In 1783 Rev. John Mitchell put forth the idea of a dark star, one with such gravity that light could not escape it1. But after Thomas Young showed that light acts as a wave, rather than particles, the idea lay…
During the Cold War the operations division (DO) of the CIA overthrew elected governments and supported brutal dictators, but the analytic division (DI) maintained a reputation for producing objective reports, such as those debunking President Kennedy’s “missile gap” rhetoric and…
A fever took Helen Keller’s sight and hearing at the age of one-and-a-half. On March 3, 1887, when Keller was six, a teacher, Anne Sullivan, came to stay at her house. Sullivan taught Keller language by spelling into her hand.…
Judge Samuel Alito, nominee to the United States’ Supreme Court, champions an “unitary executive” doctrine that gives the President as Commander in Chief unlimited power. President George W. Bush has already claimed “unitary executive” powers to imprison citizens without charges,…
President George W. Bush has acted as a dictator, “a ruler who is unconstrained by law1“, as shown in three cases recently in the news. In one case, Bush violated the fifth amendment to the Constitution by labeling a US…
A month after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, with half the Senators shut out of their offices due to anthrax-powdered letters1×2, the United States Congress passed the “USA PATRIOT” Act3, which boosted the government’s surveillance power. If you can’t…
Soon after the horror of World War II and the Nazi atrocities that came to be known as The Holocaust, 51 countries formed the United Nations to keep peace and security. Soon after that, on December 10th, 1948, the United…
The Nuremberg trials for massive crimes committed during World War II led to the opening of the permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) over fifty years later1. The first trial aimed to hold to account German Nazi leaders, who started the…
The 2004 Ohio election had many problems1. A citizens group, Reform Ohio Now, got four issues on the ballot for Tuesday’s (November 8, 2005) election to address some of the problems2. The issues are: Issue 2 – Vote by Mail:…
Top Bush White House officials blew the cover of a CIA agent while smearing a critic. That core fact of the Plame Case has been further supported by Friday’s indictment of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the top advisor to Vice…