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The Poverty of Relative Deprivation

Give a man a spade and he'll plant a seed. Give him a horse and plow and he'll plant a crop.
Give him a tractor and he'll drive to the nearest liquor store
- Ancient Peace Corps rubric.

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - Julius Grodinsky was a wise man who was once a prof at The Wharton School in Philadelphia, at whose feet I was first introduced to the early marvel of Texas Instruments, not to mention the alchemy made possible by mixing bourbon and sweet vermouth.

He also delivered a universal truth, as valid in 1960 as it is today...

Truth, like the Air We Breathe

An Open Letter and Appeal to Dennis Banks, the American Indian Movement, and People of Good Will

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - In this writing, Kevin Annett addresses one of his most outspoken critics; a man who insists that Kevin's work exposing the Native American Genocide in Canada is wrong.

Kevin explains how pointless the public attacks are and tells his critic he's been the target of "badjacketing" tactics by the FBI

Preliminary Information: Fatal Traffic Crash - Highway 214 North of Silverton

Names have not yet been released.

(SILVERTON, OR) - State Police troopers are investigating Friday afternoon's fatal traffic crash at the intersection of Highway 214 and Downs Road NE between Silverton and Mt. Angel.

Preliminary information indicates the crash occurred at approximately 2:30 p.m. involving two vehicles resulted in the death of one person and injuries to a second person.

Sandy Leaves its Ugly Mark

Manpower is needed to search for victims and to provide for food and shelter for those left homeless.

(SOMERDALE, NJ) - We’re okay. Power never went out. The damage in New Jersey and New York is severe, especially along the coastline.

We’re a good 40 miles west of the coast. Whole communities on and near the coast are destroyed. Railroad cars were washed-up on the NJ turnpike.

`India postponed Operation Eelam and Blue Star intervened`

Sri Lanka’s Universal Periodic Review on human rights is scheduled to be taken up in Geneva on 1 November.

(NEW DELHI) - A quarter century of India’s military intervention in Sri Lanka, ostensibly to help find a political solution to the ethnic strife that has torn the island nation apart.

It has left the Tamil minority under occupation of the Sinhala military trained and equipped by New Delhi and their political rights almost extinguished.

Stop Hurricanes Sandy

In New York, people streamed into the city as service began to resume on commuter train and subway.

(JHUMRA CITY, Pakistan) - Hurricane Sandy-crippled NYC subway creaks back to life, neighboring New Jersey stunned by destruction.

New York City moved closer to resuming its frenetic pace by getting back its vital subways Thursday, three days after a superstorm...

Cuban Missile Crisis: Lessons for Iran?

Lesson for Obama: the Cuba missile crisis

(BERKELEY, CA) - Fifty years ago millions of people around the world worried that nuclear war would break out between the U.S. and USSR over demands that the Soviet Union withdraw its nuclear missiles from Cuba.

Many Americans still think that an angry Fidel Castro wanted to launch them at U.S. targets because he hated our country.

Scores of Rohingya Refugees Feared Dead at Sea

Latest reports say that Myanmar is considering giving citizenship to its Rohingya Muslims.

(YANGON, Myanmar dw.de) - At least 3,000 Muslims who fled communal violence in their villages in Myanmar's Rakhine state by boat more than week ago remain missing.

Concern for their safety continues to grow.

Philippines: Threats Against Indigenous Human Rights Defender

Ms Erita Capion Dialang's problems began after the killing of relatives in an army attack.

(SALEM) - Ms Erita Capion Dialang is an indigenous human rights defender who has been under threat since the killing of her sister-in-law on 18 October 2012.

Early in the morning on the 18th October 2012, the military attacked the family of a known activist who battles corrupt forces for the benefit of human rights.

Rep. Peter Buckley: We Will Get There - Vote Yes on Measure 80

We can come together to blaze a new trail away from crime and cartel violence of prohibition.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Co-Chair of the Joint Ways and Means Committee for the State of Oregon, Peter Buckley explains his support for Measure 80 and discusses how legalization of cannabis and hemp will create new path for Oregon.

Oregon was the first state to allow women to vote, and Buckley likens the push for legal cannabis to that same pioneering spirit of Oregon.