Opinion List
Norm Goldman
February 06, 2012
Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com reviews The Litigators
Gary Ater
February 06, 2012
Yes, unfortunately we are all getting to know the "real" Mitt Romney.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
February 05, 2012
An NAACP notable, that is a local NAACP branch notable in Texas, praised GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul to the skies after the barrage of attacks on Paul for the racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic digs in his Ron Paul Survival Report newsletter. Herman Cain endorsed Paul rival Newt Gingrich....
Gary Ater
February 02, 2012
Will the "Independents" be the final "Deciders" in the November elections?
Christiane Tourtet B.A.
February 01, 2012
In the United States, there are approximately 4,800 (or 11.6 per 10,000) babies who are born each year and have one of seven critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs).It is important to learn more about how pulse oximetry screening can potentially identify these babies soon after they are born.
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Gary Ater
February 01, 2012
It´s important to follow the lies as reported by the far right, just to see what they are trying to falsely sell.
William Lambers
January 31, 2012
So on this Digital Learning Day I hope many students and teachers will join the already one million players of FreeRice.
William Lambers
January 30, 2012
At a time when school feeding should be expanded, in Mauritania it is days away from coming to an end.
Gary Ater
January 30, 2012
Want to understand what each political party stands for and what America thinks about them? Just read the daily funnies and the editorial cartoons.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
January 30, 2012
The bullet riddled tee shirt of President Obama posted brazenly on Facebook by seven semi-automatic gun toting men among them a Peoria, Arizona police sergeant was much more than the by now standard non-stop litany of racist cartoons, depictions, web postings, and kooky loose talk threats against ...
Robert Paul Reyes
January 29, 2012
"An Oklahoma state senator has introduced a bill that would ban the use of aborted human fetuses in the preparation of food.
State Sen. Ralph Shortey, R-Oklahoma City, said he introduced the bill to ban the production and sale of food using aborted human fetuses after his research indicated compa...
Robert Paul Reyes
January 29, 2012
"Sarah Palin spoke out Thurdsay against Alaska Airlines` decision to stop including prayer cards with its meal trays. The airline announced the move a day earlier, ending the tradition that lasted for 30 years.
`Some customers were comforted by the cards and some didn`t feel religion was appropri...
William Lambers
January 28, 2012
at your next meal, you could take in an infant child in Yemen who needs plumpy'nut to prevent potentially deadly malnutrition
Mike Banos
January 28, 2012
Cagayan de Oro's Business Process Outsourcing(BPO)companies show they are up to the challenges posed by the aftermath of the killer flash floods brought by Tropical Storm Sendong (International Name: Washi).
Tim Williams
January 18, 2012
Watching the football game between the new York Giants and the Green Bay Packers recently sort of reminded me that in today's high finance sports gambling scene one might argue that the "Fix" was in sort of speaking at Lambeau Field. All one has to do is look into sports history. Even as far back in...
Tim Williams
January 26, 2012
After last years State Of The Union address shared optimism resounded all through Washington. Only to be very short lived. The harsh realities of our dysfunctional congress reappeared soon afterward. Discord, distention and total lack of cooperation by the powers that be in both the Senate and the H...
Ralph E. Stone
January 27, 2012
January 30th marks the forty-fourth anniversary of the beginning of the Tet Offensive, a defining event in the Vietnam War. I was a U.S. Army Transportation officer stationed in Vietnam during the 1968 Tet Offensive.
General William Westmoreland commanded the U.S. military operations in the Vi...
Tim Williams
January 16, 2012
When the setting of the Doomsday clock was moved closer to that midnight of what many believe as the worlds Armageddon one can only conjure up ideas of mass destruction and the human race annihilation. We have visions of such disasters when we watch such movies as The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, Deep ...
Gary Ater
January 23, 2012
CNBC should be ashamed for only presenting one side of the argument on who pays US taxes, and why.
