Dear Family and Friends, This week the word being used to describe the government of national unity is ‘deadlocked’ and it couldn’t be more apt. We are locked in a death grip and things are falling apart at a dramatic pace. For the benefit of people not in Zimbabwe, let me put a face...
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It never was going to be easy When we signed the deal on the 15th September we never thought it was going to be easy. Subsequent events have shown how difficult it’s going to be to make this deal work for all of us. Problems arose almost before the ink was dry. Anyway, here...
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Binary Property I love you. Three powerful words. They change lives. Are they real? Unlikely. Men and women blithely utter these three words as easily as politicians promise tax cuts. Do they mean it? Odds are, no. The test below will tell you for sure. Half of marriages end in divorce. What is a...
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The government of Iran has announced that it intends to stop executing children who commit crimes in its country. The announcement was made by Hossein Zabhi, the Iranian assistant Attorney General for Judicial Affairs, who issued directions for judges, saying that they should no longer issue the death penalty for minors. The announcement was...
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If they have a popular thought they have to go into a darkened room and lie down until it passes. –Kelvin Mackenzie The National Institute of Justice describes its purpose as: NIJ is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and is dedicated to researching crime control and justice...
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The following is part of ongoing investigations by a number of organizations into the background of Democrat presidential candidate Senator Barack Hussein Obama. While Obama’s dealings with terrorists, criminals and anti-American miscreants are plentiful, the mainstream news media prefer to dig into Gov. Sarah Palin’s past or Cindy McCain’s miscarriages and painkiller use. In...
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(This report is based on material obtained by National Association of Chiefs of Police.) The FBI reported that 57 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty last year; 83 officers died in accidents while performing their official duties; and 59,201 officers suffered assaults while on duty. The 2007 edition of...
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The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday showed Barack Obama ahead 50% to McCain’s 46%. The two candidates were even among men and Obama leads by eight points among women. A rough estimate assuming equal numbers of male and female voters: Obama’s entire lead comes from the “gender gap.” Even when Democrats...
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