Voice of North America Articles

EXCERPT: This year we undoubtedly have an important decision to make when on November 4, millions of us go to the polls to cast our votes for the presidential candidate we feel best represents our values and is best able to handle our concerns for the future.
We have been told that whether Barack Obama or John McCain becomes our next president, history will be made, but it falls to us, the public, to rise above the superficial musings of the news media and the biases of the embedded political...

EXCERPT: After nearly a year-long hiatus, the radio show is back on 1480 KPHX.
Since the show ended last summer, the website has undergone significant upgrading and the community has expanded beyond Arizona to include all fifty states in the Voice of North America network.  That means there will gradually be more voices heard and much more people who will get a chance to listen to the show for the first time and even participate in real time.  I will get to that in a minute.
The...

EXCERPT: Hello Members,
Thank you for continuing to support the website with your articles and comments.  We appreciate the recent emails from members who have provided many suggestions for improving the site.
The purpose of this post is to give all of you the opportunity to address the new changes with any questions or suggestions.  Feel free to be honest, we can take it!
Before you begin posting comments, we would like to take a minute to talk about some of the new features other...

EXCERPT: Attention Members:
Those who are eagerly waiting for an upgrade to this site will be happy to learn that the new and improved VoiceOfArizona.com is nearly complete. This is a glimpse of some of the major transformations you can expect to see in October*. As always we welcome your comments and suggestions.
COMMUNITIES
The site will be reorganized into eight communities and one section allowing members to participate in more focused discussions. For example, within the Politics...

EXCERPT: As of the date of this post, the existing policy regulating abusive conduct on VoiceOfArizona.com and all other Voice of North America websites will be strictly enforced.
VoiceOfArizona.com remains, nevertheless, a home for free speech where people are free to engage one another on topics that range from extremely controversial to light-hearted or humorous. However, while free speech covers most controversial topics and opinions, it will not be used as a front for abusive conduct....

EXCERPT: Some of you may have noticed that we are currently making changes to the voiceofarizona.com and the voiceofnorthamerica.com websites.  We are in the process of integrating the rest of the voiceofs to the network of websites.  In the process there have been some minor bugs and some not so minor bugs.  We are trying to eliminate them as fast as we are aware of them.  We appologize for any inconveniences.  If you happen to find any issues, please comment under...

EXCERPT: Notice of an ACLU event coming soon; On Voice of Arizona there have been many articles and comments regarding the NSA spy program,  below is an event that some on this site may have an interest in attending:
Former White House Counsel John W. Dean to Discuss Spying, Secrecy and Presidential Power at ACLU of Arizona Town Hall Forum on September 21
For Immediate Release:
Friday, August 18, 2006
PHOENIX – In light of yesterday’s federal court decision striking down the...

EXCERPT: We made quite a few modifications to the website over the past couple weeks.  We are sure you are going to be happy with the changes that we've made, so here is the list:
Added the ability to add tables to your articles.  Click the table tool for the interface.  When you are working with your table, right click on the tables/cells for more styles, properties and tools.
Added the ability to add headers to your articles.  To use the headers, highlight the text...

EXCERPT: This letter is to confirm that there was a problem with the rating system which should be fixed now.  We had modified rating authentication checks to combat an abusive user who was exploiting the rating system.  The user was repeatedly dialing up and disconnecting to change their IP in order bypass the "one vote per IP rule", which was also created for the same purpose.  The user was heavily altering the ranks of other users' articles.  The problem...

EXCERPT: About two weeks ago, Voice of Arizona was presented the opportunity to host four one-hour weekend radio shows on 1010 KXXT. We were initially reluctant to commit to the venture due to the uncertainty of the audience's participation as well as our inexperience in radio broadcasts!
Eventually on January 17, with the new additions to the website in place and the necessary funding and format for the show established, Voice of Arizona agreed to the venture. The show was divided into...