One truly is the protector of oneself; who else could the protector be? With oneself fully controlled, one gains a mastery that is hard to gain. Dhammapada 160...
Another look into the soul of American Christian fundamentalism, the kind that is raplidly turning the icon of democracy into an totalitarian theocracy. ...
The fabled Iron Curtain that separated Western Europe from the communist countries of Eastern Europe was once one of the most dangerous places on earth. But in...
The head of the Defense Intelligence Agency said Thursday that American intelligence agencies believed North Korea had mastered the technology for arming its...
Washington, DC, Apr. 29 (UPI) -- A Congressional Research Service report says neither the president nor the U.S. military has the right to hold U.S. citizens...
In spite of discrepancies regarding US occupation of Iraq, Ankara inks military agreement of USD 1.1 billion value with Washington for upgrading 117 war...
The State Department plans later this year to install wireless radio frequency identification or RFID chips in all new passports it issues, but it is receiving...
Villagers in India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands have denounced 'paltry' tsunami compensation relief they have received from the local government. One woman...
The Busheviks' plan to develop a nuclear weapon that could penetrate the earth and destroy underground enemy bunkers while minimizing civilian casualties is...
Vladimir Putin gave a bizarre speech this week in which he described the fall of the Soviet Union as "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century" and...
Nepal is one of the poorest nations in the world with an annual per capita income of around $250. At least 42 percent of the people live below poverty the line...
The influence of Wahhabism -- the branch of Sunni Islam popular in Saudi Arabia but which Russian President Vladimir Putin and others say threatens the Russian...
(Thanks to Brad for these.) http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=46867&SelectRegion=East_Africa&SelectCountry=SUDAN Meanwhile, women in Darfur have...
A new study by researchers at NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy, and Columbia University, published in the journal Science this week, concludes that global...
In the last two weeks, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has unleashed a series of vicious attacks on immigrants, demanding the border with Mexico be...
It was spotted several times -- once even filmed -- over the past year and a half. Now, ornithologists writing in the journal Science have officially confirmed...
[Moderator comment: For those of you who have never been in a shamaal, looking at these dozen or so photos is a "required" part of your liberal education....
(Excerpted from The Daily Reckoning for April 29, 2005) Often, the best way to deal with something, or someone, that you find absurd is to take a step back and...
Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial. Dhammapada 163 The Daily...
"A principle familiar to propagandists is that the doctrine to be instilled in the target audience should not be articulated: that would only expose them to...
(Excerpted from the Daily Dose for April 29, 2005) "Here comes the sun (doodle-de-do), and I say: It's all right..." -- The Beatles "Here comes the sun: You'd...
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