Monthly Archives: June 2010

The following story on the torture permitted by the city of Chicago for decades is one that every American should here, see, read and know about.  It came out on DN today in the wake of a decision leading to … Continue reading →

As other’s recall the one year anniversary of the assasination or simply negligent homicide of Michael Jackson, I think it is important to recall the one-year anniversary of the death of democracy in Honduras.  Here is an article, published in … Continue reading →

I receive a lot of false and baseless emails on history.   Today, I received one that blew my gourd.   In response I am cutting and pasting a set of articles correcting historical knowledge for truth-seekers to share about immigration (and … Continue reading →

This little ditty on “planning” and introdepartmental and intrahierarchial communication  has been circulating on the web.  Enjoy and comment, please. In the beginning was the Plan. And then came the Assumptions. And the Assumptions were without form. And the Plan … Continue reading →

I have studied the phenomena of walls, bridges, and open borders amongst people for decades.  I have observed the Berlin Wall go down.  I have visited the Great Israeli Barrier Wall in the Middle East and I have traversed often … Continue reading →

Key  Judge in Lousiana Fails to Recuse Himself—Should He be Impeached? By Kevin Stoda According to Democracy Now and other national media, the judge who stopped the Obama’s Administration’s 6-month moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico this week … Continue reading →

Many Americans are totally oblivious to what soldiers have to say about Afghanistan and the newest appointment of a new lead general in that mountainous, dangerous, and fascinating land.  In short, the general public in the USA and in most … Continue reading →

By Kevin Stoda, Missouri According to Heidi Burgess, “Social conflicts often involve some misunderstanding. Parties in conflict communicate by what they say (or do not say) and how they behave toward each other. Even normal interaction may involve faulty communication, … Continue reading →

HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD TROUBLE GETTING REFUNDS FROM RYANAIR & Other Airlines in the wake of the Icelandic Volcano Eruptions in April? Dear Readers and Fellow Global Travelers, At this point, RyanAir has failed to repay me still for about … Continue reading →

Occasionally, I come across recommended texts and I desire to get feedback from other readers.  Here is a text I just received from the NYT but sent from reader in the Middle East . Any thoughts or comments, readers? Baghdad … Continue reading →