President Obama's birthplace:On July 31, 2009, I sent an email to the Office of the Governor of Hawaii, Republican Governor Linda Lingle, and to the Liaison office of the Governor. On August 3, 2009, I received a reply to my question about President Obama’s birth record from the Governor’s Liaison office. This article is submitted as an answer to the question. The following is the correspondence and the verifying link provided by hawaii.gov/health. All it took was an email to the Office of the Governor of Hawaii. I submit this information to set the record straight and to counter the

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We talk of taking back our country.But you can’t take backwhat was never really yours.And of working to fix the system.But what is left of the “system” worth salvaging?We lay claim to freedom

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The Massachusetts Election ResultI believe that the surprising result of the Massachusetts Senate election was due, in part, to the belief of many, that the Party was not representing the will of the

The Massachusetts Election ResultI believe that the surprising result of the Massachusetts Senate election was due, in part, to the belief of many, that the Party was not representing the will of the

Freethought San MarcosThe destruction of Haiti that Columbus started Columbus sailed the ocean blue in fourteen hundred and ninety-two Today we honor him in song Columbus hero brave and strongThose

The Supreme Court has just completed the push for foreign domination of our election processes. Foreign companies cannot make political contributions except through their influences on American

Haiti Gaza----thanx to Phil Weiss and Mondoweiss for the following brilliant statement!~~"I’m moved by the American response to the Haiti disaster, by the sense of connection Americans are

A young Vietnamese woman leads a captured U.S. pilot. She is small, barefoot, forthright; he is much larger—so large he seems alien. The camera stares at her head-on, rather than down from a

Sometimes when I'm on a photo shoot, I change my camera focus to close-up, which puts me just inches, say, from the inside of a flower. I can spend much time in-tight like that, marveling at the

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It seems to me that harping on the fact that 51 votes in the Senate constitutes a majority for the passage of legislation is THE ONE THING WE MUST ALL DO. At every opportunity we should make this

Freethought San MarcosWhy Haiti is so desperately poorThe devastating earthquake in Haiti has led to an outpouring of assistance from around the world. Numerous aid organizations were already

I am disheartened that in the whole global warming/climate change debate the scenarios presented in the Limits to Growth and its 30-Year Update have been ignored by all but Secretary General Ban

Article 25 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Says All Have the Right to 'Adequate Medical Care and Necessary Social Services,' But America Is the Only Developed Country in

Trying to negotiate the world as your sight gets worse does not make life easier. Rather, it becomes more difficult because you often miss critical warning signs. That’s worth keeping in mind as

Upon retiring, the value of a budget looms large in my life. Suddenly, with a fixed income, how I spend each and every penny has become an obsession. No more: “want more, work more.” Now, I

Dear Mr. President, and Congress:Get some emotion going up there on Capital Hill by passing a bill which taxes Companies which Outsource American Jobs to citizens of other nations, because

by: W. David KubiakConfronting the global corporate hijack of Nagoya's COP10.In the fog of war, climate chaos and economic ruin, the import of the United Nations' COP10 biodiversity treaty conference

It has been fifty years since C.P. Snow delivered his famous and controversiallecture "The Two Cultures." A novelist trained as a physicist, Snow lamented the lackof communication between two

Home of the Brave? Economists concede that economics is an inexact science. What does that mean? Perhaps it means their economic forecast is better than yours or mine. Recently,

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By Sheila SamplesI know you need your sleep now,I know your life's been hard.But many men are falling,where you promised to stand guard.~~Leonard CohenMy friend Bernie says he's suffering from