Mike Ferner

January 2, 2009

Chicago — Sub-freezing temperatures and a brisk wind did not darken the day in Drexel Park for the kick off of Camp Hope, an 18-day vigil just down the street from Barrack Obama’s home on Chicago’s south side, yesterday.

December 30, 2008

“Don’t leave these ideas out in the cold. They are from the people who put you in office.”

December 15, 2008

Goering, Hess, von Ribbentrop and Keitel (front row) at Nuremberg Trials

Following World War II, humanity resolved that wars do more than spark a series of loathsome, individual crimes. Leaders responsible for a war actually commit crimes against the entirety of humanity. They inflict harm on every human being, something that must be put right before humanity can be restored.

December 8, 2008

Modular Crowd Control Munition

The September Army Times report notes that the First Brigade Combat Team’s commander, Col. Roger Cloutier, said his soldiers will learn how to use the first ever package of so-called “nonlethal” weapons the Army has fielded, referring to crowd and traffic control equipment and weapons designed to subdue individuals without killing them.

November 17, 2008

‘I could see your banners three blocks away…’

“I could see your banners three blocks away,” the young man said excitedly. “And since I knew they were hanging on the Archives building, I wondered if it might be some kind of free speech exhibit so I had to come over and see.”