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Oh, this Stunning Moment
Truth and Love to the Nth Power

We are at a stunning moment in human history. Gandhi gave us the direction.

(BATON ROUGE, LA) - People talk about this time as a period of great awakening, a spiritual shift for humanity that will change everything, if we can only achieve it.

What does that mean? What is supposed to shift in us? Perhaps Gandhi comes closest to pointing us toward our awakening.

The John Diefenbaker Award for Canadian Humor...

And The Winner Is: Duncan's Doughnuts

(SASKATCHEWAN) - Watching Clint Eastwood make a complete jackass of himself at the Republican Convention recently, such that I almost (but not quite) had sympathy for the Republicans, it suddenly dawned on me that Canadian humor is not as bad as I thought.

As one political commentator mentioned over Joe Dirt's disruption at the Romney love-in...

Dancing Through Two Generations...
62 Year Old Salem Woman Will Perform in Le Grand Continental

Acclaimed dancer Jamie Benson is training his mom in Oregon for an incredible event.

(SALEM) - It is not an everyday story, not by any means. Verla Benson of Salem, who is 62-years old, is rehearsing Sylvain Émard's Le Grand Continental.

She has incredible support from family; one of whom is proclaimed as “one of the strongest, hottest contemporary dancers of his generation" by dance critic Lewis Segal.

The Fighting CMTC

“We'll call it the CMTC,” said Jack, “Consort Military Training Corps.” “Yeah,” said Red, “The Fighting CMTC.”

(SASKATCHEWAN) - Much has been written since World War II about The Princess Pats, (Canadian Light Infantry), the Van Doos (The Royal 22nd Regiment), the Essex Scottish, The Winnipeg Rifles.

But there is one unsung history of another magnum force known to its members as “The Fighting CMTC,” so named mostly because of their fighting among themselves.

It Takes Two

I am convinced now more than ever that it takes two parents to provide all of the things children need in their journey towards adulthood.

(TAMPA, FL) - During my recent ten plus hour flight to Okinawa, Japan with my three daughters and our tiny Chihuahua named Chip, I flipped through one of my favorite books, The Isis Papers from time to time.

I figured this long flight would be a good time to reflect and evaluate how my wife and I are raising our daughters.

Cowboy Rob

Cowboy Rob had been pushed from pillar to post ever since he arrived in Argentina last March.

(PATAGONIA, Argentina) - The latest chapter in the life of a wayward cowboy began with a garbled phone call on a sunny Monday afternoon.

Most of our calls are garbled because they are in Spanish and the earpiece in our cheap handset makes everyone sound like a frightened chicken. This call, however, was in English...

Ayn Rand, the Preacher of Selfishness Inspiring Paul Ryan

He looks to me slightly phony. I am not sure that Ayn Rand would have liked him either.

(TEL AVIV Redress) - I was not interested in Paul Ryan, the man about to be nominated by the Republican party for the office of vice-president, until the name Ayn Rand popped up.

Ayn Rand, it was said, was one of the main inspirations for his particular philosophy.

Baby Boys Have the End of Their Penis Cut Off for the Worst Possible Reasons

Tim King and Agron Belica say ENOUGH!
We must change the 'penile code' we live under.

(SALEM / BOSTON) - I am increasingly discovering the effectiveness of approaching subjects without anger or opinion.

But babies have the end of their penis cut off for the worst possible reasons and it is unnatural, so don't expect too much civility in this writing.

Typical Continental Breakfast Fare Unfairly Ignores Basic Health Needs

Sweet stuff leaves a bitter impression. We Baby Boomers listen to a different drummer.

(LINCOLN CITY, OR) - Recently my wife and I had to escape a horrible heatwave. It wasn't a bit pleasant.

As retirees, we were free to take off midweek and headed to Lincoln City and vicinity.

Author Hanan Munayyer Invited to Washington DC

The information below is relative to the September 18, 2012 in Washington DC. The CUNY lecture is scheduled for Wednesday, October 3, 2012.

(SALEM) - Following the successful lecture series presented in Jerusalem, Haifa and Nazareth during May and June 2012, Hanan Munayyer has received invitations from The Library of Congress in Washington DC and from the City University of New York to lecture on her textile and embroidery research, and autograph her book.