A recent government report noted that many military recruiters were unhappy with their jobs and that recruiting violations — such as instructing applicants not to disclose medical conditions — increased 50 percent in one year. By turning to the private sector, advocates argue, the Army can save money and free soldiers to fight. Critics say …
part 1 speaker: Washington State Senator Karen Fraserpart 2 speaker: past Olympia Mayor Bob Jacobs Both explain how citizen advocacy can be applied effectively to insure that we have the rights and protections intended by the Constitution. This was the first annual 2005 Memorial Day picnic for (TC-ProNet) in 2005. See the 33 minute video: …
It was 90 degrees at the hottest today in Olympia ~ and its Harbor Days on Percival Landing. That means lots of boats and lots of people and booths ~ food, crafts, politicians, etc. So rather than the almost impossiblity of finding parking, and then dealing with crowds, we did a walk at Tumwater Falls. …
A hilarious new book provides instructions on how to argue the big issues with ultra-conservative fundamentalists. — and: Anyone who’s read the Bible knows some of its disturbing content could give “Grand Theft Auto” a run for its money. War, murder, rape, slavery, men who wear sandals — parts of the Bible should come with …
As homelessness has grown in the United States over the past two decades, so have laws that essentially criminalize those who have no home. In a misguided attempt to grapple with the phenomenon of people living on our streets, city governments have passed laws that make it illegal to sit, sleep and eat in public …
Beloit, Wis. – A rite of autumn is under way with the arrival of first-year students at thousands of colleges and universities for registration. Most 18-year-old students entering the class of 2010 this fall were born in 1988. They grew up with a mouse in one hand and a computer screen as part of their …
Alec had open heart surgery about 4 years ago and so he is on meds for that. I have adult onset epilepsy (7 grand mal seizures since 1998) and I was recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol. I take medications for those. And both of us have claudication. “a circulation problem that causes …
The house once belonged to communists: Mary Jane Melish, a distant cousin of the Marshalls, and her husband, an Episcopal priest named William Howard Melish, who oversaw the awarding of the Stalin Peace Prize (the communists’ alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize) in 1953. In 1943, he joined the board of the National Council of …