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Our Armed Forces form a patriotic, professional and neutral national institution that does not interfere in political affairs.
Hassan was smoking a shisha pipe at a coffee shop near the polling station, and he told me that he planned to vote yes. He had voted for Morsi in 2012. “He was a good man, but there was so much corruption around him,” Hassan said. I asked him if the Brothers are really terrorists.
This is hard to recognize in the 97.7 per cent: beneath the surface, there’s an incredible volatility to the Egyptian majority. Outsiders tend to see two entrenched sides, the security forces and the Islamists, but in fact most Egyptians occupy a much less partisan and less predictable political space. And they still h...
Thus far, everybody who has tried to run the country in the post-Tahrir era has failed to understand how quickly things can change. Until the bitter end, Morsi and the other Brotherhood leaders truly believed that they remained popular, simply because they had won elections in the past. But, at the polls this week, I m...
As an outsider, it’s hard to be optimistic about near-term prospects in Egypt, but there are a few reasons to temper the pessimism. Despite the disastrous political climate, most experts believe that the new constitution is an improvement on the previous version. It gives far too much power to the military and the judi...
The most heartening thing about the referendum, though, was the relative lack of violence. Egypt won’t go the way of Syria—there’s too much power in the Army and the police, and too little support for the Brotherhood. And Egyptians have a social cohesiveness that allows them to survive despite a deeply dysfunctional go...
The question, though, is whether people will be pushed to more extreme acts. The most frustrating aspect of the political climate is that even after the game has been won the oppression is relentless; if the authorities had allowed opposition groups to campaign against the new constitution, it still would have passed e...
For three years, this has been the pattern of Egyptian politics, and there’s a risk that citizens internalize it as simply being part of democracy—after all, they’ve had fair votes throughout these fights. While I was visiting one polling station in Ard al Liwa, I noticed campaign signs posted by a new political group ...
Photograph by Mohamed Hossam/Anadolu Agency/Getty.
In case you missed it – and you very well might have, since the media was too busy talking about gay marriage to be bothered – a rather remarkable thing happened in Washington this week. An auditor from the GAO testified before the House Science Subcommittee on Energy and Environment on the subject of energy. But inste...
“The Green River Formation–an assemblage of over 1,000 feet of sedimentary rocks that lie beneath parts of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming–contains the world’s largest deposits of oil shale,”Anu K. Mittal, the GAO’s director of natural resources and environment said in written testimony submitted to the House Science Subco...
Read those last two sentences again and think about it for a moment. The largest remaining reserves of oil on the planet are not in Saudi Arabia or buried under the frozen steppes of the former Soviet Union. They’re here in the United States. Combined with the massive resources in western Canada, that means that North ...
The vast majority of this supply is shale oil, a form which was essentially useless to us only a few decades ago, but now we know how to get it. And if you want to avoid ripping up the entire landscape, that means horizontal drilling and fracking. Unfortunately for us, this is one of those rare areas where the governme...
If we move forward on this aggressively, the industry can safely access these resources which would significantly strengthen our hand on the international stage. But with the wrong approach, Washington could hog tie energy developers with excessive, expensive regulations or shut the entire process down by failing to is...
The public disclosure of these reserves is good news, but it’s only the beginning. And while I feel some trepidation in saying it, I’m afraid the ball is in Barack Obama’s court.
On Tuesday’s MSNBC Live with Katy Tur, former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson was brought on to talk about the significance of the #MeToo movement and its role in fostering the current climate of seemingly ubiquitous allegations of sexual misconduct allegations against a slew of prominent politicians and media figures...
Just in time for the end of The O'Reilly Factor -- or perhaps, timed to help end it -- Time magazine's list of most influential 100 people includes former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson, who turned Fox upside down by coming forward with allegations. That took guts, but Carlson knew the liberal media would back her when...
But Carlson's encomium is penned by former NBC and CBS star Katie Couric, whose record in "speaking truth to power" in sexual-harassment claims matches very conveniently with the ideological persuasion of who is being accused.
Who would have thought it would be the 2017 Miss America Competition that would force ABC to talk about liberal media bias? Of course, it took the liberal media freaking out that Hillary wasn’t handled with kid gloves by Today show host Matt Lauer at MSNBC/NBC’s Commander in Chief Forum last week for this to become an ...
