Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with holiday www.salem-news.com 2010 Over the last few days, Dorothy Day has come up in many conversations with local people as well as Internet connections. Coming soon is my book review of ALL IS GRACE, A Biography of Dorothy Day, by Jim Forest who knew her as a friend and mentor. http://salem-news.com/articles/january112012/a-god-thing-ef.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january112012/a-god-thing-ef.php Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:01:00 PST Long ago I learned never to look back but simply to jam down foot and keep driving... Worked fine when I had first license, in Maine, in early 30s... and I must disclose since it soon became professional habit in all I've undertaken ever since. That may locate me deep within an undesirable wheeler-dealer category when car-contained, but for any job "in the media" and within communications at any level in all of this past half-century and more, it has been the Rule of The Day for most of us so entrapped. http://salem-news.com/articles/december312011/deja-vu-hcr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december312011/deja-vu-hcr.php Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:45:00 PST Winter is often the worst time of year for very vulnerable displaced Afghan families. But once again, UNHCR and its partners are delivering winter supplies to help these families, whether returning refugees or internally displaced, face the freezing temperatures. As part of a coordinated response, together with Afghan authorities and other aid agencies, UNHCR will provide around 34,500 Afghan families – more than 200,000 individuals – with blankets, plastic sheets, fuel, and warm clothes such as sweaters, shawls, gloves, socks and waterproof shoes to stay warm and dry. http://salem-news.com/articles/december272011/unhcr-afghan-refugees.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december272011/unhcr-afghan-refugees.php Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:37:00 PST Christmas is inevitably a rather problematic time for atheists. Does one sour the mood, somewhere between the turkey and the pudding, and overtly declare the entire festivity is built on the naivety and, if one’s feeling particularly spiky, the blatant stupidity of one’s ancestors? http://salem-news.com/articles/december252011/atheist-xmas-.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december252011/atheist-xmas-.php Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:03:00 PST While in Ho Chi Minh City on 12th December I decided to deliver by hand a letter to the office of Monsanto. On arrival was told that the director was away on business out of the country, this was the same excuse given a few years earlier. However I explained to the young Vietnamese lady my disappointment and asked that I would like to have a reply. http://salem-news.com/articles/december252011/agent-orange-vn-cp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december252011/agent-orange-vn-cp.php Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:41:00 PST Some of us are able to maneuver around Holiday traffic by deploying sleigh and reindeer but for the vast majority of Americans we find ourselves relegated to using an old-fashioned high-octane auto. I certainly fit credibly in that category. http://salem-news.com/articles/december242011/xmas-crunch-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december242011/xmas-crunch-blc.php Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:21:00 PST This poem was written by a 13 year old boy who died of a brain tumor that he had battled for four years. He died on December 14, 1997. He gave this to his mom before he died. His name was Ben. I added the names of just some of the young people who have died because of the prescription drug epidemic and the pharmaceutical company, Purdue Pharma who lied about the addictive and abusive qualities of OxyContin. http://salem-news.com/articles/december242011/holiday-losses-ms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december242011/holiday-losses-ms.php Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:36:00 PST This weekend millions of cultural Christians throughout the world will flock into churches and sing “O Little Town of Bethlehem” and hear stories of Nazareth and Jerusalem. Too few know the 21st century realities about the land where Jesus/AKA The Prince of Peace promised that the Peacemakers are the children of God. The indigenous Christian population in the Holy Land has shrunk from 20% in 1948 to less than 2% in Israel and the West Bank today. http://salem-news.com/articles/december212011/holy-xmas-ef.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december212011/holy-xmas-ef.php Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:45:00 PST Hundreds of Oregonians Occupied 23 post offices across the state on Monday in response to the United States Postal Service’s threat to close 21 rural post offices. Occupiers carried Christmas cards, cookies and gifts of appreciation to their postal workers and collected over 1,000 petition signatures asking Congress to reform laws that have caused the unnecessary funding crisis within the Postal Service. http://salem-news.com/articles/december202011/occupy-goes-postal.