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The 2008 Dinner Plate Has Less, Costs More

  • by Cecil Maranville
Have you noticed the phrase, "food inflation" in news reports lately? It refers to a worldwide phenomenon of sharply increasing food prices, a trend that will mean less food for many and higher costs for all in 2008.

National Memorial Days for Slain Peace Officers

  • by Graemme Marshall
We should be very grateful for the dedicated peace officers who enforce the law so that we private citizens can enjoy safety and freedom. But isn't it a tragedy that we have to live in a society that needs this type of sacrifice? Surely there must be a better way.
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The Appalling Gun Culture

  • by Graemme Marshall
Does a nation lose its innocence when its children can't go to school or shop with their parents without risking being shot? I ask that question, as I review some shocking hand gun statistics, not to take sides in the handgun-ownership debate but to consider a much deeper problem.

World News and Trends- America and Canada: A potential division?

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
In terms of dress, conversation, books, TV programs and movies, foreigners would be hard pressed to tell Americans and Canadians apart. And yet on certain issues like gay marriage, drug use and abuse and even church attendance, according to an International Herald Tribune feature article, "a chasm has opened up on social issues that go to the heart of fundamental values" (Dec. 3, 2003).