Commentary

The news from Iraq that Islamic terrorists have now taken over cities that American troops liberated during the Iraq war must have left an especially bitter aftertaste to Americans who lost a loved one who died taking one of those cities, or to a survivor who came back without an arm or leg, or with other traumas  to body or mind

 

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These are the words often heard in the home when a family member needs help. How many times have you heard these words spoken by a family member needing help? The help needed may be for several reasons: drugs dependence,

mental health, parenting, financial, or shelter

 

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People are arguing about what the United States got out of the deal that swapped five top level terrorist leaders for one American soldier who was, at best, absent from his post in a war zone. Soldiers who served in the same unit with him call him a deserter

 

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How many languages are spoken in the world? The Linguistic Society of America gives the following estimates as of 2010. In 1911 the Encyclopedia Britannica estimated there were 1000. As of 2009, a portion of the Bible had been translated into 2508 different languages. Also, in 2009, the Ethnologue has classified 6,909 distinct languages

 

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There seems to be a fullcourt press on to get colleges to "do something" about rape on campus. But there seems to be

remarkably little attention paid to two crucial facts: (1) rape is a crime and (2) colleges are not qualified to be law-enforcement institutions 

 

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There are many disorders that can cause a person to become debilitated. In many cases, depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia, and many of the social phobias can lead to debilitation 

 

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A political battle that is shaping up in San Francisco has implications for other communities across the country. The issue that will be on the June ballot is whether voter approval shall be required to change the height restrictions on buildings along the San Francisco waterfront

 

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Stress is a major killer in our lives. The physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being is a challenge in a stress filled environment in our homes, workplace, school, and in our leisure. The hardest thing for most people to learn is relaxation.

 

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Liberals can be disarming. In fact, they are for disarming anybody who can be disarmed, whether domestically or internationally. Unfortunately, the people who are the easiest to disarm are the ones who are the most peaceful — and disarming them makes them vulnerable to those who are the least peaceful 

 

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Bipolar is a mood disorder that affects individuals from children to adults. It is a mood disorder because the mood is affected in two ways. The individual is said to be in a manic mood when the mood is elevated 

 

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