The focus of fiery discussion during Fox News Channel programs on Wednesday morning was the controversy over a rodeo clown at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia who wore a mask that resembled President Barack Obama and was banned from the event for life as a result.
To normal people, the Fox News Channel is just one cable TV channel among hundreds or thousands on their set-top boxes. To a very tiny minority of Americans, though, FNC is the very apotheosis of evil in America, even “worse than Al Qaeda” as the deranged Keith Olbermann once put it back when he was employed.
Unlike the liberal media who are engaging in a full-scale blackout of the scandal in Libya, Friday’s Fox & Friends engaged in a vigorous debate over the attack on our Embassy in Benghazi.
Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham doesn't think the liberal media's bar is very high for Barack Obama to get wildly favorable reviews after Tuesday's upcoming presidential debate with Mitt Romney.
After playing a clip of Gretchen Carlson being critical of berets being part of the uniform, Williams sneered: "The jingoism continued. Another host wondered why they couldn't wear something more American, like baseball caps or cowboy hats. Until the viewer e-mails started pouring in, reminding them some real Americans...
Have we looked to other towns for ideas?
A few thoughts and questions about revitalizing downtown Hagerstown: The decay we see down there is not unique to Hagerstown. Since about the 1960s it has happened to hundreds, perhaps thousands of towns and cities in America.
Some of those places might have been successful in restoring life to their hearts. Has anybody from any level of government — city, county or state — visited some of those places to see how it was done? If not, such places can be found. Is revitalization an exercise in futility? Is a new stadium the best and only hope?...
If any team’s performance is less than stellar, will people flock to see them? We are told if they come, more security will be required. That implies there will be more crime. Do we need more of that? Will the bleachers be filled by local talent of whatever kind? I think people will go downtown in sufficient numbers on...
I am writing about the article that you did on Sunday, May 13, about chronic fatigue syndrome. I would like to start out by saying if it wasn’t for the article in the Sunday Mother’s Day issue, I would have never known there was someone so close to me that had the same illness as I do. I was diagnosed in February of th...
Also, I have had chronic neck and back pain since 2009. Also, I have had neck surgery. I have been in pain every day for the last four years. This illness doesn’t just affect you physically, but mentally and emotionally. People don’t realize the toll it takes on your family members.
I am single and was living with my youngest daughter. She had to move back in to live with her father in order for me to get help through the State of Maryland and the City of Hagerstown. That’s pretty sad. I could not get help because of my daughter’s income.
This illness has affected not just me, but my family also. And with that being said, you can only imagine how sad I felt knowing I had to make my daughter move out.
Also, I would like to add that my family doctor has attended seminars on chronic fatigue and has paid for the classes out of his own money to learn more about the illness. Melinda Malott has been so supportive. She has sent me a book and a CD. She is there for me to call if I need to talk.
I just want people to know that this illness is real. We’re not crazy.
DENVER -- The legal troubles for CenturyLink appear to be growing after lawyers with Geragos and Geragos Law Firm filed a class-action lawsuit against the company Monday.
The attorneys have teamed up with lawyers in Colorado from the Shuman Law Firm and the Gardy and Notis Law Firm.
The lawsuit will be similar to what was filed in Arizona last week, alleging employees of the company fraudulently added services to customer accounts to meet sales goals -- costing customers as much as $12 billion nationwide.
The first lawsuit is being brought by a fired employee claiming to be a whistleblower.
"Colorado seems to be the epicenter of CenturyLink's corruption," said Ben Meiselas, an attorney on the lawsuit.
Meiselas said they are filing in federal court in each state because each state has different consumer protections.
"The amount of responses from Colorado have been overwhelming," Meiselas said.
Anyone who believes they were impacted by CenturyLink employees are asked to email Geragos@Geragos.com or call the Problem Solvers tip line.
CenturyLink previously denied some of the accusations in a statement.
"Unfortunately, these types of opportunistic follow-on claims are not unexpected. The fact that a law firm is trying to leverage a wrongful termination suit into a putative class action lawsuit, does not change our original position. Our employees know that if they have any concerns about ethics or compliance issues, w...
America Needs "Red Neck Heritage" Month(s)!
What is it with America`s obsession with diversity? It`s diversity this, diversity that, blah, blah, blah!
February was Black History month, and September was Hispanic heritage month.
In fact, it seems as though there is a "month" for every sub-group in our society except the most stellar group of all: Good old American red necks!
