If you never heard of Nikola Tesla, you should have for many reasons. One of those is that he was an extremely brilliant inventor…a man way ahead of his time, and two, his genius was crushed by the politically powerful and corrupt industrial elite like Thomas Edison….the man who would eventually stab him in the back.

How many of you have not forgotten and refuse to forget what George Bush, Dick Cheney and their Crime Family have done to our country and rest of the world? Well, Democacy For America hasn’t forgotten….

The FDA has approved…hallelujah the first clinical trial using human embryonic stem cells, which now appear safe enough to use on humans. Great news y’all. It seems that science, logic and reason is returning to the land….. hallelujah! Ushering in a new era in medicine, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration….

One of my favorite quotes is by Margaret Mead, the world reknown cultural anthropologist, who said, “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.” It is an empowering statement that is relevant to another made by President-elect Barack Obama yesterday when he announced the formation of a group to continue the grass-roots engagement that was a hallmark of his presidential campaign

Since the late 1970s Afghanistan has suffered continuous and brutal civil war, culminating in 1979 with the Soviet invasion and more recently, the United States in 2001. These “super powers”, with their 21st century arsenal have been beaten down by the Afghanis using mostly hand-me-down weapons leaving their attackers frustrated and puzzled. Until the CIA came up with a better idea! Here’s the story……

Doctors Without Borders issued a top 10 list of humanitarian crises on Monday that included Congo, Somalia, Iraq and Sudan as well as what it called “neglected medical emergencies” in Myanmar and Zimbabwe. Doctors Without Borders or Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971.

When the name Bill Gates is heard, most people think of the company Microsoft or the richest man in the world….right? Actually both describe the man although the man himself would rather be known from what he says is his most important contribution to mankind. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Swiss voters have approved a radical health policy that offers prescription heroin to addicts on a permanent basis. Under the scheme, addicts visit clinics up to twice a day, where they inject the drug under medical supervision.

After eight years of disappointment, frustration and legal wrangling with the Bush administration, environmental groups think Barack Obama could be the nation’s greenest president. A genuine “environmentalist.”

John Lennon was a ‘man for all seasons’ and will be remembered for many things as he transcended the music of the Beatles, arguably the most popular and influential band ever. President-elect Barack Obama’s success this week has stirred many feelings, old and new, for most Americans including the wide-eyed optimism that was felt when John Lennon wrote, “Give Peace a Chance,” which became the anthem for a new, new world order.