By Rick Ungar Set aside, for the moment, the diplomatic row being sparked by Speaker of the House John Boehner as he seeks to create two conflicting foreign policies for the United States—one pursued by the President and the other… Read More ›
Month: January 2015
Turkey’s leftists, Kurds celebrate Syriza victory
By Cengiz Çandar Late at night on Jan. 25, more than 500,000 Twitter followers of Selahattin Demirtas, the co-chairman of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democracy Party (HDP) in Turkey, were dumbfounded by seeing him tweet in the Greek Cyrillic alphabet, which… Read More ›
New Greek Government Sympathetic to Putin’s Russia
The anti-austerity coalition that took power in Athens this week could threaten the West’s hold on Greece and give Russia a chance to expand its influence in the country. In a sign of things to come, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’… Read More ›
World Climate Change-The Disbelievers
We’ve heard most of the snippet PR that the Climate deniers put out so I won’t bore you with any of those. What was fairly much a summation by a guest on the Bill Maher’s show. Here is the video. The guest… Read More ›
Tyranny’s False Comfort: Why Rights Aren’t Wrong in Tough Times
By Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Humans Rights Watch The world has not seen this much tumult for a generation. The once-heralded Arab Spring has given way almost everywhere to conflict and repression. Islamist extremists commit mass atrocities and threaten civilians… Read More ›
As 18 Die on Anniversary of Revolution, Egypt Intensifies Crackdown on Activists, Journalists
At least 18 protesters have been killed as they marked the anniversary of the 2011 uprising in Egypt that toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak, in the bloodiest demonstrations since General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi came to power. A viral video also shows… Read More ›
In parting shot, Obama prods India on religious freedom
By Frank Jack Daniel and Roberta Rampton NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama weighed in on one of India’s most sensitive topics as he wound up a visit on Tuesday, making a plea for freedom of religion to… Read More ›
Why is Apple sitting on $142bn?
By Jamie Robertson It can invest in its own development, and it is spending an estimated $5bn on the 176-acre Apple Campus headquarters site. But still the money keeps rolling in. Most of it gets parked in what the accounts… Read More ›
Anti-intellectualism is taking over the US
By Patricia Williams Recently, I found out that my work is mentioned in a book that has been banned, in effect, from the schools in Tucson, Arizona. The anti-ethnic studies law passed by the state prohibits teachings that “promote the… Read More ›
Obama’s bid for fewest vetoes since Garfield is in jeopardy
Seemed for a time that President Obama was in line to make a little bit of history as the president who cast the fewest vetoes of any president, including one-termers, since James A. Garfield — who had no vetoes because… Read More ›
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