By Loren Adams – 06.09.13
Pismo Beach is a picturesque vacation destination for middle-class families of the 1950s. It is here I learn a valuable lesson that endures a lifetime.
Dad is stationed at Vandenberg Air Force Base in 1958. So he rents a beachfront apartment for the summer where his family stays after school ends in Bakersfield. We are all excited, naturally.
Read MoreBy Michael Faulkner – 06.09.13
First, a word or two about democracy in the European Union. On May 27th, a meeting of EU foreign ministers decided to lift the EU embargo on supplying arms to the opponents of Bashir al-Assad’s regime. Of the 27 states represented, 25 were strongly opposed to lifting the embargo. Only the U.K. and France were in favour. Nevertheless, according to Britain’s foreign secretary William Hague, “EU nations agreed to bring the arms embargo on the Syrian opposition to an end. This was the outcome that the United Kingdom wanted.” Given that only two of the countries represented...
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By Donald B. Ardell – 06.09.13
Introduction: The Problems with Religion
If religion did not imprison minds and corrupt hearts, if it were not the enemy of intellectual freedom, if it did not breed intolerance and promote divisions if, in short, it went about its business and left the rest of us alone, who would worry about it? Not many, and certainly not most of the secular community currently engaged repairing and defending what’s left of the proverbial wall separating church and state.
Read MoreBy Mickey Walker - 06.02.13
Whenever a party or a people begin a campaign against another party or candidate, brace yourself. Especially if massive amounts of bucks are behind the campaign. Let the talking points begin. In this great American pastime called a campaign for public office, all is fair. And the name of the game...
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By Conn Hallinan - 06.02.13
In some ways the Syrian civil war resembles a proxy chess match between supporters of the Bashar al-Assad regime— Iran, Iraq, Russia and China—and its opponents— Turkey, the oil monarchies, the U.S., Britain and France. But the current conflict only resembles chess if the game is played with multiple sides, backstabbing allies, and conflicting agendas.
Read MoreBy Steven Jonas, MD, MPH - May 16, 2013
An earlier version of this column was published on BuzzFlash.com on February 14, 2007. In light of the field day that the Fox”News”Channel is having over “Benghazi,” the “IRS Scandal,” and now the “AP Scandal,” as well as “what about Syria,” I thought that it might be fun to revisit an edited and slightly emended version of this one.
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