Risto Stefov
January 15, 2012
During the Main NOF (People´s Liberation Front) Council meeting a checklist of people expected to speak and the sequence in which they were scheduled to make their speeches was made. Then after some discussion it was decided to welcome a representative of the women´s division responsible for digging trenches and carrying logs and stones for building bunkers in the Vicho Region. But despite the warm welcome there were some opposing voices.
Risto Stefov
January 18, 2012
Grigor Prlichev, the poet from Ohrid, is unquestionably the most highly developed personality in Macedonian literature of the past century .The true perfection of his verses quite justifiably gained for him the flattering epithet a Second Homer. He shone as an impressive writer and impassioned lover of the fine word. With the gems of poetic expression is his long poem The Sirdar, Prlichev came to be the pride of Macedonian literary history. At the same time, as a writer he represents a unique phenomena in his vision and in the profundity of the creative tragedy of his own voluntary and uncompromising choice.
Risto Stefov
January 22, 2012
They walked all day and finally reached Nivitsi. At the checkpoint before the entrance into the village Evgenia was detained. Vera´s explanation and assurances, even her threats to complain to Main Headquarters and even go to Zahariadis himself, were not cause enough to satisfy the security people. Not even her certificate which identified her position in large Greek letters was of any help.
Joel S. Hirschhorn
January 24, 2012
I have taken a number of cruise ship vacations. The last one was about a year and half ago. I learned a lot about cruise ships and what factors should go into decisions about selecting a specific cruise ship that I want to share with you. By now, of course, you have heard and seen a lot about the...
Tim Williams
January 21, 2012
For all you political aficionados especially Republicans out there your favorite son Mitt Romney is poised to take the Republican banner into this falls election battle. In today's high stakes political arena where Presidential wannabe's abound it is quite reassuring that one candidate continues to ...
Mike Banos
January 27, 2012
The private sector presents the President with a comprehensive package of relief measures designed to help get Cagayan de Oro back on its feet.
Mike Banos
January 27, 2012
Property values in the first truly green building in Northern Mindanao is expected to follow recent trends in the U.S. green building market
William Lambers
January 26, 2012
Critical for Chad will be ensuring that school feeding is continued through the upcoming months when the food shortages will be at their worst.
William Lambers
January 26, 2012
Matthew 25: Ministries is on the front lines taking on this growing hunger crisis. Let's find out how in this interview with Joodi Archer, the organization's media relations director.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
January 25, 2012
Put "President" in front of Newt Gingrich and there´s an even chance "white supremacy" could be put in front of his presidential moniker. The suddenly surging Gingrich upped his racially loaded pandering scorecard with the resurface of a handwritten first draft of a series of talks he prepare...
William Lambers
January 24, 2012
Feeding the children of "drought and conflict" is the U.S. foreign policy mission for this new year
Norm Goldman
January 23, 2012
Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor reviews Where the Willow Grows in Transylvania
Robert Paul Reyes
January 23, 2012
"ORMOND BEACH, Fla. - Mitt Romney landed here Sunday with a simple message: Newt Gingrich is a failure and a fraud. And a disgrace. And a hapless showman.
Standing under a brilliant orange Florida sunset, Romney delivered his longest sustained critique of the South Carolina primary winner to date...
William Lambers
January 21, 2012
WFP has resumed school feeding in Ivory Coast. But will the funding pipeline be maintained by donors for the program to continue?
Michelle Malsbury, BSBM, MM
January 21, 2012
If you like a good murder-mystery with some extra terrestrial twists this is the book for you! Ms. Coonts spins a very believable and fun tale set in Las Vegas with a zany set of characters that help make this journey memorable. For more insight into this great read please read my review in its entirety.
William Lambers
January 20, 2012
We need to challenge all these countries. But not to an arms race, but to what President Kennedy called a "peace race."
