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Natural Disasters Contingency Planning

To the Editor: We have recurring natural disasters, seasonal in their patterns, just like the floods in the monsoon season.  That’s when things could  go wrong with damages to structures, property, and even loss of life.  With natural disasters intensifying to greater scale and their destructive force getting worse, there’s a dire need to ensure [...]

Chinese fear raises questions

The Chinese have mixed stance about war on terror in Southeast Asia. On one hand, they welcome the suppression of terrorist activities and havens in this region, which is economically important to China. On the other hand, China worries that the USA will take advantage of Counter Terrorism engagement with Southeast Asia to attempt to [...]

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Van Jones Resigns

Obama adviser resigns in the middle of controversy.   President Obama’s political adviser Van Jones has recently tendered his resignation through an e-mail to answer the Republicans’ call to step down from office. Jones have been urged by many politicians (Republicans) to resign after it was found out that he signed a letter in 2004 [...]

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Will America succumb to the cancer of racism? By H. J. Harris, author of America the Racist? The question of how the 45.7% of Americans who did not vote for President Barack Obama would respond to his presidency emerged immediately after the election. Will these Americans who did not vote for Obama – predominantly white [...]

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Everywhere Arms Races

Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and President Obama claim that both North Korea and Iran must be prevented from developing nuclear capabilities to prevent arms races in North East Asia and the Near East. Clinton warned that North Korea’s refusal to discuss its nuclear program could escalate tensions and provoke an arms race in northeast [...]

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Washington, D. C. Tea Party

To the Editor: A few years back we had the “million man march”. This weekend, we had the “two million people march”. As President Barack Obama flew to Minnesota on Saturday to rally support for his health care plan, a sea of protesters filled the west lawn of the Capitol and spilled onto the National [...]

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If we as humans cannot perceive the universal truth that every thing changes, then we are doomed. Everything else in nature recognizes and deals with constant change without conflict, war, or question. Why is it that humans cannot do the same?

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