http://opinionfactory.com I TEGO ARCANA DEI Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:08:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome Folks, No, OpinionFactory.Com is not merely a website or a blog. It is constructed on the basic principle that everyone has a right to have opinion. We are the advocates of absolute pluralism. We appreciate fully the right of one mind on another. What we cannot tolerate however is any condoning ... http://opinionfactory.com/2008/06/is-opinionfactorycom-just-another-blog/ I was going through a piece carried in the Washingon Post titled Father of Pakistan's Bomb Stands Defiant that I was faced with an epistemological dilemma. How do you father a bomb? I am still working on the answer. However the interim answer can be a bit vulgar and hence ... http://opinionfactory.com/2008/06/how-do-you-father-a-nuclear-bomb/ Twenty years ago, no one believed that individuals with injured spinal cords could ever recover and possibly even walk again. But indeed they are! Last month, you learned about Chase Ford, an adorable toddler whose innocent tumble from a sofa appeared to have left him completely paralyzed at age two. ... http://opinionfactory.com/2008/05/cause-see-chase-ford-walk-again/ You can help find a cure for paralysis and help people like Chase walk again.On April 26, five-year-old Chase Ford will be participating in the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon. But it's not just Chase's young age that will make this feat so amazing. It was almost three years ago that Chase ... http://opinionfactory.com/2008/03/cause-help-people-living-with-paralysis-walk/ Mr Heinrich Buecker from Berlin very kindly drew my attention to the following cause one of these days. You are requested to visit the site and see if you can join the cause. I am for it. ---- Please take a look at war-is-illegal.org an international declaration initiated by some ... http://opinionfactory.com/2008/03/cause-war-is-illegal-international-declaration/ [Introduction: It cannot be denied that the heartrending events of September 11, 2001, changed all our lives. I saw the sad events on CNN and was really shocked. Could anything in the world really force anyone to perpetrate such brutal crimes? But again being a journalist/writer in his early career ... http://opinionfactory.com/2008/03/the-alternative-story-of-911%e2%80%93-a-pakistani-explains-his-thoughts/ Book reading these days is considered an onerous pastime. While it is an activity so important that we can hardly afford to call it a hobby, those who do and yet cannot spare time for it complain that there are so many books in the market that you cannot effectively ... http://opinionfactory.com/2008/03/some-recommended-books/ ‘You Have to Rethink War’ An ex-CIA spymaster critiques America's war on Al Qaeda. By Jeffrey Bartholet | Newsweek Web Exclusive Mar 3, 2008 | Updated: 3:28 p.m. ET Mar 3, 2008 Henry "Hank" Crumpton has spent most of his career as a spy or spymaster for the Central Intelligence Agency. An ... http://opinionfactory.com/2008/03/a-very-thought-provoking-talk-on-the-war-on-terror-by-a-us-spymaster/ Today I received an email from Manal Ahmad on behalf of American Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)'s Frontline/world and Christian Science Monitor. The mail invited our readers to preview an investigative video report (See Part 1/ Part 2/ Interview of the reporter) on the Talbanization in ... http://opinionfactory.com/2008/03/pbs-frontlineworlds-excellent-report-on-talbanization-in-pakistan-and-my-comments-on-it-posted-originally-posted-on-friday-february-29-2008/ There is a lot of talk going on regarding the fate of the war on terror expecially after the change of the tide in Pakistani politics. Most of these concerns are misplaced because the real partners, the legitimate ones in this war are now taking charge in ... http://opinionfactory.com/2008/03/healing-touch-the-way-war-on-terror-should-be-fought-originally-posted-on-tuesday-february-26-2008/