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
January 20, 2012
Before President Obama uttered a word of his second State of the Union Speech last January, he heard the loud chorus of criticism, attacks, denunciations, and just plain boos from the usual suspects. That is GOP officials, Tea Party leaders and followers, and the pack of professional Obama loathers,...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
January 20, 2012
South Carolina Democratic Congressman James Clyburn lambasted the GOP presidential candidates for talking race in code. There´s plenty of ammunition for the attack with the stream of race tinged references Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Mitt Romney made to food stamps, welfare, work ethics,...
Gary Ater
January 19, 2012
But why doesn´t the main-stream media just tell the truth to the American public about this issue?
William Lambers
January 18, 2012
In the Sahel region of Africa millions of people are caught in a severe hunger crisis
Norm Goldman
January 18, 2012
Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com reviews Dr. Allen Malnak's Hitler's Silver Box
William Lambers
January 16, 2012
Villanova and Seton Hall are partnering with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in "Playing for Peace" to help bring an end to conflict, hunger and suffering in Sudan and South Sudan.
Robert Paul Reyes
January 16, 2012
"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward."
Matthew 6:5
Jesus Christ blasted the Pharisees for making a Hollywo...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
January 16, 2012
GOP presidential contenders Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich, GOP strategist Karl Rove, and a few other GOP stalwarts loudly claim that the Bain issue is a potential presidential game loser for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. The story has been well-worked over. Romney supposedly cut...
Michelle Malsbury, BSBM, MM
January 15, 2012
How many of you have horror stories from failed customer service? Don't we deserve good customer service for our hard earned dollars? I say we do. Please read my article in its entirety and get back to me with some of your worst stories.
Robert Paul Reyes
January 14, 2012
Mitt Romney is the first Republican non-incumbent who has won the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire Primary. If Romney wins the South Carolina primary, a contest tailor-made for his more conservative opponents, the former governor of Massachusetts will be unstoppable.
It`s win now or never, and R...
Elias Bejjani
January 14, 2012
Job 1/21: "And he said, "Naked I came from my mother´s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD."
Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great gift. The gift of life itself that He ...
Abdulazez Al-Motairi
January 07, 2012
Moreover, Somaliland President Ahmed Siilaanyo received Somaliland´s long-distance runners, who won international medals including Abdi Bille Abdi, Mo Farah and Jama Karaaciin. These atlantes won world record in different occasion starting from end of last century until last Olympics. The government and people of Somaliland encourage the sports, where sportsmen are considered national heroes.
Risto Stefov
January 08, 2012
In a half-lit room, sitting by the table placed in front of the window with a view of Mount Bela Voda, Zahariadis was writing something. He took a small break, just enough to take two or three sips of his tea, and at that moment he heard a quiet knock on the door. He put his cup to the side, collected his papers and placed them inside a newspaper.
Abdulazez Al-Motairi
January 08, 2012
Ogden National Liberation Front (ONLF), a terrorist armed group, was product of such "Greater Somalia" Policy. Barre regime trained, educated and financed large number of Somali-Ethiopians in Mogadishu to fight Ethiopia. The regime instructed the group to fight Ethiopia and merge the 5th Region of Ethiopia into "Somalia", in order to demarcate the internationally recognized Som-Ethiopian border.
Prakash Bom
January 10, 2012
In the midst of hibernation of the Maoist hardliner with the temporary arrangement for the future revolt, it is the issue of what form of government will render permanent peace and stability to the nation. It is for sure the nation cannot afford another Maoist-conflict.
In my opinion, the Pa...
Philip F. Harris
January 12, 2012
What can you do to prepare for the events of 2102?
William Lambers
January 12, 2012
Hoover's American Epic in Fighting Hunger is something we can learn from in today's struggle to win peace.
Gary Ater
January 10, 2012
This is only a small nutshell of political and social reasons for looking elsewhere for a "real" conservative presidential candidate.
Gary Ater
January 11, 2012
Leverage buyout investment companies are not "Job Creators".
Robert Paul Reyes
January 10, 2012
"The Animal Rescue League of Boston said a member used a rope to hoist himself up and save a cat stranded atop a 50-foot tree.