Why is there no "Red Neck Heritage Month" to commemorate all of the cultural, social, and political contributions made by these stellar males?
Think of the many things that would be missing from American life without red necks.
Urgent: Write your Congress critter, if you are able, and tell him or her to make March through August of every year the Official Red Neck Heritage months in America!
AUSTIN, Texas, April 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- WGU Texas has named Dr. Stephen C. Head as the newest member of the nonprofit online university's advisory board. WGU Texas works in partnership with its parent institution, Western Governors University, and under the guidance of the state advisory board.
Head is Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer of the Lone Star College System (LSC). He will serve with eight additional WGU Texas board members consisting of educators, industry leaders and representatives from corporations and foundations who provide counsel on the most effective ways the university can meet its cor...
Appointed in 2014 as Chancellor, Head previously served as President of Lone Star College-North Harris, Executive Vice Chancellor, acting Chief Executive Officer, interim President at Montgomery College, and President of Kingwood College.
In his role with the Lonestar College System, Head oversees the policies and procedures of the Board of Trustees and serves as one of the state's senior advocates for higher education, interacting with elected officials, business, educational, philanthropic, and professional communities, and the general public.
"It's a privilege to be able to share my perspectives and real-world education experience in improving student outcomes," said Head. "I'm fortunate to serve with a diverse group of distinguished board members from across the state as we help the university continue to prepare students for successful careers once they g...
Head has served on the board of five area chambers of commerce and three economic development districts or councils. He currently serves on the Executive Committee for the Texas Association of Community Colleges and formerly served on the Executive Committee for the American Association of Community Colleges. In 2016, ...
"As WGU Texas continues to grow and develop, we appreciate the expertise and guidance provided by our advisory board," said WGU Texas Chancellor Steven Johnson. "We're excited to have Dr. Head's viewpoint on the board with his broad experience as a dynamic leader in education and economic development."
Head received his Ph.D. in History from Texas Tech University. He earned a Master of Arts degree in History and a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Lamar University in Beaumont Texas. He taught history undergraduate and graduate classes for LSCS and university partners, and graduate classes in community college l...
WGU Texas is an online, nonprofit, competency-based university established to expand Texans' access to higher education throughout the state. Formed through a partnership between the state of Texas and nationally-recognized Western Governors University, WGU Texas is open to all qualified Texas residents. The university...
Learn more at texas.wgu.edu or call 1-877-214-7011.
*Western Governors University offers nursing programs that are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 5380, Washington, DC 20036, 202-877-6791).
In the Flyers’ 75-55 win over conference foe Belleville East, Hargrove scored 20 points and had 14 rebounds.
Khoury had a big night for the Eagles as they topped Wesclin 59-51. The senior had a team- and season-high 27 points along with six rebounds.
Harris scored 15 points in Sparta’s 63-32 win over Harrisburg.
SUBSEQUENT to the somewhat bizarre discovery of a car with no number plates with hazard lights flashing and full of gas cylinders and diesel but no detonators parked outside Notre Dame Cathedral, police arrested a number of people including the owner of the car.
Based on information supplied, possibly by the owner of the car, police raided a property in Boussy-Saint-Antoine, south-east of Paris on September 8 to arrest three women who they described as being “radicalised” and likely to be preparing an attack within France.
One of the women, said to be the daughter of the owner of the car, stabbed one of the arresting officers with a knife and was shot and wounded.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the three women arrested aged 39, 23 and 19 “had been radicalised, were fanatics and were in all likelihood preparing an imminent, violent act”.
Strange that if I were to stop my car near Notre Dame for a minute the police would be there to tell me to move. Yet this vehicle without number plates and indicators flashing was not noticed for two days in a location swarming with police and armed military patrols during a state of emergency. So much for Hollande pro...
DONETSK – Ukrainian servicemen largely switch sides to join the independence supporters of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, DPR’s Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko said Saturday.
“One of the commanders of the 25th Airborne Brigade took his infantry combat vehicle and switched to our side. As of today, he has assumed command of the troop. And such cases are numerous,” Zakharchenko said, adding he expected more brigades to yield themselves prisoners.
“Whereas we fight for our land, our children, our homes. We are on our land, we have something to fight for. The moral spirit of any subdivision that fights for its home is a step above that of a subdivision fighting for money without the understanding of what it is fighting for,” he said.
In June, Ukrainian troopers from Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk fought against each other at the Luhansk airport.
