A chemical accident at a paper mill shows how easy it would be for a terrorist to use reactive chemistry to kill innocent people.

The Warren County National Debt Reduction Act, HR 2226, is proposed federal legislation to apply Warren County, Ohio's federal stimulus funding for transit capital assistance to reducing the national debt instead. The legislation was proposed because the Warren County Commissioners said the money wa

Officially titled Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, the New York harbor landmark was dubbed "The New Colossus" in an 1883 sonnet by poet Emma Lazarus. In 1903, the poem was emblazoned on a plaque and placed on the pedestal of the iconic statue.

The Swedish flag, one of the oldest flags in the world, is bright and easily recognizable. Although is it inspired by the Swedish coat of arms (a blue background with three yellow crowns), the simplicity of the nation's flag design is not to be underestimated.

If you are an LDS parent with children between the ages of three and 11, you can look forward to a Primary activity every three months. These quarterly activities encourage children to make friends within the Primary. Quarterly Primary activities are usually held on Saturdays because it is easier fo

No foreign nation outside the fringes of the African continent will waste their real resources to chart a path of progress for black Africa. Africans simply have to do it themselves. The intrinsic nature of Man is about self-preservation, survival and opportunism. Morals? Yes, that could be negotiat

Tasers are electroshock weapons designed to incapacitate an aggressor without lethal force. They have become popular with both law enforcement and consumers concerned with personal safety. Though there are a number of different manufacturers and models, one of the most popular is the Taser C2, made

Texas is bordered by three rivers.texas map image by Vladislav Gajic from Fotolia.comMany states in the United States have borders, or partial borders, formed along the natural lines of rivers. Three rivers separate Texas from its neighbors almost completely. Only New Mexico is divided...

Nonetheless, Cuba could not offer much to an athlete who wanted to live in a democratic society. Two and a half months prior to the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the 22nd Olympiad in the Soviet Union in 1980, Roberto Urrutia refused to compete for the Cuban dictatorship and sought political asylu

Let's face it in the furious sound of the politic which in the end really does signify nothing; we so often see debaters of either side spout endless facts and figures. Often there is no basis for such data and if there is

Korea's Nonproliferation Act involves the U.N. Security Council. The resolution was passed on July 15, 2006, and approved Oct. 15, 2006, and requires North Korea to adhere to standards in relation to missiles and nuclear weapons.

A code of ethics is a set of rules, lessons or guides intended to establish moral standards and decent behavior in those who practice it. Individuals may adopt a code of ethics as their personal morality, while companies, unions and government organizations use them to guide the behavior of their me

Remember when Nancy Pelosi took office as Speaker of the House? Well, here we are, six months into Congress' new term, and Americans are as upset as ever with the folks down in Washington.

Thanks but no thanks Uncle Sam. Thanks but no thanks to your plan to saddle me with the burden of bailing out Main Street and Wall street. There is only one street I wish to see bailed out and that is Capital Street.

An ordinance is defined as a public injunction or law. There are two processes for adopting a measure as a law. The first involves a city council and the mayor approving a measure through their legislative process. The second involves adoption of an ordinance through a direct democracy system in whi

Dan Quayle was no nitwit in real life, but reality doesn't count for much in American politics, especially among the piranhas of the mainstream media. Sadly, and most unfairly, he will forever be remembered for two things: spelling "potato" with an 'e' on the end, and questi

A runoff election, typically following a party's primary election, is between the two candidates who received the most votes but fell short of attaining a specified percentage of votes. Runoffs are intended to produce general election candidates who have demonstrated that they have significant voter

I am an American born to this land 69 years ago. My family has been part of this country since it's inception. I have had relatives in the Revolutionary War, and every other war that the United States of America has been in.

For those aspiring Robinson Crusoe's among you, Op. Chaos is a brilliant creation of Rush Limbaugh. What he has done is to give all those Conservatives who have missed out on voting against John McCain a new voting life by way of switching parties and becoming "Shadow Democrats" for t

The first decade of the 20th century was turbulent for the U.S. and Europe. Labor and management were often engaged in bitter, sustained conflict over wages, working conditions and union activities. Women continued agitating for the right to vote and the nation as a whole was quickly changing as it