Suicides in the U.S. military surged to a record 349 last year, far exceeding American combat deaths in Afghanistan, and some private experts are predicting the dark trend will worsen this year. The figures are tentative, pending the completion of full reports on each case later this year. The number of US military suicides surpassed [...]

Source: IPIS Research “On average, resource-rich <African> countries have done even more poorly than countries without resources.” ~Joseph Stiglitz, former chief economist at the World Bank and professor of economics at Columbia University Africa is going to be the a smaller version of the new Middle East in the years to come.  Africa has played [...]

After this last election cycle and everything I have heard from the GOP…it seems to me that they feel like women are only good for reproducing and taking care of their homes. According to them, women are not even good at making decisions about their own bodies. The war on women continues…Rep. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), [...]

It’s no secret that I have advocated for President Obama’s re-election; I voted for the guy … hands down and with visceral abandon.  I don’t regret it and I don’t apologize for it; the world will have become a much better place because of his re-election and certainly our country will be on a much [...]

Earlier this year – the House Republicans proposed major cuts in the free lunch program (source); they proposed major cuts in child care assistance, and child abuse and prevention services.  Republicans proposed cutting fresh fruit from the diets of school kids because “we can’t afford it” (source).  House Republicans were against the Violence Against Women [...]

On November 30, Bill Maher posted an entry on his blog in which he equates the practice of unmanned drone aircraft in foreign countries used by the United States military with “terrorism”. Maher wrote about reports of Iranians shooting at an unmanned drone near Iranian airspace earlier this month and noted that after U.S. officials asked Iranian officials to [...]

If we’re serious about cutting government spending – maybe we should look at cutting the defense budget.  If we weren’t trying to police the world and fighting wars to ensure American hegemony – we would be able to protect our troops, defend the homeland and save lots of money in the process.  As the upcoming [...]

This is CLASSIC political theater and a really sad state of affairs when it comes to putting party before country.  If you want to understand what all the fuss about Benghazi is about; it’s quite simple really.  Republicans have lost in the court of popular opinion – big time.  They lost the election and are [...]

It’s very interesting to see the headline of Bin Laden’s first interview with a Western journalist labeled “Anti-Soviet Warrior puts his army on road to peace”.  One day he’s your buddy … the next day he’s fish food at the bottom of the sea.  Here you’ve got a guy worth hundreds of millions – son [...]

A full fact check of the 3rd Presidential debate.  Governor Romney had a horrible night – polls throughout say that Obama won by significant margins.  The most important thing is not who “wins” or “loses” but that people understand the facts and truth of what’s being said.  Here’s the truth.  You can read the entire [...]