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Letter to the Editor: John McCain - `The Man Who Was`

It is truly sad to see how the leprosy that American politics has become, has eaten away “The man that was”!

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - America certainly owes a debt to John McCain. He endured things as a POW that we cannot even begin to imagine.

The Strong Weapon of Forgiveness

Forgiveness ennobles the spirit.

(MADRID) - This June, 38 years will have passed since the photos of that certain naked and frightened girl, running unclothed down the highway.

Marine Holds His Ground

For some the war never ends...

(SAN DIEGO) - That’s sort of a “dog bites man” story; but Joseph Diliberti, the Marine in question, is holding off a very large and dangerous dog indeed.

Our Back Yard Mine Field

Please help the Veterans of today, this article contains information on how you can.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - After any conflict, materials remain which were used to protect our side, and incapacitate their side. These devices need to defused, and put away carefully.

Sometimes opposing forces are just in a hurry to get home, and they leave these devices for the local community to take care of. Americans tend to fight the enemy on their ground, so we don’t worry much about unexploded ordinance.

PTSD: Fraudulent Treatment and PTSD Fraudulent Veterans

I challenge the above criteria. I have PTSD about 7-8 on a scale of 1-10. I have been a Medical School Professor and Physician since I escaped the Army. I still have PTSD episodes.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - The Associated Press and other news media picked up a recent story: Malingering PTSD: Could Certain Soldiers Be ‘Faking it’? by John M Grohol PsyD with World of Psychology.

All this doesn’t surprise me. The usual VA treatment for PTSD is anti-depressant drugs. Anybody who know anything says they don’t work most of the time and cause stupidifying side effects.

We Kill Our Own: The 40th Anniversary of the Kent State Massacre

This week, we continue to seek the truth of exactly what happened at Kent State.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - On May 4, 1970, at Kent State University, in the city of Kent, Ohio, members of the Ohio National Guard fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.

PTSD and the Multi Cultural Expression of War Related Music

Music can be a source of healing.

(SALEM, Ore.) - I wish I could explain the emotion that surges through my world when I put pieces like this together.

Our YouTube page never stops receiving comments and friend invites, and tonight not one but two songs were sent to me by performers who are writing about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD.

Tel Aviv Israel Concert Canceled by Gil Scott Heron

Scott-Heron is perhaps best-known for the classic The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, was a leading voice in calling for the cultural boycott of apartheid South Africa.

(LONDON) - Gil Scott-Heron, whose political poetry influenced a generation of rap artists, sensationally announced the cancellation of his planned gig in Tel Aviv.

From the stage of London's Royal Festival Hall, Scott-Heron told the audience he "hated war" and his Israel tour date would not be going ahead.

Justice Breyer but not Justice Thomas?

I remind all of us that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, a former corporate attorney for Monsanto has not recused himself from this case.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Tuesday regarding a federal judge's temporary ban on a breed of pesticide-resistant alfalfa, setting the stage for the court's first-ever ruling on genetically modified crops.

This might indeed be an opportunity to strike a more permanent blow to Monsanto and its latest horror - genetically modified seeds and crops.

Born at Camp Lejeune, Can`t Afford Cancer Surgery

Camp Lejeune’s adverse health effects have affected an estimated 500,000 veterans and dependents, leaving many unable to work and lacking health care, in desperate situations.

(REDDING, Calif.) - A number of veterans and dependents of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune continue to suffer from cancer linked to their exposure to organic solvents like trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, and benzene in the base wells.

Teresa Trantham of Redding, CA, a breast cancer survivor, is a former dependent of a Camp Lejeune Marine.