January 9, 2008, 12:09 pm 281 comments in the last 30 days.
MySpace Photos of Oregon Mayor Causing Stir in Arlington.

It is the "Home of the Honkers" and it is hard to miss the irony. A scantily clad image of the city of Arlington, Oregon's mayor is making the rounds on the Web today after news agencies lifted the image from her public MySpace page. Arlington, Oregon's Mayor Carmen Kontur Gronquist did what many people do in the new Millennium; she posted images of herself on MySpace wearing lingerie. Maybe posing on a city fire vehicle was pushing it a bit, but then I lived in Las Vegas for five years where calendars feature the city's "sexiest firefighters."

December 13, 2022, 3:11 pm 44 comments in the last 30 days.
6 Crucial Business Travel Tips.

Business travel is an essential business aspect. Traveling for business allows you to network with other industry professionals while meeting new people and connecting with prospective customers.

June 3, 2023, 6:13 pm 21 comments in the last 30 days.
Disconnecting War from Its Consequences.

Twenty-two years ago, Congress put sanity up for a vote. Sanity lost in the House, 420-1. It lost in the Senate, 98-0. Barbara Lee’s lone vote for sanity remains a tiny light of courageous hope flickering in a chaotic world.

December 26, 2012, 8:13 pm 21 comments in the last 30 days.
O Little Town in Occupied Territory.

What people might not know is that the city of Bethlehem today is not in Israel but in Palestine, and that it is a bustling city with 28,000 people. One third of them are Palestinian Christians. 

When Christians today sing “O little town of Bethlehem” they seldom think of the real city with the real people.

October 14, 2012, 12:10 pm 14 comments in the last 30 days.
Missouri Senator Schaaf: 'If they overdose and kill themselves, it just removes them from the gene pool'.

I have written articles for Salem-News.com referencing "Flamingo Road" -- the pipeline of prescription drugs that travels up the east coast from Florida to the New England states. Florida has been vigorously closing "pill mills" in an effort to stem the prescription drug epidemic in their state.

October 15, 2011, 11:29 pm 9 comments in the last 30 days.
Pharma's Don't-Take-Vitamins Study Diametrically Opposed by Valid Study.

Have you not asked yourself why vitamins (!) are suddenly an issue and who is behind it? As food is increasingly degraded, are you not aware how crucial supplementation for vital nutrients is?

February 24, 2011, 8:25 pm 4 comments in the last 30 days.
Economics as Pseudoscience.

If any field of study is a pseudoscience, it's economics. As Leonard Silk, late economics columnist for the New York Times (an economist himself) once wrote:

May 28, 2011, 9:50 pm 4 comments in the last 30 days.
PACE calls on governments to 'take all reasonable measures' to reduce exposure to electromagnetic fields.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, meeting in Kyiv at Standing Committee level, today called on European governments to “take all reasonable measures” to reduce exposure to electromagnetic fields. This applies to radio frequencies from mobile phones, “and particularly the exposure to children and young people who seem to be most at risk from head tumours”.

March 10, 2009, 7:21 am 4 comments in the last 30 days.
Vietnam Army Medic Walks for Children.

A Vietnam Army veteran begins the second annual walk in Vietnam on April 3, 2009 to support children disabled from Agent Orange If you asked most Irishmen, they will know about the Orange Walks in Northern Ireland on July 12th, which mark the victory of Prince William of Orange over King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.

July 14, 2011, 8:50 pm 4 comments in the last 30 days.
Washington State is Front-Runner in Ending the 'Over-Treatment' of Pain in the U.S..

This month, the State of Washington will begin implementing new regulations for physicians and prescribers who treat their chronic pain patients with opiates.