President Obama: Drill, Baby, Drill

Published on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 by ABC News President Obama: Drill, Baby, Drill by Jake Tapper On Wednesday morning at Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility in Washington, DC, President Obama will announce that his administration will allow the lease sale to go forward for oil and gas exploration 50 miles off of the [...]

The Church or the Bible

The Church or the Bible by Fr. Arnold Damen, S.J. (1815-1890)   Introduction…   The following sermon is as relevant today as it was over 100 years ago when it was first preached by Father Arnold Damen, S.J. That Father Damen’s message was and still is a challenge to the many who pride themselves ”Bible-and-Bible-alone Christians” is evident from the [...]

Pesticide Lobbyist Gets Posted as Chief Agricultural Negotiator

Published on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 by Civil Eats Pesticide Lobbyist Gets Posted as Chief Agricultural Negotiator by Paula Crossfield Confident after his success with health insurance reform, President Obama exerted his executive power on Saturday by making fifteen appointments during the Senate’s recess. Among the appointments was Islam Siddiqui, who will now be serving [...]

Two-Thirds of Boys in Afghan Jails Are Brutalised, Study Finds

Published on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 by Inter Press Service Two-Thirds of Boys in Afghan Jails Are Brutalised, Study Finds by Gareth Porter WASHINGTON – Nearly two of every three male juveniles arrested in Afghanistan are physically abused, according to a study based on interviews with 40 percent of all those now incarcerated in the [...]

Celebrating (Mourning) a Culture of Lies

Published on Sunday, March 28, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Celebrating (Mourning) a Culture of Lies by Robert Freeman Tomorrow, March 29th, marks the thirty-seventh anniversary of America’s withdrawal from Vietnam. You won’t hear it celebrated in any mainstream media, though it should be. Or more precisely, it should be mourned. Vietnam is the first war America [...]

FDA Says Millions Got Unapproved Heart Pills

Published on Saturday, March 27, 2010 by The New York Times FDA Says Millions Got Unapproved Heart Pills by Natasha Singer Doctors in the United States wrote more than four million prescriptions last year for nitroglycerin tablets, heart drugs placed under the tongue to reduce the chest pain angina or to stop a heart attack. [...]

You Are Now Paying for the Next 3 Mile Island

Published on Saturday, March 27, 2010 by CommonDreams.org You Are Now Paying for the Next 3 Mile Island by Harvey Wasserman As radiation poured from 3 Mile Island 31 years ago this weekend, utility executives rested easy. They knew that no matter how many people their errant nuke killed, and no matter how much property [...]

Earth ‘Entering New Age of Geological Time’

Published on Saturday, March 27, 2010 by The Telegraph/UK Earth ‘Entering New Age of Geological Time’ The Earth has entered a new age of geological time – the epoch of new man, scientists claim. by Murray Wardrop Humans have wrought such vast and unprecedented changes on the planet that we may be ushering in a [...]

Obama, Medvedev Seal Deal on Nuclear Arms Pact

Published on Friday, March 26, 2010 by Reuters Obama, Medvedev Seal Deal on Nuclear Arms Pact by Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sealed an agreement on Friday on a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty and will meet to sign it on April 8 in Prague, the White House [...]

Newborn With Heart Defect Is Denied Insurance Coverage

Published on Friday, March 26, 2010 by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas) Newborn With Heart Defect Is Denied Insurance Coverage by Jan Jarvis At birth, Houston Tracy let out a single loud cry before his father cut the cord and handed him to a nurse. Instantly, Doug Tracy knew something was wrong with his son. [...]