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Supreme Court Violent Video Games Ruling

The court ruling stems from California's attempt to ban the sale of violent video games to minors.

(CLEVELAND) - Under a brand new Supreme Court ruling, video games legally qualify as art.

The news dashes the hopes of those who wished to restrict and censor games, particularly over graphic violent content that many suggest can have a very negative impact on kids.

Mass Rape in D.R. Congo: Where is the end to suffering?

Not one more woman should have to suffer a fate like this in any country.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The ongoing reports of brutal mass rapes in the D.R. Congo continue to surface on a daily basis.

The Story of the Salk Anti-Poliomyelitis

Poliomyelitis was first transmitted to monkeys experimentally in 1908 by Landsteiner and Popper.

(LONDON) - The author has attempted in the following pages to put before the reader some of the main facts relevant to the recent development and launching of the Salk poliomyelitis vaccine.

In order to view these events in their true perspective it is necessary to glance, however briefly, at the story of persistent research and experiment which led up to the present situation.

The Anniversary of an Ayn Rand Classic

We the Living has sold over 3 million copies since its first printing in 1936.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - This month marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of Ayn Rand’s classic novel We the Living. In celebration of this milestone, New American Library is publishing two 75th-anniversary editions in recognition of We the Living’s universal theme of the evil of totalitarianism.

We the Living is Ayn Rand’s first and most autobiographical novel. Set in Soviet Russia, it depicts the struggle of the individual against the state, the impact of the Russian Revolution on three human beings who demand the right to live their own lives and pursue their own happiness.

Spy-gadget war rages between Hezbollah and Israel

Although not a shot has been fired across the border by Hezbollah since 2006, the covert war of espionage and technology continues uninterrupted.

(BEIRUT ) - Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah’s acknowledgment that three members of Hezbollah had been caught spying, two of them for the CIA, is the first time that the party has admitted in public that a Western intelligence organization has infiltrated its ranks.

Oregon Legislature Unanimously Passes HJM 28 to Protect the Northwest from Additional Nuclear Waste

HJM 28 passed through both chambers unanimously.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Oregon Legislature gave final unanimous approval to HJM 28 on Wednesday, urging the US Dept. of Energy to remove the Hanford Nuclear Reservation from their list of candidate sites for national permanent disposal of radioactive waste.

The US Dept. of Energy is currently considering Hanford as a candidate site for Greater-than-Class-C nuclear waster disposal.

BBC News: `Debate circumcision ethics call`

"irreversible, clinically unnecessary surgery on the genitalia of non-consenting minors" - Dr Antony Lempert, a GP and chairman of the British Secular Medical Forum

(LONDON BBC) - The British Medical Association conference this week will include testimony from circumcised men who are calling on doctors in Great Britain to debate the ethics of this controversial procedure.

NORM-UK is an active support group for men who believe being circumcised was a negative event in their lives. They have been lobbying delegates in Cardiff.

Best Job in Town: Pimping for Gaddafi

“WikiWhores 2,” Gaddafi Buys the Left and Right

(CINCINNATI ) - Until Gaddafi decided to become a “stealth” neocon and Israel lover back in 2002, he was considered the worst person in the world.

He kept Libya in line with a powerful secret police and bribes to tribal leaders while the greatest part of Libya’s wealth disappeared into Swiss banks, wild African adventures and bribes, press, politicians, everyone worth owning, Gaddafi bought.

Facing that Chatterbox Challenge: It`s Narcissus in Nuances!

Chatterboxes are a perpetual challenge. Too much verbosity will bring on animosity. Enough said!

(SALEM, Ore.) - Into every life a little rain must fall, and all of us have at one time encountered the Chatterbox type.

They tend to box you on by practicing the monologue--until you plead with them: "No more!"

Israel Terminates Democratic Right of Free Speech

Israel violates basic understandings of what it means to be part of an open, free society

(TEL AVIV ACRI) - It is not a good day for freedom of speech in Israel.

As you may have heard, yesterday the director of the Israeli Government Press Office (IGPO) announced that foreign journalists on the Gaza-bound flotilla will be viewed as violating Israeli law. Correspondents aboard the flotilla risk prohibition of entry to Israel for up to ten years and confiscation of their equipment.