I'm usually not one for crime shows, but I saw a touching episode of NCIS while on an airplane recently. It's about a father's love for his daughter, and I'm a sentimental sucker on the subject, so be forewarned before you proceed.
NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) is an action drama starring Mark Harmon as...
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“This was an assassination attempt, no question. An extremist group was clearly responsible. There are a lot of suspects. A great number of extremist groups have been inside the establishment for a long time.” Iqbal Haider, former Pakistani law minister. After the advent of the September 11th attacks, General Perez Musharraf’s militaristic regime, metamorphosed...
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Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment & Survival in Men A great deal of research has already been devoted to survival disparities among women with breast cancer, with multiple studies showing poorer survival rates among African-American women when compared to other ethnic groups. Some of these studies suggest that unequal access to medical care...
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Warren Farrell (pictured), the ideological wellspring of the men's and fathers' movement, just sent out an interesting letter he received from one of his readers. The reader, Mark, writes:
"Dear Dr. Farrell,
"I have been prohibited from quoting your book in a University of Massachusetts classroom. The class is titled, 'Women in Psychology.' The class actually...
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Author’s note: This essay analyzes fiction. Readers uninterested in fiction should avoid it. I hope someone out there will be able to enjoy it. In Joyce Carol Oates’s stories, a character often goes through another’s belongings. These characters are not police officers or detectives and have no legitimate — and frequently no specific or...
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Three power plant workers at the Salem Harbor Power Station in Salem died overnight after being severely burned when a water tube they were near burst releasing high pressure steam which burned the men on the head, face, neck and hands just before 9 a.m. EST yesterday. According to Dominion Resources, the Richmond energy...
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Bindeez beads, a children’s toy from Australia and manufactured by Moose Enterprise in Hong Kong, is being pulled off toy store shelves in the United Kingdom after traces of an illegal drug, which is converted into gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) when ingested, was found inside the toy. At least 20 million toys are effected. So...
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Eight people have been shot dead in a school shooting in Jokela, Finland according to an official police briefing. The victims are five male students and two female students and the principal of the Jokela High School. Several more have been injured from glass and other injuries during evacuation, but are not in serious...
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Six men were charged Monday with the attempted assassination of Commodore Frank Bainimarama, the commanding officer of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces and the interim Prime Minister of Fiji since January 5, 2007. Police Commissioner Commodore Esala Teleni said Monday that sixteen people were being detained in connection to a plot to assassinate...
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United States Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, has asked for the financial records of six prominent televangelist ministries for possible financial misconduct, CBS reported. The six groups were led by Paula White, Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar, Eddie Long, Kenneth Copeland and Benny Hinn. Half of these...
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The United States Air Force suspended non-mission critical F-15 flight operations on Nov. 3 following the crash of a Missouri Air National Guard F-15C aircraft Nov. 2. The F-15 will continue to fly in some emergency situations and a few others according to Air Force spokesperson John Elolf. The crash was 125 miles south...
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In late October, supporters of United States Republican candidate-for-President Ron Paul set up a website soliciting a “money bomb” of campaign donations to coincide with November 5th, the anniversary of Guy Fawkes Day, at ThisNovember5th.com. The fund-raising campaign fell short of its original goal of 100,000 donors each donating US$100 to generate US$10 million...
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Since 2003, the Congress has obligated nearly $400 billion for US efforts in Iraq, of which about $40 billion has supported reconstruction and stabilization efforts. Congressional oversight of this substantial investment is crucial as the Bush Administration requests additional military and economic funds for Iraq. The results of recent General Accounting Office audit work...
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The other day my nine-year-old daughter sat on my knee and we visited the website for Jet Propulsion Laboratories. My daughter is very smart and interested in space, and I tell her that someday she will be an astrophysicist who will help us put a colony on Mars. We also discuss the increasing likelihood that life exists...
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In an article entitled, Illiberal Statism, Mike S. Adams urges us to stop using the term “liberal” inappropriately. I agree. I’ve written too many articles explaining to Europeans that we don’t really mean it when we say it. It would make a lot more sense if we would start saying what we actually mean....
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I recently stumbled across this article from last year from the Children's Rights Council's publication. It's unbelievable and, given the letters I get and the stories I hear, totally believable. Very, very sad.
CRC Member Loses Child
CRC member and child advocate Tim Dycus of Nebraska lost his 11-year-old daughter, Addie, to brain cancer on July 8,...
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Could there possibly be anything more absurd than the presidential candidacy of congressional munchkin, Dennis Kucinich? Actually, yes, there is. It is his tireless — and brainless — campaign to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney (also known as Darth Vader in paranoid liberal circles). And what exactly are the charges with which Kukucinich hopes...
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I know I’ve hammered on Democrat Presidential hopeful Barack Obama quite a bit, even to the point where it’s caused him some minor trouble. If he’s anything like Bill and Hillary Clinton and he gets into office (as President or Vice-president), I suppose I’ll be the one in trouble since it’s a matter of...
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I debated the issue of Single Motherhood by Choice on Fox's nationally-syndicated Morning Show with Mike and Juliet yesterday. Also on the show were two single mothers by choice, including Louise Sloan, author of the new book Knocking Yourself Up, a psychologist, and 18-year-old Katrina Clark, a child of a single mother by choice.
As you...
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