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American Joke

The U.S. Canada border used to be the longest undefended border in the world.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - A man dies and goes to heaven, where he is being shown around by Saint Peter. As they are strolling, he notices a high wall with a faint murmur of voice coming from the other side.

What’s that? he asks.

A Slice of Life: A review of Faded Love

Many of the stories in the book are set in Alberta and British Columbia, both in the urban centres and in the hinterlands.

(GOLD RIVER, B.C.) - R.N. Friedland's Faded Love, is a collection of short stories mostly centered in the Canadian West, but ranging afield to both Europe and Asia. It has the air of a
Roman a clef, perhaps with a good dose of imagination.

It certainly speaks of an author with a wide range of experience and knowledge of humanity.

US Health Care Reformed, A Better Bad System

The rabid right may have all the press with their Teabagger shenanigans and hate filled demonstrations, and they may want to lay claim to being the voice of a majority of Americans, but it isn't so.

(GOLD RIVER, B.C.) - The US Congress finally passed a health care bill, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. As health care programs go, it holds no candle to the Canadian system or some of the other public systems around the world.

The Sickness in the American Soul

Daniel Johnson's 100th article on Salem-News.com.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - “There is a great tendency in this country to refuse to see what is right in front of everybody’s eyes.”^[1] says Bob Herbert in a recent New York Times column.

Not Economically Viable

Israeli Apartheid and The Nakba

You have to ask yourself: If I keep quiet, will it ever end?

(LONDON) - There can be absolutely no doubt that Israel has created an inhuman, illegal and utterly disgraceful Apartheid state, and the international community will never be able to excuse itself if it takes no action against this blatant, ongoing and in-plain-sight crime against humanity.

Reports Indicate U.S. is Mobilizing for War in Iran

Israeli influence over U.S. policy is reaching new record levels, as word is announced that the U.S. is moving serious weapons into place for a possible strike on the people of Iran.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Iran has never attacked another nation, and according to the international group that oversees nuclear activities, Iran is not developing nuclear weapons.

Faux Freedom Part 2

You can prove you are free if you can find one decision you can make that is not influenced, directly or indirectly, by your social background.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - We experience the world through the five senses of sight, sound, touch (tactile), taste and smell (olfactory).

A Decent Future Requires Balance

People are part of the same biological universe as insects and other critters, including those that are pests.

(GOLD RIVER, B.C.) - I grew up on a farm and have continued to raise plants for most of my life. Anyone who does this usually learns about insects that prey upon plants. The smart ones also learn about the balance of nature.

Faux Freedom Part 1

Our entire lives are formed by “choices” we make that we are not really free to make.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - We all believe we’re free. But here’s a simple test to find out if we really are. The next time you’re at a mall or some open public space with lots of people around, move into a corner or against a wall and begin a full-throated rendition of one of your favorite songs. Don’t hold anything back. You’re free, right?

Cosmology of the Ants

It appears that billions of Argentine ants around the world all actually belong to one single global mega-colony.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - As children, it’s natural for us to believe the world is flat. Everything around us is flat. If we live on a prairie, the world stretching away looks flat; everything just gets smaller in the distance. No mystery there.