Will Trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a Civil Court Turn Him into the Next Marwan Barghouti?
Israeli cabinet minister Ben-Elieze said Friday that he was optimistic about prospects for a prisoner swap with Palestinians for captured soldier Gilad Shalit according to Reuters. Part of the deal is the release of one of the most prominent Palestinian prisoners Marwan Barghouti. Barghouti became extremely famous when in 2002 Israeli Government captured him and decided in a rare move to try him in a criminal court not in a military court as they usually do with terrorists. There is a stunning resemblance between the Barghouti trial a

Fly the Friendly Skies
This weekend, President Obama begins yet another leg of his ‘Do You Love Me?’ tour, this time to Scandinavia. The first stop is to the beautiful city of Copenhagen. While there, he will address world leaders and explain to people around the world that global warming is an ever-growing threat. When Obama became President, there was a devastating recession enveloping our nation, and the world. He was elected president in great part to deal with this problem. Since then, unemployment has grown to levels unseen in 70 years, banks are closing faster than at any time since the Depression, and consumption levels remain lower than predicted, keeping growth levels down. But what w

Paula Deen Hit by Ham Video (Open Talk)
Here is the famous video showing Paula Deen hit by ham during a charity event. The video has gone viral over the past week since the incident occurred on November 23rd, 2009. Go figure what gets people’s goat. She was hit by the flying ham at an Atlanta food bank during taping for a show on the Food Network. You can discuss this topic or any o

Phillip Carter Resigns and Joins the List of US Officials Leaving over the Obama’s Failure to Clos
Phillip Carter was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for detainee policy. He was recently in charge of bringing Gitmo detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Illinois Thomson Prison. Philip Carter resigned citing personal and family reasons. The idea to relocate the Gitmo detainees to Illinois crashed into irresolvable legal issues such as the question about under what legal authority non-POW detainees will be held without trial or commission. Philip Carter was not the first administration official in charge of Gitmo to resign. The first one who got the boot was the White House counsel Greg Craig. He was behind highly publicized decision of President Obama to begin closing

AIDS infections, HIV Rate Decreasing
Good news in health care this morning as we learn that the rate of AIDS infections is decreasing according to a new United Nations report. The rate of new infections is falling dramatically. The last time the report was issued was 2007. Both then and now the number of people with AIDS infections is 33 million. But because the world has a large