Our present government is the most hypocritical organization we have had in power for many a year. They rant and rave about the corruption, greed, graft and voter fraud in countries around the world but within the past two weeks they have bought two important votes to get their health bill passed. Where is all the uproar now? ...more

December 22, 2009

It is hard for me to imagine anyone complaining about not getting a good night's sleep because of planes flying and disturbing her peaceful night's rest. Does she think the young men and women in Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries around the world are getting a good night's rest? It is better to have planes flying than bombs dropping. I for one would be happy to give her a set of ear plugs. My son spent 23 years in the Air wing of the U.S. Marine Corps. I had many sleepless nights wondering if he would return safe and sound. We missed many celebrations during that period of time but he was doing what he wanted for himself and his country. ...more

May 23, 2009

Hundreds of students at Turkey Creek Middle School were given the opportunity to "visit" 27 countries in celebration of Earth Day. ...more

May 13, 2009

As countries around the world celebrate International Women's Day, the hunt is on in the U.S. Senate for 67 senators willing to vote for a global women's rights treaty. ...more

March 8, 2009

If the 1930s taught us anything, it was that one way to make a depression "Great" is for countries around the world to go protectionist. ...more

December 21, 2008

Now in its 11th year, International Walk to School Day is expected to include 3,000 schools from all 50 states. ...more

October 8, 2008

Sometimes you don't know when you are lucky. Certainly I did not consider myself lucky when I left home at 17 and discovered the hard way that there was no great demand for a black teenage dropout with no experience and no skill. ...more

September 24, 2008

For decades, Brazil has jealously safeguarded the right to decide the future of its national patrimony, the Amazon rain forest. It has responded to the plea of developing countries to stop the destruction of the rain forest with a defiant cry: "Hands off our Amazon!" Now, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has come up with a more practical response to those who want to save one of the most precious environmental resources on the planet: "Put your money where your mouth is!" ...more

September 3, 2008

Students from Chamberlain High's Adult and Community School recently celebrated the holidays with a day of tradition and culture. ...more

December 29, 2007

One in 10 Britons are now living overseas, according to a think tank (Institute for Public Policy Research) estimate just out. ...more

December 28, 2007