Systemic Failure
What we have is a system failure that is rooted in a societal failure.Behind our disaster lie the greed, stupidity and incompetence of theleadership of a generation. As the U.S. financial crisis broadens and deepens, […]
Author: Frank Roman
St. Louis Airport Theft Ring Busted
Everything from iPods to smokes was taken.* In an update to the original story, The Associated Press writes “eight contract baggage handlers for Delta Airlines rifled through hundreds of bags of luggage at Lambert Airport […]
U.S. HIV Cases Soaring Among Black Women
AIDS is among the three top causes of death for black women ages 35 to 44. He was, Precious Jackson said, a very fine black man.He was 6 feet 2 inches tall with an almond-milk […]
‘Several’ Missing “Somali-Americans” Back in U.S. After Overseas Terror Mission
<span id=”intelliTXT” name=”intelliTxt”><p><strong> <font size=”2″ style=”font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;”>Many of the Somali-American men who were recruited to join an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group overseas have returned to the United States, according to a source familiar with an […]
Teenage Birthrate Increases For Second Consecutive Year
The birthrate increased 2 percent among whites and Asians and 1 percentamong blacks, but it decreased 2 percent among Hispanics. The rate at which teenage girls in the United States are having babieshas risen for […]
House Adopts Plan For ‘Volunteer’ Corps
Also requires new evaluation of ‘mandatory’ service for all The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a plan to set up anew “volunteer corps” and consider whether “a workable, fair, andreasonable mandatory service requirement for […]
Perhaps He Can’t Fix It
Rather like a would-be government in Britain that talked of “sharing the proceeds of growth”, the candidate who wanted to redistribute wealth now, as President, has no wealth to redistribute. (Here’s what WE would do. […]
When Smart People Do Dumb Things
Suckered Madoff investors now seek taxpayer bailout. Onthe subway ride Thursday morning to the federal courthouse — where Iwatched Bernard L. Madoff plead guilty and get hauled off to prison — Icame across this quote […]
Obama and Netanyahu: Idealism vs. Pragmatism
The US and Israel have developed a “special relationship” that isindependent of the specific leaders serving at specific periods inWashington and Jerusalem.Clashes are inevitable between the idealist and pragmaticproclivities of the new Obama administration in […]
Justice Is Served: Caucasian Diversity Promoters Sacked By Diversity
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