The Junk-Food Murder was the headline in a September 20, 1982 Newsweek. Looking at the article, I gave a start because the victim was Prof. Howard Appledorf and I had once taken a seminar class in which he gave a lecture. I remembered him as an authoritative lecturer who held audience interest. I also...
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On the eve of December 7, Dr. Reginald Humayun, a Christian doctor working for Pennell Memorial Christian Hospital in Bannu, Pakistan was kidnapped along with his driver while coming from a trip from Dera Ismail Khan. The doctor being a medical superintendent at the said hospital was also the General Secretary of the Church...
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Two diplomats within the Romanian Embassy to Moldova have been declared persona non grata due to the incompatibility between their activity and the diplomatic status they are holding. In line with a press statement made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MFAEI), on Wednesday, December 12, Romanian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary...
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Two Indian students were found dead in an apartment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. They had been shot in the head by unidentified assailants in what investigators are calling an apparent home invasion. The deceased students have been identified as Chandrashekhar Reddy Komma and Kiran Kumar Allam, both of whow hailed from Andhra...
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Nigerian police arrested former Delta State governor James Ibori Wednesday on charges of abuse of office, corruption, and money laundering. According to a statement by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibori was picked up at a private residence in the Asokoro District of Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja. Ibori was to be arraigned yesterday...
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Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney testified Thursday before an ethics committee in the Canadian House of Commons about the Airbus affair, a case involving alleged bribery at the highest levels of government to secure Airbus sales of aircraft to Air Canada. In his testimony, Mulroney said that he should not have associated with...
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"You were once my one companion / you were all that mattered / You were once a friend and father / then my world was shattered..."
Though it's not talked about much, the theme of fatherneed runs through much of The Phantom of the Opera, and is powerfully displayed in the video clip below.
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On the very day Al Gore arrived in Bali with a petition avowing “support for a visionary global treaty to end the climate crisis,†another petition (of sorts) was released attesting that any such efforts would prove “ultimately futile.†But in stark contrast to the Green Giant’s appeal, which contained the “signatures†of nearly...
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Betsy Barton, a reader and frequent commenter on my blog, recently sent me the following statement:
Recently, my innocent stepchildren, my husband, and I had a traumatic experience in family court that demonstrated to me that the system is biased against fathers. Now that I realize how extremely widespread the problem is, I am seeking...
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It seems like only a couple of weeks ago that most of the civilized world was in agreement that Iran was engaged in an ongoing nuclear weapons program and that it posed a serious threat not only to the Middle East, but to the rest of the world as well. Actually, it was only...
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It seems like only a couple of weeks ago that most of the civilized world was in agreement that Iran was engaged in an ongoing nuclear weapons program and that it posed a serious threat not only to the Middle East, but to the rest of the world as well. Actually, it was only...
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This story illustrates both society's double-standard on domestic violence and how vastly far ahead of us the feminist advocacy organizations are. According to Schools will give time off to domestic-violence victims (Palm Beach Post, 12/5/07):
"School district employees who are the victims of domestic violence can now take off work to get counseling, seek a...
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The lamestream media told you: “Gunman thrown out of school, police say,” and “Megachurches expand use of security forces,” according to Associated Press headlines on Dec. 11, reporting on a murderer who died while shooting up a church in Colorado. The murderer’s age, background, writings, photographs, history and other personal details have been featured...
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As expected, a number of Page Nine readers wrote to argue about the definition of “small arms” and the meaning of “arms” in the Second Amendment, a point that remains unresolved. (See “New Ray Gun.”) There was agreement however that “arms” was not then and is not now limited to guns. This means we...
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WASHINGTON – As a result of a 22-month investigation, three Colombian nationals have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to provide material support to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, a designated foreign terrorist organization, and alien smuggling, Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
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Although headlines about the UN conference on Global Warming in Bali on December 13, 2007, trumpet Al Gore’s attack on the U.S. and President George Bush as “obstacles” to “progress,” PoliSat.Com’s Washington Bureau Drawer Chief has learned from a highly reliable (though sometimes reliably high) source that in a private, unguarded moment at the...
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