Police shut down traffic on the street about 1 p.m. and rescuer Bill Tanguay used a rope to hoist himself up the tree and coax the cat down with a can of Fancy Feast." UP...
Robert Paul Reyes
January 10, 2012
Ricky Martin
Elton John
Perez Hilton
Marc Jacobs
Adam Lambert
Ellen DeGeneres
George Michael
Neil Patrick Harris
Alexander McQueen
Dan Choi
The Advocate's list of Top Ten Most Googled Gays and Lesbians
My thoughts:
All of these ladies and gentlemen, with the exception of George Mic...
Robert Paul Reyes
January 10, 2012
"As always, Snoop Dogg has an innovative approach to getting things done. He told Hot 99.5's Toby Knapp that he would convince President Obama to change the drug laws by first getting him nice and relaxed:
Before I even said 'Hi' to President Obama, I would change the aroma of the room. And then ...
Robert Paul Reyes
January 10, 2012
Tim Tebow connected with Demaryius Thomas on an 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play of OT and the Denver Broncos defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 29-23 in the AFC wild-card game on Sunday.
The Jesus-loving phenom passed for an awesome 316 yards in ten throws. That's 31.6 yards per throw. You...
Robert Paul Reyes
January 10, 2012
"I will go to the NAACP convention and tell the African-American community why they should demand paychecks instead of food stamps." -Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich
It's not surprising that New Gingrich would make such a condescending and racist statement. The ethically-challenged Gingrich fr...
Michelle Malsbury, BSBM, MM
January 10, 2012
DC Brod may be a newcomer on the fiction scene, but it is my prediction that she will be a force in this field. Her first novel, "Getting Lucky" kept me riveted to the pages and hungry for what came next. For more insight into this super murder mystery please read this review in its entirety.
Michael Averko
January 10, 2012
Note: this article is a longer version of the one which initially appeared in Foreign Policy Journal (http://www.foreignpolicyjpournal.com) on January 9. The Analysis section of Eurasia Review (http://www.eurasiareview.com) has a hyperlinked version of the below article. MMA
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Earl Ofari Hutchinson
January 09, 2012
It was only a matter of time before the enshrined celebrity tabloid obsession would ensnare the Obama´s. They have been ripe for the pickings of a media that for the past two decades has successfully parlayed gossip, innuendo, rumor, half truths and outright lies into a hugely profitable growt...
Elias Bejjani
January 08, 2012
A bunch of notorious Lebanese Christian politicians met today at the Kesroun Basilica of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa Shrine in a bid to lobby for the ailing Syrian dictatorship regime and its bloody butcher Bachar Al Assad, to cover the anti Lebanese and anti-Christian stances adopted by the dera...
Gary Ater
January 05, 2012
The House Majority leader Cantor tried, but failed to change how he is viewed by the voting public.
Gary Ater
January 04, 2012
Voter ID laws, massive campaign contributions and the main-stream media not doing their jobs are the biggest and most important issues.
Christiane Tourtet B.A.
January 04, 2012
Heart disease is a major cause of disability and the leading cause of death in the United States. Each year, more than 600,000 Americans die of heart disease. This represents about 26% of all U.S. deaths. In order to raise awareness of this disease, since 1963, February has been recognized as "Ameri...
Gary Ater
December 31, 2011
You know it´s really bad when the major conservative writers and the radio & TV pundits are holding their noses.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
January 02, 2012
GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul just can´t seem to help himself when it comes to his fetish on a law which has been on the books for nearly five decades and which has long since been rendered a moot point by even avowed white supremacists. That´s the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Paul caught much flac...
Robert Paul Reyes
January 03, 2012
"An animal advocacy group in western Pennsylvania has carried out its annual New Year's Eve rescue, saving 61 dogs and cats from death.
Animal Friends took custody of 40 dogs and 21 cats Friday from shelters in four counties, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reported. All were likely to be put down." ...
