reflections

Zarhar Khan of the Associated Press reported from Karachi, Pakistan, that a political crisis is threatening President General Pervez Musharraf’s position and it appears as if increasingly violent clashes are positioning the country for a possible coup attempt. According to Khan, violence exploded last Saturday, May 12, 2007, when clashes between pro-government gunmen and opposition [...]

While many of us are short-sighted when it comes to investing, it is not the short-term performance that really matters. Long-term planning, on the other hand, is where the pay off comes as could be seen in the October 1987 ripple that sent the Dow Jones plummeting 513 points or 2.2 percent in a single [...]

Having lived in the foster care system I was glad to see that almost five years after the well-publicized death of two-year-old Dominic James, at the hands of his foster parents, the Missouri House of Representatives passed House Bill 1453 designed to overhaul the manner in which the DFS handles children suspected of being abused [...]

A week after U.S. gasoline prices hit a near-record $3.05 a gallon Steven Mufson, of the Washington Post, reports Democrats in Congress are promoting legislation that would effectively break up the giant oil conglomerates, although industry analysts are less than encouraging regarding any positive, permanent outcome.
Standing in front of an Exxon station near [...]

As Iraqi violence continues to spread between Sunni and Shiite enclaves, the hope for a peaceful solution appears to dwindle away. Sadly, this is reminiscent of Viet Nam where our forces had to face regular violence and snipers there as they tried to protect their homeland from what they perceived as an illegal invasion much [...]

Some comparatively new belief systems and books portray God as an extraterrestrial, holding that intelligent beings from another world have been visiting Earth for many thousands of years, and have influenced the development of our religions. Some of these books suggest that prophets or messiahs have visited earth from other areas of the galaxy in [...]

Rosenberg’s latest thriller, SULLIVAN’S EVIDENCE, the third in a series is a sure-fire winner. The well-developed story is dramatic, detailed and full of terrifying suspense, as well as, an excellent look at the California criminal justice system.

Featuring returning protagonist, parole office, Carolyn Sullivan, Rosenberg continues the series with the savvy investigator tracking down a [...]

Ozar Technical College located in Ozark, Missouri has dropped charges against suspected terrorist, former instructor, Karl Forge after new information came to light on April 28, 2007. According to Christian County Prosecutor, Ron Cleek, the charges came after Forge made a statement in class that: “I’m a suicide bomber” and while the new information “does [...]

In Blacksburg, Virginia, the people now are now left with the same dilemma as the one that faced the residents of New York, Oklahoma City, and
Littleton, Colorado after the massacres that occurred in their towns. This dilemma being what to do with the scene of the tragedy: the classrooms and halls of Norris Hall at [...]

According to Pauline Arrillaga of the Associated Press, Federal Courts, can upon the parents return to the states, legally change the child custody orders of deployed military personnel that had previously given them custodial rights to their children. A case in point is that of Lt. Eva Crouch, whom after being mobilized with the Kentucky [...]