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Pittsburgh cancer center warns of cell phone risks

PITTSBURGH - The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.
- Thursday, July 24, 2008

Plague of compassion

By ROBERT MARSHALL. Winnipeg Sun As proud Canadians we open our doors to people from all over the world. Honest, hard-working people. And sometimes, to those who are not. Therein lies the problem.
- Thursday, July 24, 2008

Outsourcing of Terror: Did ZANU-PF Bring in Rwandans?

by Scott A Morgan The period of time before the June 29th runoff in the Zimbabwe presidential election had a very violence plagued last two weeks. It is believed that dozens of supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) were murdered. Others were driven from their homes as the politically motivated violence reached a crescendo. The results were what certain people wanted. Robert Mugabe was "reelected" President of Zimbabwe.
- Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Poles honour ‘Cold Warrior’ Ronald Reagan

By Rawstory.com Polish authorities have erected a monument to US president Ronald Reagan, feted for his crusade against communism and seen by some as having hastened the collapse of the Soviet bloc, reports said Tuesday.
- Wednesday, July 23, 2008

How Can We Help You Say Goodbye…to Obamanamia?

Watching television on Mother's Day, with a growing degree of angst, I surfed the channels to see Senator Clinton's historic Grafton, WV appearance. The first female presidential candidate of my lifetime, this champion for women campaigned on the 100th anniversary of Mother's Day at the international shrine of Anna Jarvis, the founder of mother's day.
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008


Italian outrage over Roma drowning photos

(CNN) -- Italian newspapers, an archbishop and civil liberties campaigners expressed shock and revulsion on Monday after photographs were published of sunbathers apparently enjoying a day at the beach just meters from where the bodies of two drowned Roma girls were laid out on the sand.
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Poland pays tribute to late Solidarity activist

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Solidarity activist Bronislaw Geremek was honored by hundreds at a funeral Mass in Warsaw's historic old town Monday, with former President Lech Walesa calling him "the greatest of all Poles."
- Monday, July 21, 2008

What Kind of American Are You?

Somehow Americans have fallen off track. Whether because of Marxism insinuating its way through American education and journalism or for some other reason, many have lost sight of the vision and genius of our Founding Fathers. In his last speech, Patrick Henry declared, " United we stand, divided we fall." The proliferation of hyphenated Americans demonstrates another tool of division, and then subjugation, as Theodore Roosevelt eloquently states here in his October 1915 speech:
- Monday, July 21, 2008

The global economy is at the point of maximum danger

By Ambrose Evans- Pritchard, Telegraph It feels like the summer of 1931. The world's two biggest financial institutions have had a heart attack. The global currency system is breaking down. The policy doctrines that got us into this mess are bankrupt. No world leader seems able to discern the problem, let alone forge a solution.
- Monday, July 21, 2008


Iraq lodges $10bn lawsuit over ‘Oil-for-Food scam’

New York The Iraqi Government is suing dozens of companies for $10 billion (£5 billion) after they allegedly defrauded the country’s citizens out of food and medical provisions during Saddam Hussein’s rule.
- Sunday, July 20, 2008

Who Knew Tip O’Neill Could Sing & Dance?

During his two terms in the White House Ronald Reagan’s most formidable political rival was Tip O’Neill, who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives for seven of the Gipper’s eight years in office.
- Saturday, July 19, 2008

Khadr video flops

Michael Coren, Toronto Sun I have to be blunt. I'm disappointed. Perhaps the sequel will be superior and I suppose we have to be generous to a fairly inexperienced director and cast, but I thought the Omar Khadr video would be better than it turned out to be. A little like the latter Star Wars -- unfulfilled promise.
- Saturday, July 19, 2008

Bringing “Karachi Kids” back home

The Karachi Kids made it all the way to Capitol Hill on Tuesday. “We are grateful for the leadership of Congressman Michael McCaul in bringing much needed attention to this critical issue of national security,” Imran Raza, the director and executive producer of the documentary “Karachi Kids” told Canada Free Press.
- Saturday, July 19, 2008

The Israeli Connection

Israelis are justifiably proud today to have learned last night that a sizable group of agents from the Mossad and the Shin Bet were involved in the dramatic and successful release of hostages in Colombia who had been imprisoned for five years.
- Friday, July 18, 2008

It’s Official Now

Plenty of evidence has existed before, but now the conclusion is inescapable: the Democrats cannot understand the most basic law of economics, the law of supply and demand. Faced with spiraling fuel costs and a demand to act, the Democrat-controlled Congress cannot or will not act.
- Friday, July 18, 2008

Gore’s Entourage Lincoln Town Car Outside Global Warming Speech Idles w/ AC Cranking for 20 Minutes!

imageEd Frank, americansforprosperity.org We're back from Al Gore's big global warming speech, and boy did we have a great time! ' ' We had a dedicated band of taxpayer advocates out in force, pointing out the high economic cost of global warming alarmism - starting with $8 a gallon gasoline. Of course, we saw plenty of hypocrisy -- especially the fact that Gore didn't ride his bike or take public transporation to the event.
- Friday, July 18, 2008

Christians Save Slaves from Muslims

Tamara Banks, DenverPost.com International groups of Good Samaritans travel to the Sudan-Darfur region to offer help to slaves who now have nowhere else to go.
- Thursday, July 17, 2008

Green Light For Profiling

Stephen Brown, FrontPageMagazine.com Nearly seven years after the 9-11 attacks, the Bush administration is finally reconsidering its opposition to one of the most effective counterterrorism weapons at its disposal. In the months ahead, FBI agents may be able to profile potential terrorists on the basis of suspicious traits and activities, including their ethnic and religious backgrounds. Those most likely to commit acts of Islamic terrorism will no longer be able to hide in plain sight.
- Thursday, July 17, 2008

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