by altha-admin | Mar 21, 2011 | Articles
High-ranking officials in the Yemeni army have defected to the opposition.Government ministers and ambassadors have resigned in protest after the President's crackdown on protesters last week.Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh no longer has any long-standing...
by altha-admin | Mar 20, 2011 | Articles
Columnist Dennis Prager's article "Murderers Should Die" was erudite and thought-provoking.However, I adamantly disagree with his argument. To begin with, I resent his insinuation that opponents of the death penalty have misplaced compassion for...
by altha-admin | Mar 20, 2011 | Articles
Who came up with the ludicrous notion that people should be paid for not working?Come to think of it, the idea seems innate in human nature. Who doesn't want to get paid to do nothing?Hence, the pension system. Work thirty odd years, retire with a gold watch and...
by altha-admin | Mar 20, 2011 | Articles
Haiti has been hit by two devasting earthquakes already.First, the January 2010 7.9 quake that wreaked nationwide desolation. Make-shift campsThen, "Baby Doc" Duvalier returned to a nation, still reeling from natural disaster and national dissolution. The...
by altha-admin | Mar 20, 2011 | Articles
LA Times article "Congress again averts a federal shutdown" (March 18, 2011) shares an intriguing quote from the junior senator of Alaska.After outlining the legal l0g-rolling of the current Congress to prevent a government shutdown while cutting wasteful...
