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Dangerous Concept: Obama`s Armored Limo Breaks Down During Trip to Israel

So much for flawless national security.

(TEL AVIV YBW) - For most of us, a simple breakdown of our car is nothing to worry about. But if you’re the president of the United States visiting one of the most dangerous countries on earth, it could mean disaster.

There was a bit of shock and confusion this week when the president’s armored limousine sputtered to a halt during his much-anticipated trip to Israel.

Video: Israeli Soldiers Round Up Children in Hebron

"This type of mass arrest of a group of minors, not on the basis of individual suspicions is unacceptable..." - B'Tselem, Israeli human rights organization

(BETHLEHEM Ma'an) - Israeli rights group B'Tselem said Wednesday's mass arrest of Hebron children was "unacceptable," and released a video of the detentions.

The video shows soldiers forcefully arresting schoolchildren, dragging one on the ground, as the children's relatives protested.

Cellphone Contracts Ignore Elder Consumers

Let's boost legislation to revamp the system.

(SALEM) - The term "disconnect" does not seem to be in the vocabulary of those who author contracts for the cellphone firms that pretty much control the communications channels of America.

That lack of capacity to terminate a 2-year ironclad contract for a disabled consumer is nothing short of a travesty. Consumers are given two choices: either stay trapped in that contract or else die off.

Rimsha Case is Again in the Apex Court

Malik Ummad, Rimsha’s accuser sought to re-open her case again.

(ISLAMABAD) - It was January 16, 2013, when the Supreme Court of Pakistan dismissed a final appeal in against Rimsha in her blasphemy case, effectively ending all legal proceedings on the issue.

But today again, her council Abdul Hameed Rana told me on telephone that Rimsha’s complainant has filed an application in the apex court to review the decision of the Islamabad High Court.

Portland Police as Defacto Colonizers

Are Portland Police a ‘political system of oppression’?

(PORTLAND, OR) - For a historical perspective on the Portland Police Bureau’s ideological and racist history, read the article by two PSU faculty members, Oregon Historical Quarterly. In “Black and Blue: Police –Community Relations in Portland’s Albina District, 1964-1985,”

Leanne Serbulo and Karen Gibson conclude that Portland “Police have been critically important agents of an oppressive structure that resisted change in Portland...”

A Seemingly Revolutionary Idea -- that Third Graders Should be Able to Read

With the growth of the third grade-retention program, we finally seem to be asking the right questions.

(WASHINGTON DC) - It recently made front page news that thirteen states last year adopted laws that require schools to identify, intervene and, in many cases, retain students who fail a reading proficiency test by the end of third grade.

Lawmakers in several other states and the District of Columbia are debating similar measures.

`We Have No 3G in Palestine`

To Obama’s credit, he is trying. Maybe he feels he, too, is on a “mission from God”. And just maybe, he is right.

(CHICAGO) - Unless security forces have torn it down, the poster (shown here) was one of the sights President Obama would see if his motorcade made its way to Ramallah, Palestine on a West Bank highway.

The poster was posted on a corner after the road passes through the Qalandia checkpoint separating the West Bank from east Jerusalem.

Who Elected the NRA? You?

American culture does not give women much more protection or respect than the Taliban.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Last year, Stephanie Holten obtained a temporary order for protection from her ex-husband Corey Holten, who had threatened to kill her if her new boyfriend “gets near my kids.” She wrote on the form: “He owns guns, I am scared.”

The judge prohibited him from going within two blocks of her house. What the judge did not do was require him to do was surrender his guns. Twelve hours later he was outside her home...

Bangladesh`s Political Civil War

As an insider, William Gomes knows how difficult life can be there for anyone who objects to political policy.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The headlines out of Bangladesh today were grim and disappointing.

Observers on the ground express shock and dismay from the repeated clashes between protestors and police. Casualties are mounting and predictably, western media ignores the strife.

Cultural Bias in the AAP`s 2012 Technical Report and Policy Statement on Male Circumcision

In this commentary, a different view is presented by non–US-based physicians and representatives...

(WASHINGTON DC) - The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released its new Technical Report and Policy Statement on male circumcision.

The report concludes that current evidence indicates that the health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks.