Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/categories/opinion-1.php http://thesop.org/categories/opinion-1.php http://thesop.org 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:45:00 GMT A name plays an active lifelong role in shaping your life. And a cultures response to a name plays a similar role. http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/17/how-names-shape-our-lives.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/17/how-names-shape-our-lives.php dmmarbrook@earthlink.net (Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:08:00 GMT Geoff takes fellow Hoosier Evan Bayh to task for ditching congress because it lacks "bi-partisanship" http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/14/senator-evan-bayh-tells-congress-i-dont-love-you-any-more.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/14/senator-evan-bayh-tells-congress-i-dont-love-you-any-more.php geoff@al-pha.com (Geoff Dean) Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:57:00 GMT DST should also be a reminder to check our smoke detectors. http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/14/daylight-savings-time-check-smoke-detectors.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/14/daylight-savings-time-check-smoke-detectors.php rreyes4966@aol.com (Robert Paul Reyes) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:11:00 GMT The United States has many enemies who are far less a problem to it than its Israeli friends. Vice President Joseph Biden went to Israel to revive the peace process. Israel greeted him by announcing construction of 1,600 more housing units in East Jerusalem, showing once again the intent to keep on grabbing land while complaining that the Arabs don't want peace. http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/11/once-more-israels-fundamentalists-call-the-shots-grabbing-more-land.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/11/once-more-israels-fundamentalists-call-the-shots-grabbing-more-land.php dmmarbrook@earthlink.net (Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:40:00 GMT A Mississippi county school board announced Wednesday it would cancel its upcoming prom after a gay student petitioned to bring a same-sex date to the event. http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/11/should-lesbian-couple-be-allowed-to-attend-prom.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/11/should-lesbian-couple-be-allowed-to-attend-prom.php rreyes4966@aol.com (Robert Paul Reyes) Tue, 9 Mar 2010 23:37:00 GMT Two students at the University of Missouri-Columbia were suspended Wednesday after their arrests in a case of cotton balls thrown across the lawn of the campus black-culture center. http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/09/students-who-scattered-cotton-balls-may-be-charged-with-felony-hate-crime.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/09/students-who-scattered-cotton-balls-may-be-charged-with-felony-hate-crime.php rreyes4966@aol.com (Robert Paul Reyes) Mon, 8 Mar 2010 07:32:00 GMT Sources tell CBS13 that a state senator from Southern California was arrested for allegedly driving drunk after leaving Faces, a gay nightclub in midtown Sacramento, early Wednesday morning. http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/07/gop-family-values-politician-outed-as-gay.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/07/gop-family-values-politician-outed-as-gay.php rreyes4966@aol.com (Robert Paul Reyes) Sat, 6 Mar 2010 19:03:00 GMT It is reckless to the verge of Islamophobia in the sense that the word Islam, the religion of more than a third of the worlds population, is callously imbedded in it. http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/06/what-is-wrong-with-this-new-york-post-picture.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/06/what-is-wrong-with-this-new-york-post-picture.php dmmarbrook@earthlink.net (Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)) Thu, 4 Mar 2010 08:57:00 GMT It was reported yesterday that Lt. Dennis Brugos of the San Diego Sheriffs Office wanted to interview the brother again, Michael McStay. http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/03/a-sequestered-sequence-of-events-lingers-underneath-the-mcstay-missing-person-case.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/03/a-sequestered-sequence-of-events-lingers-underneath-the-mcstay-missing-person-case.php jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Thu, 4 Mar 2010 08:30:00 GMT With Topeka getting another name change, it's gotten a teenage mentality of trend-following. http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/03/want-to-follow-trends-watch-topekas-name.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/03/want-to-follow-trends-watch-topekas-name.php crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff ) Mon, 1 Mar 2010 19:19:00 GMT Why do Americans scapegoat government while giving our corporate kleptocracy a free pass? Why do we celebrate the outlaw Jesse James as a knight fighting predator banks and corporations while at the same time embracing the people who have devoured the middle class? http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/01/have-americans-forgotten-what-made-them-individualists.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/03/01/have-americans-forgotten-what-made-them-individualists.php dmmarbrook@earthlink.net (Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)) Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:34:00 GMT A massive earthquake has hit the coast of Chile, killing dozens of people, flattening buildings and triggering a tsunami. http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/02/28/massive-quakes-in-chile-japan-whats-going-on.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/02/28/massive-quakes-in-chile-japan-whats-going-on.php rreyes4966@aol.com (Robert Paul Reyes) Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:13:00 GMT It is only with great difficulty that Ive been able to watch the home videos of the McStay family. The family of four has been missing since Feb. 4th. Whereas before it was just another missing persons case, now after watching the video it is becoming something quite personal. http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/02/21/do-you-notice-any-conspicuous-clues-when-you-watch-the-mcstay-home-videos.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/02/21/do-you-notice-any-conspicuous-clues-when-you-watch-the-mcstay-home-videos.php jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:43:00 GMT All of us are now aware of the Texas man who flew his private plane into a 7-story Austin office building. http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/02/21/i-wish-joe-stack-had-not-killed-himself.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/02/21/i-wish-joe-stack-had-not-killed-himself.php contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:15:00 GMT The television commentators covering the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, are giving us a laboratory demonstration of how to narrow audiences. http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/02/20/tv-commentators-do-a-poor-job-explaining-games-intricacies.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2010/02/20/tv-commentators-do-a-poor-job-explaining-games-intricacies.php dmmarbrook@earthlink.net (Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor))