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Human Violence: Understanding it... Ending it

Ending human violence will require us to stop terrorizing our children, giving violent individuals support and safe spaces in which to feel their suppressed fear consciously, and changing institutions, such as the legal system, so that we no longer use fear to try to 'modify' behavior.

(TASMANIA, Aust.) - Violence is the most pervasive and destructive human problem of them all. It has been present for as long as history records. We are mired in it, all over the world, every day of our lives.

It now threatens to obliterate us from the historical record within decades, if not sooner.

Dementia Can Fragment the Family

Flexibility is the byword. One never knows tomorrow's menu of doings, just so long as you don't permit yourself to be done in. Empathy makes that engine chug along and stay on track.

(SALEM) - I recently spoke to a nephew in Florida about a case of dementia in his family. He asked that I not disclose the name of the person involved, but it's ok to share his dilemma anonymously. It would be a "good education" for all of us, he stated.

Let's call that lady "Martha". She's a retired educator, married with no birth family members living anywhere nearby. Her husband, "Fred", is the principal caretaker.

Former CIA Whistle-blower Targeted by Govt. for Facebook Posts

Salem-News.com writer/photojournalist Tosh Plumlee stirs the hornet's nest by revealing truthful information about US govt. weapon running...

(AUSTIN) - William Robert “Tosh” Plumlee, a former CIA contract pilot who flew arms and ammunition for the agency during the Cuban Project of the 1950s, has been targeted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for directing hard-hitting questions toward the Senate, Congress and the president on his Facebook page.

Plumlee has appeared as a guest on the Alex Jones Show several times and is highly respected for his whistle-blowing efforts...

Oregon`s Brau says Nobel Prize for Higgs Boson is Right Call

University of Oregon team played significant role in experiments that found the particle...

(EUGENE, OR) - The theoretical work of Peter Higgs and Francois Englert, honored today by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences with the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics, "is an amazing intellectual achievement," says University of Oregon particle physicist James Brau.

The recipients were recognized for the theory developed in the 1960s of what is known as the Higgs field, which gives elementary particles mass.

Marijuana and Tobacco: A Lethal Combination

It's the tobacco, stupid!

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The Portland Tribune usually a very conservative newspaper published an astonishing article 9-28-2013 titled "Sweet Deceit Cigars Tempt Teens". The article advertises a new type of miniature cigars about the size of a cigarette and sometimes called “cigarillos”. The new trick is to have them flavored such as, strawberry, peach, grape, honey, apple, and pineapple. High School kids are going crazy over them!

And about 17% of 8-11th graders have smoked them, and the rate is increasing.

Expect More Failed Israeli-Palestinian Peace Negotiations

Israel has erected a wall or fence, which cuts deep into Palestinian territory, joining large Jewish settlement blocks to Israel, further confining the Palestinians to isolated enclaves.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - The Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams met again on October 3, 2013 for the eighth time since direct peace talks were resumed in late July. No one but the eternally optimistic expects any meaningful result from these negotiations.

The history of these negotiations is merely camouflage for the systematic annexation of the West Bank by way of settlement construction hoping that this will encourage Palestinian emigration. In short, a state for Palestine and one for Israel is but an illusion.

FDA Accused of `Pay to Play` Involving Universities of Rochester and Washington; Experts Connect Epidemic of OxyContin Addiction

Pain Medicine News is mailed to "the highest-prescribers of pain medication." Why would they target the highest prescribers? Could it possibly be to keep the flow of painkillers in the US and Canada to increase the profits to Purdue Pharma and other pharmaceutical companies riding the addiction and death train?

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - My interest has been peaked by a newspaper called Pain Medicine News advertising itself as THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT.

There are problems here though. First at the top of the page of Pain Medicine News very proudly displayed is the "Purdue Pharma" insignia with an invitation for the reader to visit PurdueHCP.com.

Fatal Three-Vehicle Crash in Salem

Police released limited information about those involved in the crash.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Marion County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal, three vehicle crash in the 5700 block of Silverton Road NE. Five of the six occupants involved in the crash have been transported to local hospitals with varying degrees of injury. The Sheriff's Office can confirm that one occupant involved in the crash is deceased.

Silverton Road is closed between Lardon Road NE and 64th Avenue NE while the Marion County Sheriff's Office CRASH Team conducts a forensic investigation of the crash scene. If traveling between Silverton and Salem drivers are urged to use other roadways to prevent congestion.

Prove What You Don`t Have

Those who insisted that Iraq prove that it didn't have what it said it didn't have simply rejected Iraq's denial, which cost a million and a half lives and trillions of dollars.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Prove that you don't have what I believe you have! That was an exact demand made on Saddam Hussein. He scoffed. That brought "shock and awe", and Saddam was hanged on the mother of all ropes.

Prove that you don't have weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). The neocons sold the logic of that empty demand and the American public bought it.

Saudi Arabia:Immediately and Unconditionally Drop all Charges Against Waleed Abu Al-Khair

Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes expresses his concern regarding the arrest of Waleed Abu Al-Khair, which is a worrying step in the judicial harassment of the human rights defender, along with the travel ban imposed upon him since 2012.

(Riyadh) - On 2 October 2013, human rights defender and lawyer Mr Waleed Abu Al-Khair was arrested in Jeddah city and charged with “organising illegal gatherings” in his house. He has since been transferred for further questioning to the interrogation office, which has extended his detention until 6 October 2013.

Waleed Abu Al-Khair is a human rights lawyer and founder of the Monitor of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia. He has been involved in cases against the government for jailing activists without charge and for banning women voting in municipal elections.