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Nov.09.2011 Nixon 60.7% McGovern 37.5% It was 1972, only the second time I'd voted in a presidential election. I was working full time and had two small children. My sister agreed to watch the little ones while I went to our nearby fire station voting location, and I, in turn, would watch my niece and nephew while she and her...	Oct.27.2011 Google eyed Two of the largest democracies – America and India – top the list of countries wanting to snoop on their citizens. How is that for wonderful liberalism? Can these countries talk of censorship with a straight face? In a bid to curb terrorism and other anti-social activities, US, India, France,...
Apr.07.2011 Upheavals: navigating our changing worlds Welcome to April 2011's "Upheavals" issue. +++++EDITOR'S NOTE Gentle greetings to all our fellow sojourners... In a season of tough shifts, we're making some changes at the site to provide a new perspective on evergreen subjects, and elsewhere on the Internet we're following history as it...	May.15.2010 What's a global niche? Glo· bal· niche, n.psychic solution to your global identity crisis[see expanded definition of a 'global niche'] Don't coin too many terms, a search-engine optimizer recently advised me. "No one’ll know what you're talking about, and those who might won't be able to find you on the Internet!...
Oct.17.2009 Expat Harem: Blooming behind closed doors Expat Harem has a new global niche. The Expat Harem — a concept I coined in 2004 with Jennifer Eaton Gokmen and brought to life in 2005 and 2006 in the foreign women in Turkey anthology Tales from the Expat Harem – has always been about a modern and virtual community of cultural peers. Now the (...	Jan.20.2009 What America Means To Me. . . In light of this very special Inauguration Day, please go to this site and tell me what America means to you? www.fyicomminc.com/america/america.htm Thanks, Diva JC www.divajc.com
Jul.29.2008 Karl Rove Gets a Taste of Democracy in Action DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - On Friday four American citizens attempted to make a “citizens arrest” of Karl Rove, former top aide to President George W. Bush . They were arrested themselves, instead. Rove, one of the recognized members of the Neo-Con ‘brain-trust’, has thumbed his nose at a...