Now that the Employment Nondiscrimination Act has passed the House of Representatives, the religious right has launched an all-out offensive to ensure people can be fired because of their sexual orientation. The first obvious fib propagated by Focus on the Family and the Christian Business Association is that this bill […]
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The Peak Oil Crisis: Our Government is Speaking
You have to be quiet… and listen very carefully, for our government is trying to tell us something. If the news were good, of course, the White House would announce it at the daily press conference. If the news were very good, the President himself might come out into the […]
News Briefs
October 25 – 31, 2007
Editoral: That Elusive `Critical Mass
“Critical mass” is being touted as the savior of the City of Falls Church. When it comes to discussions at City Hall of how the City’s aggressive redevelopment efforts will eventually deliver the desired results, the conventional wisdom has been that it will happen when “critical mass” shows up. In […]
News Briefs
September 20 – 26, 2007
Does It Get Better Than Last Saturday in F.C.?
A RECORD ESTIMATED TURNOUT OF 6,000 to 7,000 showed up on a perfect, sunny day by the Falls Church Community Center Saturday to partake of the annual Fall Festival and Taste of Falls Church, combined into a single event for the first time. The weekly farmer’s market was also held […]
The Peak Oil Crisis: A Meeting to Remember
On Tuesday, Oil Ministers from the OPEC countries gathered in Vienna to decide on production levels. It turned out one of the more remarkable meetings that OPEC has held in recent years.
Nicholas F. Benton: Can the U.N. Survive Bush?
As the United Nations’ Secretary General Ban Ki Moon travels to Darfur to see conditions there in advance of the deployment of U.N. peace keeping forces, we are once again reminded of the indispensable role of this international institution in our troubled world today.
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I’m going to set up a No Limit Hold’em tournament scenario, and your job is to figure out the best play. After you’ve made your guess, I’ll reveal the answer along with the reasoning behind it.
Jim Moran
Chalk another one up for the President and his record of misinformation regarding the Iraq War. Last month in a nationally televised speech, President Bush made a last ditch appeal to the American public for sending more troops to Iraq in an attempt to save his flawed policy. The escalation […]
