"MUSING ON INDEPENDENCE Today is our 43rd Independence Day. I am sitting at home, enjoying a rare day with my family. Just now, the children are playing with their cousins as my little nephew is celebrating his...
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This article by Eric Margolis, an expert on Afghanistan, dispels the myths created by the George W. Bush, Stephen Harper and NATO, myths now unfortunately parroted by Barack Obama as he seeks to gain the upper hand...
This cabbie went on the ride of his life when he serendipitously picked up his fare, Formula One champion Michael Schumacher. Schumacher, who was traveling with his family, naturally asked the cabbie to step...
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"She was the Queen of Great Britain. He was a dining room waiter in India. The story of a 'love affair' between Queen Victoria and Hafiz Abdul Karim aka Munshi has fascinated historians. They say he was very handsome...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOne of the topics in this story is about Afrocentric schools in order to house black citizens of this country in a Blacks only institution in order for Blacks to better...
The funeral for an innocent bystander killed by a stray bullet on Gerrard street was held today, a day after the police released a youtube appeal for witnesses to step forward.Previous NowPublic coverage on the...
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"Chomsky on World Ownership
Michael Shank | January 23, 2008
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Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. On January 15, Michael Shank...
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Daughter of the West
Tariq Ali
Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...
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"I LOVE BEING A MOTHER, but I hate Mother's Day. It is the most cooked-up holiday on the books.
I hate Mother's Day cards with their treacly, pastel sentiments, and all the sachet-scented lady gifts designed to flatter the Angel in the House. I hate carnations and baby's...
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""I WOULD ban religion completely," British pop-music star Elton John said in a much-noted interview last November. "It turns people into hateful lemmings, and it's not really compassionate."It isn't exactly news...
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"On July 2, Fairfax County police received a 911 call from a Champps restaurant in Reston. Six men are seated at a table, the caller said. They're all armed.
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"Pelosi hears boos at AIPAC
By Ian Swanson
March 13, 2007
Members of the main pro-Israel lobbying group offered scattered boos to a statement by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that the Iraq war has been a failure on several scores.
The boos, mixed with some polite...
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"That's why this week we all need to be ''goodwill ambassadors'' for South Florida. Let's welcome our Super Bowl visitors with open arms. Let's kiss them on the lips while inserting a little goodwill tongue. Above all, let's keep them out of trouble. Remember that many of...
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