Benjamin YoungStaff Writer The world shook with rage and violence because a Danish newspaper published some satirical cartoons. Three weeks ago, that might have served as a punch line for a joke. Now, this potential punch line is headline news. What initially started as an exercise in satire and social experimentation on the freedoms of speech and press turned into an ugly … [Read more...] about Danish cartoons receive violent Islamic response
Perspectives
Diversity changes face of the Republican Party
CLIFFORD SMITHStaff Writer About a year and a half ago, I met James Whitfield. He was black, in his early 30s, married and had kids. He was working as the senior officer for community relations for the Washington Health Foundation in Seattle, a nonprofit organization for community health and was also running for Washington State Legislature as a Republican. For the most part, … [Read more...] about Diversity changes face of the Republican Party
Iran poses nuclear threat
BEN YOUNGStaff Writer The proliferation of nuclear weapons around the globe is a scary thing. There are many people who live in breathless dread fearing possible nuclear war. And now Iran, hardly a stable, peaceful country is in hot and open pursuit of nuclear weapons. Iran’s development of nuclear weapons is quickly becoming a nightmare scenario for the West. Iran’s pursuit of … [Read more...] about Iran poses nuclear threat
Support U.S. Foreign Policy – CON
MARC CHOQUETTTEContributing Writer I’m catching up on the day’s events here at the News Desk of the award-winning Graphic, and recently an article came up from the Feb. 3rd Washington Post noting that the estimated total for all these wars is reaching $440 billion. Welcome to the 21st century folks, where fear reigns supreme and nobody has any problem with money being robbed … [Read more...] about Support U.S. Foreign Policy – CON
U.S. must respect vets who honored their country
JIM COHENStaff Writer Millions of Americans listened to President Bush’s State of The Union address on Jan. 31 as he asked all of us to support our troops even if we do not support his policies. Bush has reportedly increased defense spending to provide more funds for fighter jets, ships and Army weapons programs. The one proposal left out of that report is the Pentagon’s plan … [Read more...] about U.S. must respect vets who honored their country