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American Politics, Scandals, Human Failures

Anthony Weiner needs professional help as does Bob Filner and so did Kennedy, King and Clinton.

(NEWBURGH, Indiana) - What do Anthony Weiner, Bob Filner, Eliot Spitzer, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy and Bill Clinton all have in common?

There are several answers to this question. One answer - they all had or have a human failure problem.

Las Vegas Premiere Set to Expose BLM Mismanagement

Secretaries of Interior and Energy invited to showing of “Who Are My People?”

(LAS VEGAS) - It is no coincidence that the Las Vegas premiere of “Who Are My People?” is on August 13. National Clean Energy Summit 6.0 takes place the same day.

The Secretary of the Interior (Sally Jewell), Secretary of Energy (Dr. Ernest Moniz), Chairman Jon Wellinghoff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will be there...

An Afghan Church Grows in Delhi

The war-torn country has signed and ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, but adheres to a conservative interpretation of Islamic law.

(DELHI ) - In a South Delhi neighborhood, the sound of a man reciting Dari, a Farsi dialect spoken in Afghanistan, over a loudspeaker attached to a modest two-story building rose over the din of vegetable hawkers.

The building was a church run by Afghan refugees who had converted to Christianity. The man was a young Afghan priest reading the Bible before a Sunday service in its basement.

To be Beloved; A Mother`s Love for her Daughter

She is no longer the small child she used to be; the small child I could hold and keep safe. Perhaps that is what evokes those momentary sensations of grief; the desperate love I feel for her and the knowledge that I cannot protect her anymore.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Recently, while having dinner with my 21-year-old daughter, at a popular downtown restaurant, the conversation turned to some minor issues she was having with her boyfriend of almost two years.

We sat at a table in the corner, near a large east facing window.

Living In Multicultural America

I do not expect every American to look like me, talk like me, think like me or act like me. How boring would it be if we were all the same?

(NEWBURGH, Indiana) - I was eating lunch with a high school friend recently at an Atlanta airport restaurant. He has worked in customs for eight years.

He noted, "Everyone working in this restaurant is from someplace else." We were intrigued and started asking those in the busy restaurant their country of origin.

Law Enforcement Meets Human Rights

Law enforcement officers must take their responsibility seriously and refrain from abuse.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - Myanmar was one of the first countries that rectified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) when it was decreed on December 10, 1948.

It is mentioned that "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights" and no one shall be discriminated against by "distinction of any kind..."

1973 - Allan Sherman Dies

1973 was a turning point in Jewish history, for me, for all of us.

(ST. AUGUSTINE, FL) - Mark Cohen is a writer and speaker specializing in the Jewish American scene, his latest work is: Overweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman

It's why the rise and fall of a big, self-destructive funnyman fits into a series of otherwise serious academic monographs from Brandeis University Press (2013).

Developing a Life Strategy

Develop a life action plan. Why not plan a strategy for the next year or even the next five years? You and God can determine where you will be. Start today!

(NEWBURGH, Indiana) - Proverbs 29.18 "Where there is no vision the people perish."Everyone needs a strategy. You may be 25 or 75 years in age. Who cares? Probably the only one who cares about your age is you.

Your age either tells you that you are too young or too old. Remember, age is only a number. We have to put numbers aside and go with our hearts. If God is in it then don't worry about the number.

Doc

The best doctor in the world is your veterinarian – he can't ask his patients how they feel. He's got to just know.
- Will Rogers

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - There is perhaps no greater cliché in the history of the Western United States and the Canadian Provinces, than that of the kindly old country doctor.

He's been depicted by Norman Rockwell, chronicled in the real person of Dr. Dafoe, who delivered the Dionne Quints under primitive conditions, and his role has been overdone ad nauseum in literary mag and popular press alike...

Experimental Essay on Sex, Gender and Fantasy; the Realm

There appears to be a distinct melancholy that accompanies the aging process.

(PORTLAND, OR) - As we age, men and women, having survived what can be numerous failed relationships or marriages often find themselves wondering if the personal hunger for romantic love can remain infallible to them or eventually wither and die altogether.

Does it fade to the inner realm of an unknown fantasy life that we conceal from family, friends or even ourselves?