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december202011/occupy-goes-postal.php Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:53:00 PST Flashfloods that were triggered by tropical storm Sendong hit Cagayan de Oro City Saturday morning in the Philippines, leaving in its wake total devastation in many areas of Mindanao. The number of casualty continues to rise with death toll placed at 652, and nearly 800 are still missing. Experts warn that the vast number of missing people could drive the death toll to more than 1400. http://salem-news.com/articles/december182011/flood-philippines-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december182011/flood-philippines-tk.php Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:08:00 PST With Christmas Season in full swing and the jingle of cash registers growing ever louder, my sweet spouse asked me how I formed my attitudes about not being swallowed up by Mr. Materialism. If was a question I had never pondered before. Most education really begins in the home rather than the school. Your parents become your de facto teachers in values education. http://salem-news.com/articles/december162011/materialism-backlash-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december162011/materialism-backlash-blc.php Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:21:00 PST Christmas is fast approaching and food pantries along with “soup” kitchens across America are almost universally experiencing hardship. Not only are pantries suffering major shortages in supplies and donations, they are experiencing dramatically increased numbers of homeless and/or hungry patrons. In conversations with a number of Samaritan services throughout the nation a picture emerges that fails to support the “official” statements of elected representatives from Selectmen all the way up to the President. http://salem-news.com/articles/december112011/holiday-charity-mdp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december112011/holiday-charity-mdp.php Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:43:00 PST I received many notes articles and announcements claiming anniversary of the start of the 1987 uprising on 8 or 9 December. This uprising (not "the first intifada") did not start on those dates. Below a section from "Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment" to explain why.* http://salem-news.com/articles/december092011/shepherd-rights-mq.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december092011/shepherd-rights-mq.php Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:04:00 PST I could go on but as can be seen December is like any other period in history brings up both sad memories of atrocities as well as memories of resilience and persistence and resistance of ordinary people. As we look to 2012, we hope that what is left of December will see more of the latter actions. There is a genuine popular resistance movement in the Arab world. But, as happened previously there are those who try to profit from other people's work by posing only for the cameras or in conference rooms or worse yet engage in destroying the resistance while speaking about it in positive terms. There is a counter-revolutionary movement by forces allied with the US, with the apartheid regime http://salem-news.com/articles/december092011/december-palestine-mq.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december092011/december-palestine-mq.php Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST Bikers from all around the Willamette Valley are joining together this weekend in an effort to create a wonderful Christmas for some needy kids. For the second year in a row, Salem's "Bikers Gone Wild" Toy Run will collect and distribute gifts to kids of all ages living at Salem's Oxford houses, as well as to the SOS Club, and the Salem Hospital Pediatric Wing. http://salem-news.com/articles/december072011/biker-toyrunbk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december072011/biker-toyrunbk.php Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:52:00 PST At what point do we recognize that political correctness is just that... a politically motivated bastardization of whom we are, what we believe, and what we do? When did we become so ultra-sensitive that we cannot tolerate another’s opinion or beliefs as long as they are not harmful and do not infringe upon the rights or freedoms of another? Every year the situation seems to worsen. One or two more things that have always been accepted as the norm become forbidden territory. http://salem-news.com/articles/december042011/tolerate-intolerance-bc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december042011/tolerate-intolerance-bc.php Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:31:00 PST Francis Khoo Kah Siang passed away on November 20, 2011. In addition to the countless reasons Francis will be sorely missed by his friends and loved ones, he will be missed because he leaves a void for many of us who were and remain inspired by his work for Palestinian rights. Francis Khoo is an icon of countless others, who like himself, are neither Arab nor Muslim, neither from the Middle East nor culturally or politically connected to Palestine by birth, but who support the Palestinian cause. http://salem-news.com/articles/december032011/francis-siang-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december032011/francis-siang-fl.php Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:31:00 PST Like most Americans, I understand the general concept of Thanksgiving, a holiday honored and celebrated every year in the U.S. and in other countries on their respective days. The observation in the U.S. involves tribute toward Native American culture and people, and that amplifies its importance in my book. What I did not always know, is that the observation owes its existence to a decision made by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. http://salem-news.com/articles/november242011/thanksgiving-evac-day-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november242011/thanksgiving-evac-day-tk.php Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:26:00 PST Who among us does not age? I have yet to meet that individual. Since I was raised in part by both sets of grandparents during WW II and beyond, I began to admire older folks many moons ago. It is no accident that after ten years of being a full-time journalist I switched course to become a gerontologist. That journey has been mighty fulfilling. It has included community organization, counseling, and