Today marks the 6th anniversary of the tragedy of September 11, 2001, take this day to remember the children who perished on that fateful day. September 11 took the lives of 2,974 people, not including the 19 hijackers, an additional 24 people still remain listed as missing. Of those who lost their lives, 8 where […]
With memorials and various observations making headlines today, I will break with protocol and comment some of the legal ramifications of the war on terror. In response to the attacks against the Pentagon, the World Trade Center, and the failed attack that crashed in Pennsylvania, the Bush administration launched the “war on terror”; a military […]
Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit. -Eli Khamarov, Lives of the Cognoscenti Every year at least 6 million children die from malnutrition, or malnutrition related causes every year, but there are low cost alternatives that could curb the number of deaths. The correlation between poverty and malnutrition is obvious to many, […]
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC is a grouping of countries that is "the premier forum for facilitating economic growth, cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region." APEC's 21 Member Economies are: Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; People's Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Papua New […]
A report by the New York based Human Rights Watch states that Israel conducted indiscriminate air raids against Lebanese civilians during the July War with the military wing of Hezbollah. The report alleges that Israel acted with “reckless indifference” regarding the fate of civilians and questioned Israel's argument that Hezbollah was using civilians as human […]
Just when you think there isn't a toy left to be recalled…wham!…you get hit with another and then again another. So when will the recalls end? It seems as if they may not be going away anytime soon, as Mattel announced third Chinese toy recall just this past week. So as the kids head back […]
Three Marine Corps personnel were officially disciplined for their role in the death of 24 Iraqi civilians during a raid in the town of Haditha in 2005. Maj. Gen. Richard A. Huck, the former commanding general of the 2nd Marine Division, was given a letter of censure for the “actions he took and failed to […]
Forget not the sheer joy of being a kid, remember how to play and laugh over nothing at all. For childhood fades all to soon, and for some it barely makes an appearance. Millions of children around the world are forced to work, enslaved, beaten and abused, cry themselves to sleep at night from hunger, […]
Adjaratou, pictured above, was around 12 when her parents forced her to marry her maternal cousin, where she suffered countless abuses. When she refused her husband's demands to do such things as cover her head, she was beaten, and therefore suffered two miscarriages (Too Young to Wed). Adjaratou, is just one of the millions of […]
The International Criminal Court is examining holding the trial for the only suspect held for atrocities in Congo in the African nation, rather then The Hague in Netherlands. Thomas Lubanga, a Congolese warlord accused of conscripting child soldiers, was arrested in the capital city, Kinshasa, during a crackdown following the murder and mutilation of nine […]
Use of treated nets reduces child malaria deaths in Kenya, as “some 13.4 million nets have been distributed in Kenya over the past five years to combat a disease that threatens more than 25 million people in a population of 34 million”. Children and pregnant woman are the must susceptible to the disease, and thus […]
“Kind of broad at the shoulders, narrow at the hip. And everybody knew you didn’t give no lip to Big John.”* I’ve written about and referenced House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair, John Dingell, a good number of times here. He’s the second-longest serving Congressman ever, highly respected and often feared. There’s a fascinating piece […]
The appeals court to the Iraqi High Tribunal upheld the death sentence of Saddam Hussein's cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majeed – widely known as “Chemical Ali” – for his role in an elimination campaign targeted against Iraqi Kurds in northern Iraq. A appellate court judge, Munir Hadad, stated that “The government now has to carry out […]
I am often asked a number of questions regarding to the feelings, views, and capabilities of children in our society, and while I state clearly now I am by far no expert on the matter of the mind of a child, and the statements are merely my views, thoughts and opinions on the questions at […]
I’ve been in the throes of several big changes the past couple of weeks, one of which, moving our household, has been a bear. I’ve not been lolling around on the beach as I hope many of you have, or hiking, or touristifying in some wonderful, pleasant place. There certainly have been boatloads of tourists […]