George Soros is dedicating his life to defeating George Bush. He feels that Bush has the same dangerous tendencies that Soros suffered, first under Hitler and then under the Soviets.

A belief that God is on your side, that contrary evidence is mere bias and that those who oppose you are non-patriots marks the extremist, even if their God is ideology.

Unfortunately Soros, by focusing on the extremism of Bush and the Righteous Right, misses the larger picture of our problems with democracy. If an enemy attacks you, most agree that you must take up arms and defeat him. But that doesn't mean you believe in war. In similar fashion, Soros needs to focus his war against Bush beyond this inferior presidency. Defeating Bush by outspending him is a bit like defeating Osama bin Laden by restricting freedoms and wounding innocents.

Fifty years ago political theorist Robert Dahl said."the only thing democratic about an American presidential election is an honest tabulation of the ballots." For a long time there has been a trend against reason, merit and honesty. Instead, more and

LONDON -- This city has been the November host of a global tyrant, on whose rampages the sun never sets. His name is not George Bush but Rupert Murdoch.

Bush, acknowledged as their legitimately elected leader by at least some of his fellow citizens, presents so frail a political physique that it seems faintly ludicrous to impose on him even the conventional honorific, "leader of the free world," let alone the robust dignity of "tyrant."

The president's arrival in the United Kingdom was preceded by interviews with British newspapers in which he paid humble respect to those democratic traditions permitting Britons to assemble in vast numbers and to cover him with ridicule and abuse. He allowed himself to be scheduled for a possibly humiliating session with relatives of British soldiers killed in Iraq.

The entire state visit, the first by an American president since Woodrow Wilson visited these shores in 1918, has been depicted in virtually every newspaper as a vast political embarrassment to Prime Minister Tony Blair, who issued

The Police Officers for Equal Rights have given City Council our plans for a Citizen Review Board over seven years ago. We reinstated our position about the citizen review board during the U. S. Department of Justice Investigation. Our view points have not changed. The problem of racial profiling in our community has reinforced our position.

It appears that certain organizations and so called leaders what to “reinvent our citizen review board” and take credit for all the hard work our organization has done on the issue of racial profiling. The P.O.E.R. is committed to increase the awareness and education our Black Community. We will not engage in political games or give into any city leader selfish motivation.

The P.O.E.R. has given the city government enough time to do the right thing regarding these issues. Mayor Coleman was a city councilman and now he is mayor of Columbus. The leadership of this city has not changed to protect the rights of Black citizens. It is time for action – it is not the time for more panel discussions and committees.

The strike at Miami University of Ohio is over and although we did not gain much monetarily, we consider it a big first step and a great moral victory. We went out against the odds. We had no previous strike experience, no strike fund, and less than half our bargaining unit with us. And we were up against a university administration that does not see its workers as having intrinsic worth and has a lot of money available to spend on keeping us down.

In spite of this, something happened here at Miami that is rarely observed in life. Some percentage of the members of AFSCME Local 209 decided to put their self-interest aside and base their actions on a deeper conviction about what is right and just. A group of janitors, maintenance people, and food service workers decided to take a stand. People found their voice, where yesterday we heard mostly silence. New leaders emerged. We saw courage displayed where yesterday there was mostly fear. We saw people chanting and marching together - yesterday there was mostly isolation.

We learned a lot. We learned that most of the university community is behind us! We experienced a great outpouring of

-- Fast from 6 AM till 5:14 PM on Wednesday the 19th;
-- Gather at the Ohio Union Ballrooms at 4:30 PM;
-- Break fast with milk and dates at 5:14 PM
-- Free international dinner served at 5:45 PM

* Location: The Ohio Union, the East and West Ballrooms

 The Muslim students of OSU are inviting all to Get Hungry For Change! Various forms of fasting are practiced worldwide. It is a way to cleanse out the physical body and understand what it means to be hungry.

WHAT IS BEING ASKED OF YOU???

Go hungry for a day, so someone doesn't have to!!!

Here is how it works:

You pledge to fast for one day (Wednesday, November 19th) and be part of the Ramadan Fast-A-Thon, and, in return, businesses will sponsor $1 for each person who fasts.  The money donated by businesses will then go to the Clintonville-Beechwold Community Resources Center and benefit the needy in Columbus.