Thursday, in his address to the nation, Captain Caveman pointed the club at Iran, making statements like "a free Iraq will counter the destructive ambitions of Iran". The man sends chills down my spine every time his lips move, but this address was of particular concern to me. With our troops at their breaking point, our financial resources and military stockpiles at an all time low, and with an American public that largely believes this failed campaign to be a horrendous mistake, t... Read Full Story

Born in 1898, William O Douglas would serve on the US Supreme Court for 36.5 years, the longest tenure of a Justice to date. In his long life, he accumulated the kind of knowledge worth sharing with the world. A true visionary in the matter of civil liberties, Justice Douglas knew that that America teeters on the verge of the extinction of liberty. Here are a few words of wisdom from a brilliant man. 'I worked among the very, very poor, the migrant workers, the Chicanos, and the... Read Full Story

Once again we are faced with the terrible tragedy of young lives snuffed out as the result of sheer stupidity. In an autopsy released yesterday in Charelston, SC, Coroner Glenn Rhoad confirmed that two toddlers found dead, wrapped in garbage bags, under the kitchen sink in their home in Hanahan were victims hyperthermia. Trinity,1, and Shawn Cambell Jr, 4, were left in their mothers car on Tuesday, July 31. According to an AP report, the babysitter canceled and the single mother, Sametta Heyw... Read Full Story

Once again we are faced with the terrible tragedy of young lives snuffed out as the result of sheer stupidity. In an autopsy released yesterday in Charelston, SC, Coroner Glenn Rhoad confirmed that two toddlers found dead, wrapped in garbage bags, under the kitchen sink in their home in Hanahan were victims hyperthermia. Trinity,1,  and Shawn Cambell Jr, 4, were left in their mothers car on Tuesday, July 31. According to an AP report, the babysitter canceled and the single mother, S... Read Full Story

I just felt the need to pass on some of the words that influence me. Great people who have led great led great lives always seem to say it better!The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office.H. L. MenckenUS editor (1880 - 1956)It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.VoltaireFrench author, humanist, rationalist, &... Read Full Story

A question so often asked, and so rarely answered. Okay, some wars have been, as far as war goes, justifiable. A war fought over civil liberties, fought to retain freedom, or to take it back. War for equality. The basic problem, of course, is that the war need not have been necessary in the first place had those involved in the war...the oppressors, for now, simply acted with compassion and conscience as their guiding influence. This war, however, the Iraqi invasion, is the real puzzler. Not ... Read Full Story

A question so often asked, and so rarely answered. Okay, some wars have been, as far as war goes, justifiable. A war fought over civil liberties, fought to retain freedom, or to take it back. War for equality. The basic problem, of course, is that the war need not have been necessary in the first place had those involved in the war...the oppressors, for now, simply acted with compassion and concsience as their guiding influence. This war, however, the Iraqi invasion, is the real puzzler. Not ... Read Full Story

There is something so wrong with the world today. The heart of our society has blackened and is beginning to decay. So is it beyond repair? Can we do something to set things right for our babies, for our grandbabies? Is it even feasible that we could turn this around before one of these criminal masterminds that we have allowed to come to power gets us blown to kingdom come. I only know that it is better to have tried and failed than to have never tried at all. If you were to list your priori... Read Full Story

There is something so wrong with the world today. The heart of our society has blackened and is beginning to decay. So is it beyond repair? Can we do something to set things right for our babies, for our grandbabies? Is it even feasible that we could turn this around before one of these criminal masterminds that we have allowed to come to power gets us blown to kingdom come. I only know that it is better to have tried and failed than to have never tried at all. If you were to list your priori... Read Full Story

September 21st fast approaches,the day for those of us who believe that there is a better way to make our voices heard, the International Day of Peace was first established by the United Nations in 1981, and inaugurated in 1982. Made official by the UN general assembly in 2001, the International Day of Peace "will serve as a reminder to all peoples that our Organization, with all its limitations, is a living instrument in the service of peace and should serve all of us here wit... Read Full Story