Iraq Elections: Ballots And Bombs
Today Iraqi voters are going to the polls despite deadly bomb attacks on polling stations which already killed at least 38 people and dozens were wounded. Most of the attacks took place in Baghdad. The 2010 elections are the second parliamentary elections since the toppling of Saddam Hussein following the US invasion in 2003. Around […]
Christianity Crucifying the Constitution
The Catholic League, as well as In God We Trust, have made their contempt for the American Constitution, and specifically the First Amendment, abundantly clear. Their demand for continued supremacy and political power, coupled with their intolerance of views or beliefs opposing or divergent to their own, has fueled a debate about their continued preferential status and treatment.
Immigration: It Turns Out The Irish Are The “New Irish”
When they think of immigration reform at all, most folks think about Mexicans. Because of their visibility, their numbers, and the fact that they make up a huge percentage of those immigrants in the U.S. illegally, Mexicans have become the face of the immigration issue in America. There are significant populations here from Central America, […]
40 Years Later US Bombs Still Kill In Laos
A Legacy Of The Vietnam War It is one of the legacies of the war in Vietnam. Even so the conflict in Vietnam ended in 1975 countries such as Laos and Cambodia are still paying an heavy price as the authorities still struggle to get rid of a massive quantity of unexploded bombs. Between 1964 […]
Homeless: The Invisible People Among Us
Mark Horvath is on a personal mission: To give a voice and a face and tell the story of homeless people across America one at a time. Horvath is a documentary filmmaker, but has also experienced first hand the harshness of life on the streets when he hit rock bottom due to a drug addiction […]
