Month May 2006

Politics makes strange bedfellows

The Christian Coalition supports net neutrality Roberta Combs, the President of Christian Coalition of America said, “Christian Coalition is joining a broad array of organizations, representing consumers, businesses, and all ends of the political spectrum. The Coalition is committed to…

Thug leaders fall

Italy Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Thursday vowed to undo most of the policies of his predecessor, Silvio Berlusconi, and pledged to bring all Italy’s troops home from what he called the “occupation” of Iraq. Nepal MPs in Nepal have…

No more hanging around for this business

From The John Heron Project, comes one tiny sign of the emergence of a more humane world – the gallows export business is being shut down in Britain. No doubt some of the more lunatic defenders of capitalism will protest…

Remind me again, who are the terrorists?

It’s a shocking revelation: 24 civilians shot dead – “in cold blood” – by US Marines. American military officials are admitting, off the record, to the execution-style killings in Iraq six months ago. If you shoot someone dead in cold…

A beacon of freedom

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” – poem on the Statue…