When Grandma Goes To Court
Lawyers should never ask a Mississippi grandma a question if they aren’t prepared for the answer. In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the […]
Month: January 2008
Joke Leaves ’em Gasping
Obama quip stuns Citizen of the West banquet crowd A Greeley businessman apologized Wednesday after a joke about Illinois Sen. Barack Obama fell flat during the National Western Stock Show’s annual Citizen of the West […]
Economics, Ideology, Freedom and Illusion, Part II
Continued from http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3000 http://www.wvwnews.net/downloads/audio/john_young/jy20080116.mp3 After George W. Bush won his first Presidential bid, the New York Times ran an article describing what would become of Clinton administration officials: “From the Clinton administration, top prizes […]
Economics, Ideology, Freedom and Illusion
by John Young http://www.wvwnews.net/downloads/audio/john_young/jy20080116.mp3 Podcast is nearly two hours in length, so this file is large. The image demonstrates the Orbison Illusion. Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to […]
Religion, European Secular Identities, and European Integration
The rapid and drastic process of secularization in western Europe over the last decades has not diminished the continuing http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2763 with which Europe considers the Islamic religion and Muslims in its midst. In this benchmark […]
Group Blames Infection in Homosexuals on ‘Unnatural Behaviors’
A drug-resistant strain of a deadly staph infection found in some U.S. hospitals is now spreading among homosexual men, researchers said By Melanie Hunter CNSNews.com Senior Editor A conservative group has characterized the problem as […]
Ron Paul’s Israel Problem
http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2427 http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2741 By Pastor Chuck Baldwin If evangelical Christians are hesitant to support Ron Paul’s candidacy for the Republican nomination for President, two reasons are usually proffered: he does not support Israel, and he wants […]
The Huckster Signs ‘No Amnesty Pledge’
http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2938 Special to Western Voices At a South http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2981 press conference on Wednesday (Jan. 16), former Arkansas governor and GOP Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee signed the NumbersUSA “No Amnesty Pledge,” promising he will veto any […]
Mexico: Hunting Police
Shootings target police, families; 6 killed, 5 injured in three incidents http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=928 By Sandra Dibble Union Tribune A high-ranking police commander, his wife and his 11-year-old daughter were among six people killed in a burst […]
Islamic Militants Capture Military Base in NW Pakistan
Pakistan slowly falling http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2795 By Nancy-Amelia Collins VOA News The http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2829 militants linked to al Qaida captured a remote military outpost located along South Waziristan’s mountainous border with Afghanistan. Military spokesman General Athar Abbas said […]