more people you can get to pop their name and email into it, the more money you'll make. read more