Press Freedom In Venezuela Is Under Attack Guillermo Zuloaga, owner of Globovision TV, has fled Venezuela because of persecution by President Hugo Chavez. Globovision has been heavily criticized by Chavez and his government before, accusing the channel of manipulating information. Zuloaga and one of his sons had warrants issued against them in June. Security police [...]

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Staraya Ladoga Is Called The First Capital Of Russia Staraya Ladoga, of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, is located approximately 100 kilometers east of St. Petersburg. The village used to be a prosperous trading outpost in the 8th and 9th centuries. This city is a very important historic city and was an important port for the Vikings. [...]

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Ah, Family Enjoys Air Conditioning In The Dollar Store… Today’s economy is very different than economies of the past several decades. We are seeing complexities that dominate our family financial structures. For the first time in America, our purchasing power has stagnated and the signs are there to prove it. We are becoming thrifty out [...]

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  Wet Circuits are the safest power strips you can find. They resist water, overheating, sparks, fire, and last four times as much as normal power strips. A company named Wet Circuits has developed a power strip that is waterproof. Water can get on the power strip without damaging machines plugged in or electrocuting yourself. The [...]

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Free Trade Deal With Korea Bad For Ford? President Bush signed another deal that mainstream America may just now become aware of. The deal is called Republic of Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA). The treaty was concluded in April and signed in June of 2007. Another fast-track deal of course. But the deal [...]

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The Last In Europe To Have Digital Voice Modes All other countries in Europe have D-Star (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio). That is, with the exception of France. Digital voice modes such as APCO25, MOTOTRBO, TETRA and D-STAR with Internet access are prohibited in France at this current time. According to the DR@F website: [...]

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Are Newspapers Obsolete? Google Newspass is a new platform that is expected to materialize later this year. Newspass will be a news aggregate for news publishers to monetize their online news publications. Google will be that news infrastructure highway that charges the fee. Features may be similar to Facebook, allowing universal access in a global arena. [...]

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Carol Plato Speaks About Hospital Costs For Illegal Patient Care Testimony of illegal alien care from 1 Florida hospital While the economy is the issue still front and center in most American homes, illegal immigration is steadily rising to the top of the boiling kettle for many Americans. The high cost of  illegal immigrant health care [...]

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The Early History Of Indo-European Languages Thomas V. Gamkrelidze and V. V. Ivanov Scientific American, March 1990, pp. 110-116* Linguistics, the scientific study of  language, can reach more deeply into the human past than the most ancient written records. It compares related languages to reconstruct their immediate progenitors and eventually their ultimate ancestor, or protolanguage. [...]

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America’s Longest War Will Continue While watching the television program Meet The Press, I had one of those reflective moments about why the United States is still in Afghanistan. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Ca) made a sobering comment on a nationwide television program. “The debate we are having now is one we should have had nine years [...]

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