January 2009

by Jeff Berryhill

How a father is challenging the unfair treatment of special education students in our public schools

Colton Daline is a student with special needs who has attended a number of schools in the Puyallup School District. Like many students with such conditions, Colton’s school experience has been marked by numerous hardships. These include harassment from other students, a generic curriculum, inadequate time with specialists, and the failure on the part of the school to provide appropriate services and learning devices to enhance educational experience. In addition, the school has . . .

June 2007

by Jeff Berryhill

As the US forcefully imposes a military occupation of Iraq, now in its fourth year, it is important to recognize an equally illegal and immoral occupation that has lasted forty years with the explicit approval and support of the US. I am speaking of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip that began at the conclusion of the June 1967 war, mounted in an equally aggressive manner and possessing many characteristics which are comparable to the US role in Iraq. Israel has managed this occupation with notorious impunity, ignoring rights of Palestinian . . .

December 2006

by Jeff Berryhill

A disturbing, yet illustrative article appeared in the New York Times on Nov. 10 entitled "The Struggle for Iraq; Marines Get the News from an Iraqi Host: Rumsfeld's Out. 'Who's Rumsfeld?'".

The article reveals that soldiers currently serving in Iraq failed to recognize the name Donald Rumsfeld. Published two days following the resignation of the embattled defense secretary, this demonstrates a sad reality all too familiar in my encounters with members of the armed forces. Aside from the knowledge of their immediate commanders, soldiers were generally unaware or unconcerned . . .