Wisdom of the Terrorist’s Son by Chris Hedges

by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig September 20, 2010 Those who embrace violence, whether in the form of acts of terrorism or acts of war, are necrophiliacs. They worship death. They sacrifice life, including at times their own, for the heady intoxication that comes with becoming an angel of destruction. And in the [...]

Exclusive: Peter Hitchens’ Rage Against God: How Atheism led me to faith by Rocket Kirchner

by Rocket Kirchner Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Rocket Kirchner (blog) Rocket Kirchner (youtube channel) Sept. 20, 2010 Well, well… the other brother has finally spoken. And spoken indeed. Like his brother Christopher, Peter is brilliant, outspoken, and takes no prisoners. But instead of seeking to destroy peoples’ faith, he seeks in his new book Rage [...]

Did U.S. Soldiers Create Afghan Killing Club?

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ http://therealnews.com U.S. soldiers charged with targeting Afghan civilians; Army ignored pleas by soldier’s father Hal Bernton has been a staff reporter at The Seattle Times for the past 10 years, and helped cover the military for most of that time. His overseas assignments have included a reporting trip to Iraq in late 2003 and [...]

Immigration, A Perennial Issue Of Concern In The U.S. by Brian McAfee

by Brian McAfee Guest Writer Dandelion Salad Sept. 19, 2010 The issue of immigration was brought to the forefront recently by Arizona’s discriminatory immigration law SB 1070, which would require police and other public officials to ask all or any Latino looking people to show their ID’s. This demonstrates an attitude oriented towards criminalizing immigrants [...]

Constitutional Traitors by Joel S. Hirschhorn

by Joel S. Hirschhorn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.foavc.org Sept. 19, 2010 In recent days the idea of using the Article V convention option in the Constitution received support in an article by Texas US Senator John Cornyn published on the Fox News website.  He noted “Recent polling suggests that a plurality of Americans support a [...]