The five year old statement of Tamil film actress Kushboo on premarital sex and virginity after making rounds in lower courts and Madras High Court has reached the Supreme Court of India. The actress’s appeal on January 21, 2010 to the Supreme Court, challenging the defamation complaints filed against her in various places in […]
Sri Lanka: A Suppressed Nation
According to channel 4 approximately 20,000 people have been killed in the final battle between LTTE and Sri Lankan army. There are reports that from more than 300,000 IDPs ‘13,000 people are missing from their camps in Sri Lanka‘. Innercitypress, an UN watchdog, comments that this information is being downplayed by UN. ‘Aid workers forced […]
Raid Day in Columbus, New Mexico.
All most of us ever hear is bad news but that’s really not how life is, unless we want it to be. An hour before sitting down to write, I was taking pictures and talking with people at the annual Columbus Raid Day celebration. The cabalgata, Spanish for horseback cavalcade, is one of the main […]
Tournament of Roses Parade float features rare 1925 Cadillac
Farmers Rose Parade float to feature rare Cadillac Phaeton This year our Tournament of Roses Parade float will have a very special rider, a rare 1925 Cadillac Phaeton. The car is the exact make and model of the first car Farmers insured when we opened our doors more than 80 years ago. So how do […]
Musicians Band Together to Protest Music Torture
Artists Against Auditory Torture The Zero Decibels project, or Zero dB, is being organized by the British legal group Reprieve, which represents Guantanamo detainees, and will include moments of silence during concerts and festivals. The Associated Press reports that loud music has been used on detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, after U.S. military […]
Kaleb Tierce: Sex and Literature Rock a Small Texas Town
Kaleb Tierce, the 24-year-old teacher of a high school English course in a small Texas town, is under fresh scrutiny as allegations of sexual assualt unfolded yesterday from three female students. The community of Tuscola, Texas, 715 strong, had already been up in arms over Kaleb Tierce’s selection of Cormac McCarthy‘s "Child of God," as […]