June 3, 2023, 6:13 pm 1 comments in the last 7 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.

July 3, 2007, 5:58 am 1 comments in the last 7 days.
Op-Ed: Bush's Prison Pardon of 'Scooter' Libby Stinks (VIDEO).

Lewis Libby is a real record holder. Scooter as he is known to his friends, was convicted recently in four of five felony counts of obstruction of justice, making false statements and perjury. But this criminal convict friend of George W. Bush got his post conviction walking papers Monday. Scooter spending two and a half years in the slammer was just too much for the President to bear, so he "commuted" the prison sentence.

January 20, 2014, 7:24 pm 1 comments in the last 7 days.
Oregon Racism: a Deeply Rooted Problem.

Fighting racism in Oregon as a reporter is a lonely job. The subject seems to hold little appeal for Oregon journalists by and large. As reporters sleep on the job with these stories burning and begging for fair attention, we note that there are even fewer people battling racism from the ranks of law enforcement. Former Oregon prison guard William Coleman, is one of the few who has stayed the course, based on his moral code and federal law. He has been battling racial injustice on his own behalf and that of others, for nearly a decade.

September 19, 2013, 7:11 pm 1 comments in the last 7 days.
Oregon: Two Marijuana/Hemp Initiative Petition Drives Start Strong.

The national wave of marijuana law reform is gaining momentum every day, and Oregon is not being left out! More than 30,000 people came to Kelley Point Park on September 7 and 8 for the ninth annual Hempstalk Festival, and more than 5,000 of them signed two marijuana initiative petitions while they were there. "Marijuana prohibition does not work and is expensive to maintain," Paul Stanford said. "We must move forward on a better path for hemp and marijuana in Oregon."

February 24, 2013, 4:40 pm 1 comments in the last 7 days.
Palestinian Prisoners and Israel's Shin Bet.

After a 30-year-old Palestinian died while in custody and a hunger strike by four other inmates sparked a week of West Bank protests. Palestinians are calling for an international investigation of Israel's treatment of detained Palestinians.

July 28, 2010, 12:17 am 1 comments in the last 7 days.
Rwandan Police Brutally Raid Opposition Members Residence.

“The police brutality in my residence last night (July 24th) is politically motivated,” declared Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, “from 8:10 until to 8:50 p.m. a police flying squad drifted in my temporary residence, knocked off and assaulted 2 guests and a house watchman in front of the door”. The victims of this unexpected insult were handcuffed, beaten and taken to the Remera police detention facility.

July 20, 2012, 11:48 pm 1 comments in the last 7 days.
Why Are Buddhists Committing Genocide Again?.

Buddhist militants are committing genocide again; the second time in 3 years. Rohingya Muslims are being slaughtered in a spate of religious ethnic cleansing.