Robert Paul Reyes
January 03, 2012
"Guns were more likely than ever to land beneath Christmas trees in 2011, as the FBI reported record-breaking firearm sales in the days leading up to the holiday."
Christmas is the time of the year to meditate on world peace and goodwill toward all men, it's the season to make amends and make a d...
Robert Paul Reyes
January 03, 2012
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"Authorities in a central Arkansas town say about 100 blackbirds died on New Year`s Eve after being spooked by fireworks, far less than the thousands that perished there a year ago."
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Risto Stefov
December 24, 2011
The road to Mount Babuna was snowed in. After taking a sharp turn the first vehicle ran into a deep drift of snow causing the "Jemps" (military truck) to stall. The driver got off and after loudly cursing and spitting, yelled out: "Get off the truck and start clearing the snow!"
Tim Williams
January 02, 2012
Now that the new year has begun it is time to once again reflect on the ineptness of our government in regards to the most blundering proposals that came out of Washington this past year. You don't have to go back that far only to realize that this past fall Congress really missed the boat. But, in ...
Tim Williams
December 31, 2011
In an age where democratic resurgence is gaining ground in suppressed populations around the world the latest to actually loose much of it's significance is the European Parliament. This was supposed to be the greatest democratic body on the same parallel as the United States Congress. Bonded togeth...
Christina Hamlett
December 28, 2011
A collection of stories about the Thanksgiving experience.
Minnesota based Somali Transparency And Integrity Program of the Center For Somali Solutions Interna
Mahdi Haile
December 27, 2011
Minnesota based Somali Transparency And Integrity Program of the Center For Somali Solutions International´s leaders, , head to Djibouti, for the organizations Annual National Meeting
Philip F. Harris
December 28, 2011
Is there a real concern over 2012? Will there be an Apocalypse? You'd better hope so!
Lourdes Salvador
December 31, 2011
New research from the Center for Neurosensory Disorders suggests that fibromyalgia is a functional pain disorder more appropriately grouped with other functional pain disorders, rather than as a group of genetic conditions treated with antidepressants and known as affective spectrum disorders.
Lourdes Salvador
December 31, 2011
High radio frequency radiation affects the pituitary–adrenal axis altering hormones according to new research.
Risto Stefov
January 01, 2012
You are to lead the entire group. In the beginning you will only listen to what they have to say, the Slavo-Macedonians, and you will note everything. At the end, you will act harshly. How? We will decide. Those who will keep you company will each have a separate task and their own say.
William Lambers
January 02, 2012
Dr. Rajia Sharhan witnesses this crisis unfold daily as a nutrition specialist for UNICEF Yemen.
Michelle Malsbury, BSBM, MM
January 01, 2012
Mr. Coleman was a new voice for me in the detective novel genre. I had a hard time putting this book down. For more insight into this brilliant writer and compelling tale please read my review in its entirety.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
December 31, 2011
The Iowa caucus is a sideshow, a good one, but a sideshow nonetheless. The one man who knows that is President Obama. He, and his reelection team, publicly slam the only challenger that can make the 2012 presidential race competitive, if not an actual horse race. That´s Mitt Romney. It doesn...
Elias Bejjani
December 31, 2011
With the beginning of the new year 2012, let us all ask almighty God genuinely to shower on every one the graces of health, prosperity, peace, faith, and hope
Let us all put our burdens, pain, sickness, deprivation, persecution, separation, broken hearts, disappointments, frustrations, bereavemen...
William Lambers
December 29, 2011
In the following interview Geert Cappelaere, director of UNICEF in Yemen, discusses the fast-developing humanitarian crisis and how we can take action.
William Lambers
December 28, 2011
This is one of the lessons of this year. Invest in farmers today to avoid the famine of tomorrow.
Elias Bejjani
December 28, 2011
As a Maronite Canadian Lebanese human Rights activist, I am seriously wondering if the derailed Maronite Patriarch Bchara Al Raei is a committed member in the cadets of Syrian Baathists Party?
The question becomes so legitimate and so urgent when I hear his on going bizarre rhetoric and watch hi...
