Monthly Archives: April 2009

By Thomas SowellIt used to be said that self-preservation is the first law of nature. But much of what has been happening in recent...

ANN ARBOR, MI – Yesterday evening, the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals (NMCCA), sitting in Washington DC, denied without comment the government’s motion...

By DEVLIN BARRETT AP writerApr 29th, 2009 | BERLIN -- About 30 detainees currently held at Guantanamo Bay have been cleared for release, U.S....

ELISE PATKOTAKCOMMENTA couple hundred years ago, a group of men met in Philadelphia for less than four months and, despite wide differences in religion,...

Do Americans torture, or do we not! That's the big question in the ongoing debate regarding a waterboarding technique used by the military and CIA to interrogate a few suspected terrorists in order to obtain information that could prevent any future attacks on the United States.

By Agence France-Presse PADUCAH, Kentucky (AFP) – A US Army colonel has testified that a former soldier on trial for the murder-rape of an...

Camp Pendleton-A military appeals court has rejected an attempt by the U.S. Marine Corps to reinstate war-crime charges against a Camp Pendleton officer in...

By CURT ANDERSON MIAMI -- A Korean-American man who served prison time for trying to broker the sale of sarin nerve gas bombs to...

By John Byrne Human rights activists will parade 60 mock detainees from the Capitol to a park near the White House Thursday to protest...

By Devon ThorsbyBryan Adams, who served as an army sniper in Iraq from 2004-2005 and is now a junior at Rutgers University, spoke about...

By Josh Salman Marvin Center has accomplished a lot in his life.The 78-year-old Jacksonville resident was a sergeant in the Marines, has been married...

A revisit to a powerful speech given by George Galloway in 2007 calling out democracy in the Middle East     George’s speech to the UK Parliament on Iraq, January...

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 1. More Recovery Coordinators For Injured Vets Said To Be Needed.2. VA Reaching Out To Vets With New Website.   3. US...

Dear Savvy Senior,Does the VA provide any financial assistance to help veterans or their spouses pay for long-term care? My father, who served in...

The Coast Guard rescued a survivors of a SF-based boat that sank off Costa Rica this morning.Stephen Szukics, 55, of Fort Worth, Texas, and...

A new report indicates that some schools' admission or scholarship decisions are being influenced by what they find about an applicant on the Internet....

By Mark MurrayDeputy political directorNBC NewsMr. PopularObama’s first 100 days have been marked by several highs (the economic stimulus’ passage, progress on a budget...

CAMDEN, N.J. - Three brothers convicted of plotting to kill military personnel at a base in New Jersey will spend the rest of their...

Agence France-PressePESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Around 30,000 people in northwest Pakistan have been displaced by a military offensive to flush out Taliban militants, a...

Matthew Alexander spent fourteen years in the U.S. Air Force and Air Force Reserves. An "investigator turned interrogator", he deployed to Iraq in 2006,...

By ROBERT BURNSWASHINGTON -- The designated U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, retired from the Army on Tuesday to become one of...

By John Byrne Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) plans to proceed with a special commission to investigate alleged Bush administration abuses of power,...

Submarine-launched weapon has capacity for up to six nuclear warheadsMOSCOW - Russia will conduct at least five test launches of a new-generation intercontinental ballistic...

Introduction by Mike Griffith, Staff WriterIn spite of historically favorable coverage from most of the news media, President Barack Obama's approval rating at the...

Builders working near the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp have found a message in a bottle written by prisoners, museum officials say. The...

CINCINNATI - A lawyer for alleged Nazi guard John Demjanjuk (dem-YAHN'-yuk) says the government is wrong when it claims the 89-year-old is healthy enough...

Dennis SullivanChicago-Like hundreds, if not thousands, of World War II and Korean War veterans, Tinley Park resident Carmen  DiCarlo held on to assorted souvenirs...

Betrayed, one brother is killed by Al Qaeda in Iraq. But more tribesmen then join the fight to take back townsBy Ned Parker  Reporting from...

APARLINGTON, Wash. -- An elderly Arlington, Wash., man is finally back home after being locked up in a Mexican prison for 65 days.Eighty-nine-year-old Edward...

The U.S. government cannot avoid trial by claiming the state secrets privilege in the lawsuit brought by ex-Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed and four others,...

by Andrea James Seattle-A restored World War II Boeing B-17 is coming to Seattle in April and will be offering flights to the public shortly...

Congressmen John Conyers and Jerrold Nadler have written a letter to the Attorney General requesting the appointment of a special prosecutor on torture.“While I...

Lawmakers approve Sebelius for the job as country deals with swine fluWASHINGTON - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation Tuesday to serve as...

By RITA BEAMISHASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERIn an about-face, the government Tuesday disavowed a 12-year-old federal report that found little or no cancer risk for adults...

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In an effort to maintain international peace, the Allies formed the United Nations, which officially came into existence on October 24, 1945.Regardless of this...

'I've Kept My Mouth Shut': Soufan, last week in Central Park By Michael Isikoff The arguments at the CIA safe house were loud and intense in...

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans1. Chiarelli Hands Out Purple Hearts During Walter Reed's Centennial.   2. Most Families Allowing Coverage Of Fallen US Soldiers' Return.  ...

            I was never that much interested in the invasion of North Africa, Sicily, or Italy, until I...

Obama insists America must "look forward" on the question of torture and accountability, but we're far from closure  By Scott HortonIn the space of a...

By Congressman Ron PaulLast week the governor of Texas ignited a media firestorm for his remarks involving the idea of secession. He did not...

By Dennis PragerAny human being with a functioning conscience or a decent heart loathes torture. Its exercise has been a blight on humanity. With...