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America sent two former Presidents around the world on the Tsunami disaster and no one else had an aircraft carrier or two to perform the difficult logistics of outreach. All while mucking about in Iraq and Afghanistan. After Florida was still recovering from hurricane disasters last year, and...

Assuming a Loving God by definition is a force that would let no bad things happen, THEN observations of bad things without rhyme or reason proves the non-existence of such a God. That's circular reasoning, because the final conclusion is based on the definition you have of what a God, if...

Iran quake toll could hit 50,000 Friday's earthquake in the Iranian city of Bam may have killed up to 50,000 people, officials say, making it one of worst quakes in modern times. Aid workers caring for some 100,000 survivors are calling for more help. American doctors have joined the aid...

http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3242590,00.html ynetnews Israelis help rebuild Iran Despite public anti-Israeli statements, Iran uses help of Israeli infrastructure consultants in rehabilitating earthquake-struck zones. 'Commercial cooperation...

"We're in a period where mediocrity rules the day," he says, his deep voice a controlled boom. "There's a lot of stuff that's not good that's touted as being good." Fishburne has talked about "swing" in his performances, the notion of finding the right range and rhythms and notes for a...

Now we're getting into the Moral Equality issue of equating State Militarism with Individual Terrorism. Individual Terrorism, more than State Militarism has the promise of killing us all, for many reasons that elude the zeitgeist of thinking on this subject. Ultimately the power politics...

The West did force a False Choice on Palestine. Offering a two-state solution at the beginning appeared fair to Westerners but of course scared the hell out of residents already there, much like the Muslim immigration in Europe and the Mexican immigration to the States. But as irony...

Anyone for Parsley? Spain and Morocco disagree on everything to do with this rocky islet in the Strait of Gibraltar, including its name Friday July 19, 2002 Guardian Morocco · It's called Leila · It lies 200 metres off the Moroccan coast · Moroccan goats graze on it and our smugglers use...

Ireland holds promise of green By Christophe Schmidt AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Published April 19, 2006 DUBLIN, Ireland -- Thousands of young French people are taking advantage of full employment, if not iron-clad job security -- not in France, but a little more than an hour away by plane in the...

MORDIDA ! Now there's a word for us non-proliferating white anglos. It's the Mexican word for you. http://www.washingtontimes.com/culture/culturebriefs.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I said that Mexico has everything to make it a prosperous...

We Are Ready to Change’ Israel's Ehud Olmert on his bold plan for a new border. By Lally Weymouth Newsweek April 17, 2006 issue - Against the advice of his campaign managers, Ehud Olmert made a daring move. In the midst of the recent elec­tion campaign, he decided to tell Israeli voters...

I totally admire the conflict and argument about immigration in America today. I honor the arguments and how they are argued and how it is fought out in America and even fought and debated in Congress. It's full of conflicting complexity represented in Congress itself. Admirable. But...

The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com Omars new targets in Iraq's sectarian war By Aqeel Hussein LONDON SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Published April 3, 2006 BAGHDAD -- For police in Baghdad's Al Adil neighborhood, the 14 corpses looked like the products of just another night's work in Iraq's...

Has anyone heard this Brit's songs ? I just heard part of one on an NPR show discussing him. And it was about feeling crazy in a blue kinda way. Damn good. Sounds a little like OUTKAST. I gotta google this.

" Although no oil-company or government estimates were made public James Paul of the Global Policy Forum offered these estimates: Iraqs oil is the worlds cheapest to produce, at a cost of $1 per barrel. The gigantic 'rent' on Iraqs oil during the decades of production, could yield company...

Iran Claims to Have Test-Fired Missile That Can Destroy Warships 233 MILES PER HOUR UNDERWATER Sunday , April 02, 2006 TEHRAN, Iran — Iran announced its second major new missile test within days, saying Sunday it has successfully fired a high-speed torpedo capable of destroying huge...

Right now, in the generally squalid Arab world, you'll find four types of regimes: (1) Dictators with oil (Iraq, Libya). (2) Monarchs with oil (Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states). (3) Dictators without oil (Egypt, Syria). (4) Monarchs without oil (Jordan, Morocco) Numbers 1 and 3 are, almost...

Telecompetition or binary bureaucracy? By Dick Armey Published March 26, 2006 Do we want more government control of technology, or do we want less? That's the million-dollar question as the House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Joe Barton, Texas Republican, moves to...

Al Qaeda's nuclear option By Arnaud de Borchgrave Published March 24, 2006 President Bush says frequently "we are fighting them over there so they won't come over here." "Them" are transnational terrorists and "over there" is Iraq. The insurgency in Iraq has much to do with al Qaeda's...

Security and the Afghan economy By Don Ritter/Mahmood Karzai/Jack Kemp Published March 23, 2006 Americans may be surprised, in contrast to conventional wisdom, to learn of the comparative peacefulness of Afghan cities compared to other big cities around the world. The coverage on cable...