Robert Paul Reyes
December 27, 2011
"A Peabody woman says a cupcake she tried to take on a flight with her sparked a potential security threat this week.Rebecca Hains says she was going through security at the airport in Las Vegas when a TSA agent pulled her aside and said the cupcake frosting was 'gel-like' enough to constitute a sec...
Robert Paul Reyes
December 27, 2011
"A Florida school board suspended for 10 days without pay a teacher who hosed down a pre-kindergarten student who soiled his clothes." UPI
The teacher, Stephanie Wilson, is a sadistic monster, plain and simple. The kid couldn't be more than 4-years-old, this experience will render him traumatized...
Robert Paul Reyes
December 27, 2011
"Just remember the higher a monkey climbs on a pole, the more you can see his butt. So, you know, the Speaker is very high on the pole right now and we'll see how people like the view."
David Axelrod speaking of none other than Newt Gingrich
Newt is named after an aquatic amphibian, but his di...
Robert Paul Reyes
December 27, 2011
As quarterback and Messiah Tim Tebow leads the charging Broncos toward the playoffs, his ritual of getting down on a knee and praying (tebowing) has caught on in every corner of the world. Even people who don't know a touchdown from a toaster are tebowing for no discernible reason.
Tebow isn't we...
Robert Paul Reyes
December 27, 2011
"Authorities in Oregon said a man was apparently under the influence of drugs when he broke into a home and attacked residents with a Tiki torch.
Police said Matthew Zamora, 28, of Sherwood, is believed to have been under the influence of drugs late Christmas Day when he allegedly grabbed an unli...
Robert Paul Reyes
December 27, 2011
"Pancho Clos, Santa Claus' Mexican-themed cousin from the South Pole, handed out gifts to children at a Texas shopping center.
Pancho made his 40th annual visit Sunday to Lubbock and arrived at the Maggie Trejo Super Center with an escort made up of Hispanic Police Officers Association members." ...
Robert Paul Reyes
December 27, 2011
"Sarah Palin, it seems, finds the Obama family Christmas card featuring First Dog Bo something less than appropriate.
The former governor of Alaska tod Fox News that she found it 'odd' that the card featured the dog rather than the cores of the holiday: 'family, faith and freedom.'"
BaltimoreS...
Robert Paul Reyes
December 27, 2011
"A family in the Chicago suburbs said they returned home on Christmas to find someone had stolen their 6-foot inflatable penguin." UPI
This curious tale brings up a lot of questions:
*What does a 6-foot inflatable penguin have to do with the Christmas story? There may have been sheep in the ma...
Robert Paul Reyes
December 27, 2011
"A goat slated to stand watch at a Christmas Eve nativity scene in Fergus Fall, Minn., broke free and headed for greener holiday pastures." UPI
Throughout recorded history goats have been sacrificed to appease angry deities, even today goats aren't safe from religious fanatics.
Nepal's state-r...
Robert Paul Reyes
December 27, 2011
"A limited-time shoe sale at New York`s Saks Fifth Avenue turned into a mad dash for shoes and checkout spots before the sale expired, witnesses said.
Witnesses said the 4-hour, 60-percent sale that ended at noon Monday produced a frenzy over Oscar de la Renta and Christian Louboutin footwear, as...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
December 25, 2011
Things got worse for GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul when his GOP presidential rival Newt Gingrich called Paul on the carpet for purported racially inflammatory utterances he made in the 1990s in his officially approved newsletters, Ron Paul´s Political Report and Ron Paul´s Freedom ...
William Lambers
December 24, 2011
Imagine if every person gave a gift this Christmas to a "silent guest," one of the world's hungry.
Elias Bejjani
December 24, 2011
The most effective, productive and everlasting participation that we can offer on this Holy Christmas Day is our authentic and honest prayers for the repentance and salvation of evildoers. We must pray for those evil and wicked world leaders, rulers, politicians, fundamentalists and outlawed milita...