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Israeli Filmmakers Underscore Tragedy of Conflict with Palestine

Two award winning short films by Erez Tadmor & Guy Nattiv that every person should watch.

(TEL-AVIV / SALEM) - Two young Writer/Directors from Israel have been captivating audiences in recent years with their extremely creative look at the barriers separating the young people of Israel and Palestine.

Dr. Phil Leveque Discusses Medical Cannabis at Central Florida University

Dr. Leveque will explain how he came to practice medicine, and discuss several ways he helped people in his career.

(ORLANDO, Fla.) - Salem-News.com writer Dr. Phil Leveque, is in Orlando, Florida to speak at a special event at the University of Central Florida.

The Long Arm of Israeli Law Should be Amputated

As things stand, the longer Mossad’s arm is, the fewer journeys Israeli leaders can afford to take without risking their lives.

(LONDON) - We have learned in the last few days that the Dubai assassins were Mossad agents who stole identities of six UK citizens and faked at least five other European passports. Dubai Police yesterday presented footage of some of the 11 ‘Europeans’ suspected of killing Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.

The Unstated Script of the Wiesel Open Letter to President Obama

Elie Wiesel is directing the governments of the world in his quest for domination of the mid-east.

(LA VERNE, Calif.) - Earlier this month, the Wiesel Foundation for Humanity published an open letter to the U.S. President and other world leaders, carried by the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune.

Marine Corps Busted Over Benzene Contamination at Lejeune

Marines altered findings of reports that showed extremely high levels of benzene in a base well.

(CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.) - Today The Associated Press release shocked the nation by revealing that, "An environmental contractor dramatically underreported the level of a cancer-causing chemical found in tap water at Camp Lejeune, then omitted it altogether as the Marine base prepared for a federal health review."

The AP cites how the Marine Corps was warned nearly a decade earlier about the dangerously high levels of benzene. This chemical is connected to massive leaks from base fuel tanks, according to recently disclosed studies.

Benny & Sid presents Chapter 21 of the serialized graphic novel The Truant Officer featuring the Mysterious Futoko

(Your City, USA) - The battlefields are the schools, and the children are the ones who are to be liberated--not liberated from teachers or from the system of education itself, but from the laziness of ignorance, the slothfulness of expecting someone else to teach them what they should be frantic to learn on their own.

Students need to be freed from behaving in such a way as to require the force-feeding of education like some comatose car accident victim brain-dead and on life support with lessons pumped into their stomachs six and a half hours per day, five days per week.

Former Governor Accuses Republicans of `Breathtaking Hypocrisy`

Tim Kaine says even the GOP leadership that went all out to kill the bill, is taking advantage of the game.

(WASHINTON D.C.) - Former Governor Tim Kaine and other Democrats are becoming increasingly annoyed by Republicans criticizing the plan to save the nation's economy, while taking credit for Stimulus projects in their states.

Annual Session Referral Approved by Senate in Bipartisan Vote

SJR 41 would ask Oregonians to approve annual sessions in November election.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Senate voted this morning to send a referral to voter’s asking them to approve one of the most important changes to the Oregon’s constitution since statehood with a 24-6 vote.

Iowa Board of Pharmacy Recommends Making Marijuana a Schedule II Drug

State board votes 6-0 in favor of reclassifying marijuana for medical use and establishing a legislative task force to implement the change.

(DES MOINES, Iowa) - Today, the Iowa Board of Pharmacy voted 6-0 to recommend to state lawmakers that marijuana be reclassified as a Schedule II drug.

Nuclear Waste/`Fast Breeder` Reactor - Study: Problem-Plagued Reactor No Solution to Long-Term Nuclear Waste Problem

The rationale for breeder reactors is no longer sound.

(PRINCETON, N.J. ) - A major new study dashes hopes that the “fast breeder”– might serve as a major part of the long-term nuclear waste disposal solution.

The findings lend credibility to a 1956 summation that the reactors are ‘expensive to build, complex to operate, susceptible to prolonged shutdown as a result of even minor malfunctions, and difficult and time-consuming to repair.’