Have you been following the buzz about the Congressman who wanted to thumb through a few pages -- Congressional House teenage boy pages that is. So another political creep gets creepier and then gets caught. Now all the other Congressmen have their panties in a political twist, calling it "an obscene breach of trust" and "unacceptable and abhorrent." Well gosh golly gee! Do ya really think so?! Puuuuuleaze. What a bunch of sanctimonious windbags. These are the same lawmakers who would gladly ...

Like swallowing hard dry crusty bread I sat and ate my love Like skating where the ice wears thin The blade flays deeper in To watch and wait To find too late Love’s true Love’s heart Love’s soul Like staring hard into the sun The black is mixed with light Like sinking 'neath an inky sea Drowned silently out of sight To watch and wait To find too late Love’s true Love’s heart Love’s soul

There’s an old saying that people past a certain age tend to mutter to themselves, “Youth is wasted on the young.” That may have been true of past generations, but today’s mutterers have never met the four young women from San Diego who are doing anything but wasting their youth. Inspired by the movie Invisible Children, a film about northern Uganda’s children, some as young as 8-years-old, who are kidnapped nightly and forced into the roles of soldier and killer in that region’s long-running...

There are some people who look at the world and say, ‘What’s the use? The world is too big for one person to make a difference so why should I even try?’ And then there are those people, shining like beacons in the dark, who look at the world and say, ‘Why not.” Hayden Payne, a 30-year-old citizen of Australia, adds his own bit of wisdom to that thought, “To some ignorance is bliss. For (others) the greatest burden is life in harm’s way.” He doesn’t hesitate to ask, “Where do you draw the lin...