Since the start of Kiev’s special operation in eastern Ukraine in mid-April, a total of 1,367 people have been killed and another 4,087 wounded, including 2,589 civilians and 29 children, according to a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). At least 117,000 people have...
Don't drive and dial: ABC 720 listener's expensive call to WA Mornings' Geoff Hutchison.
ABC 720 talkback caller Christine just wanted to tell Geoff Hutchison what she thought about the Federal Government's Mining Tax.
It ended up being the most expensive call of her life when she was pulled over for talking on the phone while driving.
Despite telling Geoff she had already pulled off the road, Christine copped a $250 fine from a police officer who was also listening to ABC 720 Mornings at the time.
While she was being booked, Christine still attempted to finish having her say on Geoff's program.
Have a listen to how the events unfolded.
*Disclaimer: No matter how bad the urge, ABC 720 only encourages legal talkback.
The Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program, if signed by Obama, would allow 112,000 visa petitioners to be in the U.S. as they wait for a family-based visa. A similar program was approved twice by Obama in the past two years for Cuban immigrants who needed to be with their families in the U.S.
Members of both parties in Congress have expressed their support, but it’s up to the president to sign off on approval.
Bastien worked with local and national efforts to provide aid after the earthquake, and she was in charge of the Miami warehouse where food was stored before being sent to the destitute nation.
Two weeks ago, 13 Haitians, including seven children, died at sea on the coast of Abaco as they fled Haiti.
The amount of shame I have felt when uttering this over the course of my life is truly immeasurable.
Speaking in Spanish, my great-grandmother would often ask me to go buy her groceries, which usually forced me to sit down and stare intensely at the computer, looking up every word before embarking on the painful journey. It was the same procedure every time; I rarely asked the employees where an item was, because I di...
What it means to be Latino is more than just speaking Spanish, but I just couldn’t comprehend it then. Being surrounded by multilingual Latinos often made me insecure about my identity. I felt as though whenever I was asked a question or told something, and didn’t have the correct response, that I was less of a Latino ...
I was constantly put down for not being capable enough to call myself a Puerto Rican. Within our culture, being able to connect with people through the Spanish language is imperative. Although Spanish shouldn’t be considered a necessary component in identifying as a Latino, to speak the language with other Hispanics is...
Contrary to these expectations, data demonstrates that many perceive the identity of “Latino” as independent from the ability to speak Spanish. Within the U.S., 26 percent of young Latinos inhabit a living space where English is the sole language spoken. To what extent do Latinos living in America deem oral Spanish com...
Yes, Spanish will become a language utilized by more and more in the future, but the fact that more Spanish speakers will be of non-Hispanic descent completely debunks the general conception. Many have taken the language since pre-K, others have ventured and independently taught themselves, but how does one assume the ...
Traveling to Spain for a year and becoming “fluent” in Spanish has taught me one thing: I am not more Puerto Rican than I was a year ago. Over this time, I focused on developing culturally and mastering a new language. I lived with three host families, but the most memorable was my last. It was apparent that I was stru...
I have been speaking English for 19 years, and I still don’t consider myself fluent in the language. If someone has a stronger vocabulary than I do, does that mean they’re more American than me? Absolutely not. So, what was I in the eyes of others?
I may have different skin color, speak a different language and have certain capacities for learning others, but why label? Within a melting pot, labels are fruitless, as there are a plethora of differentiable flavors of culture that contribute their own taste.
We all need to begin to love each other, and ourselves, for who we are. Appreciation of another’s flaws, differences and abnormalities is the ultimate kindness. We must look past the general and insignificant details that claim to define our being, and instead look at what does matter. Wanting to become more of your et...
What does this mean for me? Who constitutes my family and friends, how I contribute to my community around me, my habit to work hard and give back. Those are the qualities that define my heritage, not me speaking Spanish, and that goes for all individuals with Spanish roots. For anyone out there that continues to strug...
Canaan Delgado is a freshman in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Guest Room appears periodically throughout the semester.
My friends would be concerned that I’m still hung up on a boy who said he’d go on a date with me just to play me. But I can’t help it.
Thomas Edward Lawrence was always going somewhere. As a peculiar 15-year-old boy, he and his schoolyard friend Cyril Beeson rode around burial sites in his hometown of Oxford, England, voraciously studying whatever they could and presenting their findings to the local museum.

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