Picking up the Tab

"A nation that can provide more than $300 billion for a war in Iraq can provide the money to get its people out of Lebanon." Rep. Nancy Pelosi responding to the suggestion that Americans being evacuated from Lebenon be charged the costs of transportation.

This Present Darkness

"Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars…Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."                                                                                          …

English Only?

By David del Valle When francophone Canadians of Quebec went to the polls a number of years ago to vote whether to stay or secede from Canada, there was quite a seismic stir felt in the Unites States. Canada’s neighbor to the south had been going a considerable shift to the right in its body …

Missing the Sunlight

By David Ramos As professionals we have been asked to do more with less, to do it faster and better, at ever increasing rates of efficiency. As executives we must deal with simultaneous processes, people, programs and politics. Like the chef of a fine, bustling restaurant, we must cater to intricate taste buds in creative …

Lincoln on Protest

"Singular indeed that the people should be writhing under oppression and injury, and yet not one among them to be found, to raise the voice of complaint." Abraham Lincoln