training students in geriatric social work practice. http://salem-news.com/articles/november132011/on-aging-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november132011/on-aging-blc.php Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:39:00 PST It's Halloween kids, time for the spirits to come out and invade your neighborhood, seeking candy and a good time and a couple of extra thrills. It's a time to practice safety but to also have a great time. Kids in the U.S. often 'trick or treat' by going from door to door, dressed in any number of scary and sometimes funny costumes. http://salem-news.com/articles/october312011/visit-skeletonia-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october312011/visit-skeletonia-blc.php Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:21:00 PDT Salem-News.com posted Memorial and Veterans Day Hypocrisy by Stephen Lendman a few days ago, on 30 May. Who was it who said, "I disagree with you but I will fight to the death for your right to say it." I don't think any of us volunteers or conscripted military men and women joined to be shot at (repeatedly), seriously maimed, or killed. I certainly didn't and I volunteered. http://salem-news.com/articles/june032011/honor-veterans-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june032011/honor-veterans-pl.php Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:09:00 PDT I’m not sure where or when it started, but girls love feedback. Maybe it’s one of those “what came first the chicken or the egg” type questions. In any event most females really like to “share” and they especially like a “response” to that sharing. http://salem-news.com/articles/june022011/girls-feedback-cm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june022011/girls-feedback-cm.php Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:06:00 PDT Annually America’s warrior tradition is commemorated in major media editorials and op-eds, honoring fallen men and women for reasons not explained. More on that below. Both days, in fact, dishonor America’s war dead, omitting why they fought and died in vain, sacrificing their lives for imperial conquest, plunder, and new ones in an endless cycle of gratuitous violence, militarism, brutality, and destruction for power and profit. http://salem-news.com/articles/may302011/memorial-dissidents-sl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may302011/memorial-dissidents-sl.php Mon, 30 May 2011 19:01:00 PDT Memorial Day was once known as Decoration Day. Early on, different states remembered the day on different dates. May 30th soon became the unified day of remembrance until 1968 when Congress acted to make the holiday a 3-day weekend and declared the last Monday of May as “Memorial Day.” http://salem-news.com/articles/may302011/decoration-day-cm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may302011/decoration-day-cm.php Mon, 30 May 2011 17:25:00 PDT As another Memorial Day dawns in America, many might wonder about the origin of this sacred day and why it came to be a widely observed national holiday. It turns out that the holiday was originally called “Decoration Day” and it was tied to the hymn, “Kneel Where Our Loves are Sleeping,” by Nella L. Sweet, dedicated to Confederate War Dead. http://salem-news.com/articles/may292011/memorial-day-le.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may292011/memorial-day-le.php Sun, 29 May 2011 00:54:00 PDT A year ago I published Mother's Day Manifesto 2010. With great sorrow, I report that the only change has been more death and destruction:Iraq Coalition Military Fatalities from 2003-2011 total: 4,770Afghanistan Coalition Military Fatalities from 2001-2011 total: 2,445 http://salem-news.com/articles/may082011/mothers-day-ct.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may082011/mothers-day-ct.php Sun, 08 May 2011 01:05:00 PDT Two years ago, my friend Amelia and I hitchhiked from Ecuador through Colombia to Venezuela and back over a period of four months. Colombia’s paramilitary formations, which had allegedly demobilized in 2005, had in fact simply been reincarnated under different labels. http://salem-news.com/articles/may052011/colombia-changes-bf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may052011/colombia-changes-bf.php Thu, 05 May 2011 20:39:00 PDT In the early Church, when one Christian would greet another, often he would say: “He is risen.” And the other would respond, “He is risen, indeed!” The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the greatest fact in human history. http://salem-news.com/articles/april232011/easter-story-jn.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april232011/easter-story-jn.php Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:50:00 PDT Marion County Fire District #1 Clear Lake Station 6 is hosting an Open House and Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday. The Clear Lake Station Open House will take place from 12:00 - 3:00 pm at Station 6 located at 8005 Wheatland Rd N. This is a free event open to the public and includes a tour of the fire station, and tours of the fire trucks and ambulance. Children's activities will be offered and refreshments will be provided. http://salem-news.com/articles/april192011/saturday-easter-egg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april192011/saturday-easter-egg.php Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:09:00 PDT Maybe it's high time to buzz off on over-reliance on buzz word jargon in everyday chitchat. It's just one more symptom of our addiction to verbal short-cuts. Every generation does it, and each decade ushers in yet another cluster. For my parents' generation the expression to take note of beauty was "hubba-hubba". http://salem-news.com/articles/april172011/trite-right-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april172011/trite-right-blc.php Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:22:00 PDT