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Actress Mia Farrow Joins Fast to Fight Hunger & Violence in Darfur

She says you can also be a part of this growing Ecosystem of Change, as Peter Gabriel called it during his fast.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - In response to inaction from the world in addressing increasingly desperate conditions in Darfur, Activist-Actress Mia Farrow began a water-only hunger strike on April 27, 2009.

`Leave No Man Behind`

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much. Never have the consequences of their misunderstanding been so tragic. (Nixon)

Leave No Man Behind: An eyewitness account of the Vietnam War from its early stages through the last day of the Republic, 30 April 1975.

Reverend Benny & Mister Sid`s At Your Service #47

There's the age old problem of the Artist being misunderstood.

(Salem) - When Devo first hit the scene in 1970's their outrageous elevator shoes were meant to be a satire of rock.

Devo's first lesson in the reality of pop culture was their over-the-top presentation was taken as the latest trend and (briefly) elevator shoes became the fashion. Devo's later choice of flower pots for signature head gear, however, was never mistaken for anything other than anti-hip. They were through being cool.

Texas Enacts `Innocence Committee` Over Excessive Wrongful Convictions

"Hang 'em high" state approves innocence commission.

(SAN ANTONIO) - Texas' unenviable record of convicting too many innocent people has helped the Texas House pass legislation creating an innocence commission that would investigate how innocent people ended up in prison.

"What we're trying to do is to make sure that we never, never ever convict a person wrongly again," says. Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon, D-San Antonio, author of HB 498. The bill still needs Senate approval before he heads to Governor Rick Perry.

Oregon Man Battles to Remove Historic Mojave Desert Cross Honoring War Dead

It began when an Oregon who said he was "offended" by this historic cross honoring WWI war dead.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Religious groups and veteran's organizations are applauding arguments from the federal government in favor of a historic cross in the California Desert, built by war veterans to honor their fallen.

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty explains that in a brief filed in the Supreme Court in Salazar v. Buono, the United States government defended the constitutionality of the 75-year old Mojave Desert Cross, which memorializes World War I veterans.

Solving the Republican Conundrum

The decline in social conservatism is largely a result of the changed values of younger generations, who take a more tolerant view of the differences amongst people.

(LOS ANGELES) - The poll just released by The Pew Research Center For The People & The Press, entitled, Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes: 1987-2009, confirms the conclusions reached by the recent Gallup organization polls (April-May, 2009), namely, that the Republican Party is in trouble. Both of these organizations revealed that a mere 23% percent of voters now identify themselves as Republican.

As a result, Republican standing in public opinion polls is at the lowest point since the Watergate scandal (1975). The polling demonstrates that Republicans have lost much of their once popular governing philosophy.

Milwaukie Police Fatally Shoot Man Who Reportedly Had a Knife

The incident is being investigated by the Clackamas County Major Crimes Team and the Clackamas County District Attorney's office.

(MILWAUKIE, Ore.) - Two Milwaukie, Oregon Police officers shot and killed a man in the line of duty Tuesday. It happened around 4:24 p.m. at the Northridge Condos on SE Freeman Way, according to Officer Kevin Krebs with Milwaukie P.D. He says officers were responding to a welfare check involving a male subject who was bleeding and armed with a knife.

Krebs explained that the officers arriving on the scene, were confronted by that same male adult who reportedly had a knife. It happened in the parking lot of the condominiums.

Oregon Watchdogs Work to Protect Jobs Under Western Climate Initiative (AUDIO)

Oregon AFL-CIO president Tom Chamberlain wants to see the WCI acknowledge in its climate-change policies the danger of job loss, as well as include policy recommendations to make sure good jobs stay stateside.

(PORTLAND, Ore. ONS) - Climate change has become an issue for working families in Oregon and throughout the West. This week, Western Climate Initiative (WCI) officials came to Portland to meet with union leaders and talk about ways to protect the environment while maintaining high-quality, living-wage jobs.

Oregon AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Barbara Byrd says WCI officials are showing interest in workers' concerns about possible job loss in a cap-and-trade system that could raise business costs.

Army Chicken Spit ~ Army Suicides: Who`s Running that Show?

The suicide statistics of the 101st at Fort Campbell are more disgusting than frightening, with 115 in 2007, 133 in 2008 and 64 at the time of this stand down. Ft Campbell has the highest suicide rate with the Army or Marines, why?

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I have written before about Army and Veteran suicides which is a national disgrace. When I heard about Fort Campbell, the home of the 101st Screaming Eagle Paratroopers, I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

I decided I’d better push this up on my computer and there it was. BRIGADIER GENERAL STEPHEN TOWNSEND WAS BERATING HIS TROOPS WITH “ITS GOT TO STOP NOW” AND “SCREAMING EAGLES DON’T QUIT”, WHICH WAS THE MAIN PART OF HIS SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM.

Summertime and the Livin’ Is Easy

I have to admit this is a rare column in which I’ve just shared random thoughts along with some family details of plans for our summer. Call it summer laziness but “fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high.”

(AGOURA, Calif.) - I love that song. Who can’t help but love it? It’s nearing summertime by this dad’s astute intuition and the school calendar, and that tells me it’s summer once again and what are we going to do with the kids?

A stay-at-home parent’s life is dictated by driving. Driving his or her kids to and from school, to their various extra-curricular activities, to doctor’s appointments, etc. We live in the car, so summer is actually my break, too.