Boys of Baraka

Thu. Jul. 24th, 2014  |  Jane Hoffman

The Boys of Baraka is a documentary film produced in 2005 about 20 at risk male youth who are chosen to attend a Kenyan high school thousands of miles away in the open prairie to develop academically.

LEO

Thu. Jul. 24th, 2014

Leos tend to be bombastic and challenging, and often provoke others into impulsive violence. They are also prone toward being victims of slander and vicious gossip.

The Hiroshima Myth and the Glorification of American Militarism

Thu. Jul. 31st, 2014  |  Gary G. Kohls, MD

One of MacArthur’s first acts after taking over as Viceroy of Japan was to confiscate and/or destroy all the photographic evidence documenting the horrors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He imposed total censorship over journalists

Of Vultures and Voles

Thu. Jul. 31st, 2014  |  Harry Drabik

The more depressing side of politicking is, in my perhaps too optimistic view, the number of people unwilling to speak up and out. A great many of the public are quite adamantly sane about not wanting the trouble and confusion of political life

A Few Words About the State “Audit”

Thu. Jul. 31st, 2014

from the naïve citizen who set it all up

On The Interstate From Democracy To Feudalism

Thu. Jul. 31st, 2014  |  Ed Raymond

We are number one in the total of civilian firearms and in per capita ownership of small firearms. We top Yemen, Serbia, and Iraq. Gee, is that why we lead the civilized world in homicides and crime rate?

Big critters vs. little critters

Thu. Jul. 31st, 2014  |  Melvyn Magree

Few of us would go so far as to only walk and only on swept paths.  In fact, many of us think nothing of the killing of other critters, willingly or accidentally.

Censorship and Myth-Making Enshrined Ignorance of Hiroshima and the Bomb

Thu. Jul. 31st, 2014

That most people in the United States still believe the “saved lives” rationale to be true is because of decades of this censorship and myth-making, begun by President Harry Truman

What You Should Be Wearing For Fall 2014

Thu. Jul. 31st, 2014

Fall is the time where you can look a little rugged and get away with it. Boots and jackets that look rugged are acceptable. Utility jackets and denim jackets that are a little roughed up look great, and warn in is very comfy.

Do-nothing Congress takes a vacation

Thu. Jul. 31st, 2014

EARTH TO CONGRESS CRITTERS: Most American families are being hosed out of the middle class