homeland security
January 16, 2010
- Just when you think we got enough to worry about, along comes a big old raging controversy over airports utilizing full body scanning machines that can see through fliers' clothing all the way down to our naughty bits. Let me tell you where I stand on this brouhaha: I don't care. Haha. In the whole modesty versus safety argument, you can count on me to crawl behind the Kevlar couch with the ...
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November 5, 2009
- I am in Montreal for the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion on behalf of my company, HarperOne (represent!). Montreal is a beautiful city, but the people in Canada are delusional, stubbornly holding onto the old myth that this is an independent nation. The people in Montreal go even further—many of them insist on speaking French, a language that was outlawed under provisions of ...
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October 8, 2009
- Sometimes we go a little overboard. I know we need to be careful when it comes to homeland security. I am all too aware of the threats of terrorism, illegal immigration, blah blah blah. I'm also aware that news announcements would have people believing things are on the upswing (in reference to the economy). I'm still awaiting evidence of the truth to this claim. However, I ...
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August 22, 2009
- In a soon-to-be-released book by Tom Ridge, Former Secretary of Homeland Security, "The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege . . . and How We Can Be Safe Again," (written with Larry Bloom and published by Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press), Ridge reveals that on more than one occasion he was pressured to raise the terror alert level by the Bush White House, ...
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August 7, 2009
- So the story is thus:For a couple of years, my son lived in a group home, an place where his anti-war group lived and worked. They protested at the Port of Tacoma and Fort Lewis and kept up community activities, trying to inform folks about the war.One day, an older fellow appeared, John, and he was very interested in all things anti. Anti-war, anti-military, anti-establishment. He wore all ...
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May 6, 2009
- INTERVIEWGeri: When did you first realize that you wanted to be a writer?John: When I was about ten years old, I wrote a story about Rinny,based on the Rin Tin Tin German Sheperd dog that waspopular in the 1950's.Geri: What type of books do you enjoy writing?John: Fiction, and non-fiction!Geri: Did a special person in your life inspire you to write?John: Not really! No one in our family were ...
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July 28, 2008
- I've put more than a few Playmobil sets together with my kid - ranches, hospitals, airports, garages. It's one of those things that can make you lose track of time and your temper with all those pieces that don't always seem to fit together. But I never realized a fairly minimalist Playmobil Airport Security Check Point toy could inflame the public more than a pet killer on the loose. Here are ...
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