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My Son Has the Swine Flu: A Daily Journal

If you have a child that is stuck home with the swine flu and ends up like my son, with negligible symptoms, your biggest problem will be his boredom

(AGOURA HILLS, Calif.) - We just went through the swine flu with our older son, Will. We didn’t panic or allow the hysteria of the msm (mainstream media) to scare us. His first reaction was simply, “Darn, I’m going to miss Halloween.”

With the swine flu, we’ve been deluged with scare reports from the media, ignoring the fact that each year tens of thousands of Americans die of the regular flu.

Can Families Avoid Playing Favorites?

Congratulations to Bruce Sallan for his 50th Salem-News.com article!

(AGOURA, Calif.) - Sitting in Starbuck’s the other day, waiting for my car to be serviced, I sat next to a mom who shared a “dirty little parenting secret.” Her kids, and she and her husband, have “favorites.”

She gets along better with their younger child while her husband gets along better with the older child. I believe that this is natural, ubiquitous, and something most parents are ashamed to admit.

Stuck Between My Wife and the Kids

Good relationships don't come easy, but personal growth is also a benefit.

(AGOURA, Calif.) - In every marriage, spouses face an inevitable choice between their children and their spouse. It is a classic dilemma that confronts every couple and one that is inescapable and difficult.

It is especially true in second marriages, like mine. I have to admit, it is an ongoing issue in our home and one I’m trying to figure out with the right amount of love and respect shown towards everyone.

U.S. Senator Wyden`s Position on Net Neutrality Upheld at FCC

Senator Encouraged that “Change has come to Washington”

(WASHINGTON, DC) - The FCC will prevent Internet service providers (ISP) from being able to act as gatekeepers, favoring their own applications or services over those provided by others and blocking or slowing certain Internet content. The senator’s statement follows:

“The FCC did the right thing today. They said loud and clear that in America, the consumer is going to stay in control of how they use the Internet – not the well-connected, well-funded service providers,” said Wyden.

E-mail, Etiquette, and Friends

Our children are growing up with technology and it will all be a part of their lives hereafter.

(AGOURA, Calif.) - E-mail is so ubiquitous that we forget that it isn’t talking on the phone or having a conversation in person. Subtlety, facial expressions, or tonality are all lost in an e-mail message.

I have found this has gotten me in trouble when I think I’m being funny, subtle, or sarcastic in an e-mail. And, the habit many of us have of forwarding a joke, photo, or an article creates even greater problems in many cases.

Four Adults Arrested for Raping and Sexually Abusing Children

Police say teen girls were given pot and alcohol, tied up, raped, and even engaged in sex with a dog and groups of men located through Craigslist ads; one victim was only four.

(NEWBERG, Ore.) - Police arrested several adults in what appears to be a bizarre and tragic series of sex crimes involving teenage girls and one four-year old child.

Police say the situation came to their attention over the weekend. A 15-year old girl told officers she had engaged in sex with 44-year old Darrin Vaughn Daily after he gave her marijuana and alcohol.

Cutting Edge News Website Needs Investor Support

Salem-News.com blazes the trail for "New Media" and wants you to come along.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A news group in Oregon has been on a path toward reinventing the way news is presented in the United States for the past five years. Salem-News.com is staffed by a team of volunteer writers and every one has invested a great deal of time, money and labor, to get to this point.

Three weeks ago, we launched a video newscast which is the first of its type, as a local origination program that is not a byproduct of the Portland television news media. There have been some great moments already and a lot of hustle.

It`s a Tech World, After All

Today's technology is a blessing and a curse.

(AGOURA, Calif.) - I love technology. I hate technology. I get so frustrated with technology. All of the above. That’s my generation and definitely me. My friend Marty is a tech wizard, while my wife is still using computers primarily for e-mail. I’m somewhat in the middle with my knowledge and depth of tech use and dependence, though my boys laugh at my attempts to learn anything new.

But, it’s hard to resist all we hear about what every new tech gadget has to offer, especially for us men (a.k.a. boys and their toys).

`News` Related Internet Anomalies Wednesday Affect Salem-News.com

It just seemed odd and suspicious that the particular word "news" would be so strongly affected. This should give the more paranoid thinkers reading this something to talk about.

(SALEM, Ore.) - While monitoring the volume of Web traffic that Salem-News.com draws nearly every day, I have become a sort of addict, always eagerly anticipating the figures that a new hour brings.

These statistics are a direct reflection of how good we are, and how many people our stories attract from search engines like Google, Yahoo and now Bing.

Our Electronic Lives

As if the potential disasters weren’t enough, you can now add solar storms to the list of potential disasters you can pretend you don’t know about.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - One clumsy (not enchanted) evening I knocked over a glass of Pepsi, spilling it on my modem, giving it an apparently fatal injury.

While I was waiting for a new modem to arrive, it tried it every day, but to no avail. Pepsi is sticky; beer is not.