Category: Legal Law

There is some debate about the use of radio frequency identification tags to be used on humans or to prevent illegal aliens from crossing US borders. One of the ideas for using RFID tags, which would be to use them in combination with biometric cards that each person crossing...

I have a friend who is a tax attorney. He loves to chat. Whether it’s over the phone, email, Skype, or smoke signals, it’s usually good for three or four calls a week. I haven’t heard from him since the end of November. I called his office in the...

In a recent Guardian article, “China’s burgeoning middle class has mounted its first massive challenge to the government by staging a major environmental protest in southern China.” In China, environmental issues are generally neglected as the country focuses on its rise as an economic powerhouse. Even with growing interest...

Let’s face it, the market explodes! And as people get desperate, they get, well… desperate. However, there are certain guidelines that you must adhere to before trusting a resume company with your only business tool. 1. DON’T BE FOOLED BY A NAME: A name is nothing more than what...

The purpose of the offside rule The purpose of the offside rule is the same in football as it is in hockey: to prevent a player camping in front of the other team’s goal from “picking the cherry.” Without the offside rule, soccer would be a great game of...

“Goddess Remembered”, part of the series, “Women in Spirituality” © 1989, National Film Board of Canada Produced by: Margaret Pettigrew Directed by: Donna Read Distributed by: Wellspring Media, Inc. Wow, those hairstyles and those puffy sleeves! The 80s: I love them. Look at the difference that 20 years makes...

The Law of Attraction is showing up all over the place (actually that’s part of the law!). Perhaps you have been hearing about it? It is played a lot in movies like The Secret and What the Bleep Do We Know etc. My favorite teachers, Esther and Jerry Hicks...

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution gave black men the right to vote five years after the Civil War ended. Black women gained that right, along with other adult women, when the Nineteenth Amendment was passed thirty years later. However, having the right on paper and being...

In recent years, I have had the privilege of judging at various levels of the Vermont high school theater festival circuit. Each adjudicator generally has its own set of criteria for what makes a show a winner. These often have to do with acting talent, the sophistication of the...

Pakistan Army cornered On November 26, NATO force helicopters were attacked by insurgents from the Pakistani side of the border with Afghanistan. The leader immediately contacted NATO headquarters for permission to return fire. This was approved and rockets rained down on the insurgents. The insurgents fled, but 24 Pakistani...