As it’s known, Ukraine will preside in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) within 2013. It is still the largest project on participation of Ukraine in operation of the powerful international organization. After successful carrying out of Euro-2012 it could be regarded as […]
Reclaiming Our Country!
This is the most critical time in the history of our country. We are in the midst of a cycle of pain that will be thrust forward if the current administration remains in power. Energy costs will likely double, inflation will soar and that ever looming fiscal cliff will not be defused but […]
US-Philippines Bakikatan excercise to end on high note Friday
The yearly Balikatan excercises, part of over a century of ties and shared history of working ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with the two countries military forces in the Philippines ends Friday; The drills. which fall under the treaty ties between america’s oldest and closest military and civilain ally in South East Asia which renewed in1999 has […]
President Obama Claims 80% of Americans Want Higher Taxes
As the debt ceiling debate heats up, President Obama claims most Americans are OK with higher taxes. Are you? As the U.S. debt ceiling deadline moves closer, the bond market takes it in stride. The 10-year U.S. Treasury note trades within spitting distance of eight-month highs. Investors seem confident a deal will get done, if […]
The Invisible Cyclists: Immigrants and the Bike Community
By Alex Schmidt First published by Good Magazine and Streetsblog LA thanks to the support and funding from the Spot.Us community and a grant from the California Endowment. They ride on the sidewalks around the city, many of them without helmets or lights. For thousands of immigrants in Los Angeles, the bicycle is their primary means of transportation. But […]
In Dialysis, Life-Saving Care at Great Risk and Cost
In 1972, after a month of deliberation, Congress launched the nation’s most ambitious experiment in universal health care: a change to the Social Security Act that granted comprehensive coverage under Medicare to virtually anyone diagnosed with kidney failure, regardless of age or income. It was a supremely hopeful moment. Although the technology to keep […]