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GOP Tax Policy

It never hurts to read between the lines.

(VADNAIS HTS., Minn.) - Republicans don't increase taxes on the wealthy during an economic downturn -- it will exacerbate the problem.

Republicans don't increase taxes on the wealthy during a recession -- it will slow recovery. Republicans don't increase taxes on the wealthy during a depression -- it drains scarce capital needed to rebuild the economy.

`It`s Lauren Alaina Night`: 16 Sweet Reasons to Vote for American Idol`s Lauren Alaina

“What we’ve got is a star!” - Karen Alayne, Country Music Notable and Owner of Fireball Music

(CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.) - Random House defines truth as “ agreement with the original” or “conformity with reality.”

But What Can I Do?

There are a number of things we can all do depending on our individual skills, abilities, and financial strength.

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - We sit and watch the daily events on network news and most of us feel bad that the rest of the world cannot enjoy the blessings we take for granite.

Blessings like seeing our children fall asleep surrounded by peace and tranquility ... like knowing a healthy breakfast will be ready for them when they awaken...

Ken O`Keefe - On Being a World Citizen

Is self-determination a human right? Or do we live in a world in which states claim people like the owner of a pet? We claim the former.

(GAZA / SALEM) - I guess it was not that much of a surprise when the attacks on Ken began several months ago.

People went after him for one reason, and that was to thwart his success on behalf of Gaza. We're talking about a man of the world who has already lived a hundred lives. His detractors can't fail to notice that the brutal challenges have only made him stronger.

Ken O`Keefe Launches Trade Project Promoting Gaza Business

Palestinian rights activist & Cast Lead survivors pool efforts to promote self-reliance among Gazans through trade.

(LONDON) - No fewer that 29 members of the Samouni family, including many of the women and children, were callously slaughtered by Israeli troops during their assault on the Gaza Strip, known as Operation Cast Lead, some two years ago.

After reading the report it is no surprise that the Israeli regime has pulled out all the stops to discredit Judge Goldstone and his colleagues...

Stop Killing Rwandans or Resign: RNC Tells President Kagame

Calls upon the USA and the UK to support peaceful and democratic reforms in Rwanda.

(KIGALI, Rwanda) - In a not so rare confession of intent to commit murder, the Rwanda Patriotic Front-owned The New Times published an article stating:

“You can run. You can hide. But you won’t escape. Osama bin Laden learnt the lesson of this simple truth”. In short, Kagame is telling Rwandans, “accept my rule and keep quiet, or else I will kill you, as I have killed many others...”

Nurse Practitioners vs. Medical Doctors: No Contest (Continued)

By about 2015, Doctor of Nursing Practice will be the degree for these N.P.s.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I wrote Nurse Practitioners: The New General Practice DOCTORS a few days ago for Salem-News.com, and received several comments which encouraged me to do more research. Here it is.

I was not aware of when the first N.P.’s came into being. I did know that R.N.’s had been doing “doctor work” for years without the State Board of Medicine going APE. Actually it was the little secret between the Boards and the Doctors.

NASA Announces Results of Epic Space-Time Experiment

"One day," Clifford Will of Washington University in St. Louis predicts, "this will be written up in textbooks as one of the classic experiments in the history of physics."

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Einstein was right again. There is a space-time vortex around Earth, and its shape precisely matches the predictions of Einstein's theory of gravity.

Researchers confirmed these points at a press conference today at NASA headquarters where they announced the long-awaited results of Gravity Probe B (GP-B).

Dear Mr. President... It`s Eileen. We need to talk.

FAX to President Obama RE: Netanyahu and Peres Vis-a-Vis Vanunu Mordechai

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - Dear President Obama:

Thus far I have received snail mail acknowledgments from VP Biden, the Knesset Archives, President Peres and Prime Minister Netanyahu [see attached] regarding the receipt of their copies of BEYOND NUCLEAR: Mordechai Vanunu's FREEDOM of SPEECH Trial and My Life as a Muckraker: 2005-2010, but as you...

U.S. Support for Brutal Dictators is a Source of Frustration in the Middle East: Anthony DiMaggio

Interview explores developments in the Middle East, popular uprisings, and the impacts on the political future of the US and Israel.

(TEHRAN) - Anthony DiMaggio is a university professor, writer, political commentator and media expert.

He is the author of numerous books, including Mass Media, Mass Propaganda (2008), When Media Goes to War (2010), and Crashing the Tea Party (2011).