President of Malawi Dr Bingu Wa Mutharika has threatened that he will call for early general elections should the opposition insist that they will not pass they 2007/2008 budget until section 65 which impowers the speaker to declare seats of Members of Parliament vacant is invoked. The President was speaking during a rally he addressed […]
The Emerson Hotel Reopens
Mount Pleasant, New York, March 16, 2007– Over 110 people thronged the reopening of the Emerson Hotel at Catskill Corners in Mount Pleasant on Friday, March 16, despite a major snowstorm. I entered the hotel with Brian Powers, publisher of [The Phoenicia Times]. Bob Cross, Town Supervisor of Shandaken, lifted a narrow glass of red […]
What would Peter Cartwright do?
IF YOU WERE PETER CARTWRIGHT……? The story is told about Peter Cartwright, a 19th century Methodist preacher. One Sunday morning as he was about to mount the pulpit, he was told that President Andrew Jackson was in the congregation. He was warned not to say anything out of line, anything that might be controversial […]
Current Oil Prices and Alternative Fuel Research Not an Indication of World Oil Reserves
Pull up to any gas station anywhere in America and you are likely to experience some degree of sticker shock. At a glance, prices can be explained away by geo-political factors – crisis in the Middle East and America’s deteriorating relationships with oil-exporting nations, such as Russia, Venezuela, Iran, and Sudan. These delicacies are certainly […]
Mitt Romney – A safe pair of hands
Mitt Romney is a Mormon. This single fact alone means that around 20% of the eligible voters of the United States of America won’t vote for Mr Romney in a presidential election. Mitt Romney’s real name is Willard. It isn’t documented how many voters wouldn’t choose a man whose name was Willard for president, but […]
the Bookseller of Kabul
In the fall of 2001, Norwegian journalist Asne Seierstad spent six gruelling weeks in the Afghan desert following soldiers of the Northern Alliance–sleeping on stone floors, bumping over pitted roads in the back of trucks, tramping in the heat on foot. After the Taliban fell, she arrived with the soldiers in Kabul, where she found, […]
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