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<p>Lowrie Beacham didn't like confronting people or making decisions that favored one staffer over another, including the time two of his people were vying to be in charge of the new fitness center.</p> <p>"Instead of having one bad day and getting over it, it went on for literally years," he recalls. "You just kick the can a little farther down the road -- 'Let's have a meeting on this next month' -- anything you can try to keep from having that confrontation."</p>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMPED OUT IN CRAWFORD Pat Boone shreds Cindy 'peaceniks' Music legend says U.S. 'sitting duck' for next 9-11 with message of peace -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: August 25, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com Pat Boone Music legend Pat Boone is blasting the peace message of Cindy Sheehan and other anti-war activists, claiming their rhetoric is making the U.S. more vulnerable to future terrorist attacks. "This lady and the groups that have been demonstrating in front of the president's ranch in Crawford and following him around are the very same people that were the dropout, turn-on, anti-war peace activists back...

To paraphrase Ray Bradbury, something most ominous this way comes, and frankly I’m worried. Not since Russia tried to put missiles in Cuba have I seen an international crisis as potentially dangerous to America. World Communism has pushed a big pile of chips onto the table of the Great Game, and neither the mainstream media nor conservative commentators have caught the significance of what has happened. However, if one views political science like a jigsaw puzzle, then when a significant piece falls into place, it is relatively easy to see the Big Picture, in this case the Baran-Wallerstein theory (B-W),...

No more Mr Nice Guy, Mugabe tells protesters Chris McGreal, Africa correspondent Tuesday April 2, 2002 The Guardian Robert Mugabe has said that he will no longer be "soft" on his critics after a coalition of churches, trade unions and civic groups called for mass protests next weekend against the rigging of last month's presidential election. In a speech that implicitly acknowledged the wave of terror already unleashed against his opponents since the ballot, Zimbabwe's president also vowed that there will be no new election and that the opposition will never govern. Mr Mugabe told a victory party in Zvimba,...