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• Obama’s bid for fewest vetoes since Garfield is in jeopardy

  By konigludwig on January 27, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• RNC Turns Deaf Ear To Questions About Trip Funded by Hate Group

  By konigludwig on January 25, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  Last week, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) faxed and sent letters to every member of the Republican National Committee (RNC) regarding an upcoming trip to Jerusalem being organized by RNC Chair Reince Priebus. The letters expressed concern about the… Read More ›

• Scientists Move Doomsday Clock Closer to Apocalypse

  By konigludwig on January 23, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  Citing nuclear proliferation and climate change, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Thursday set the clock to three minutes to midnight. January 22, 2015 It’s 2015, and Cold War fears of nuclear Armageddon have largely faded from public consciousness…. Read More ›

• Second crude pipeline spill in Montana wreaks havoc on Yellowstone River

  By konigludwig on January 23, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  By Nate Schweber Environmental damage from recent oil leak ranges from contaminated water supply to polluted farmland GLENDIVE, Montana — When an oil pipeline burst in July 2011 and poured 63,000 gallons of crude into the Yellowstone River 200 miles… Read More ›

• Ultra-Orthodox Women in Israel Launch Their Own Political Party

  By konigludwig on January 21, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  By Miriam Krule When it comes to Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish women, we tend to hear mostly about the terrible things that happen to them—from having to sit in the back of public buses to being banned from hosting or even… Read More ›

• Why did the world ignore Boko Haram’s Baga attacks?

  By konigludwig on January 15, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  As media coverage focused on the Paris terror attacks last week, more than 2000 Nigerians were reported to have been killed by Islamist militants. What makes one massacre more newsworthy than another? France spent the weekend coming to terms with… Read More ›

• The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress

  By konigludwig on January 9, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  The 114th Congress may be the most diverse ever, but it’s still 80 percent white male, and 92 percent Christian. Why our elected officials (still) look nothing like us. Cue the confetti: The new Congress sworn in on Tuesday is… Read More ›

• Syria Photo Guide – Syria Comment

  By konigludwig on January 7, 2015 • ( 7 )

  

  By Daniel Demeter Syria Photo Guide is my attempt to share with the world the immense beauty and rich heritage of the country in which I spent several wonderful years. The website was originally envisioned to serve as a guide… Read More ›

• 2014 in review

  By konigludwig on December 30, 2014 • ( 6 )

  

  The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,100 times in 2014. If it were a NYC subway… Read More ›

• As Syria’s Revolution Sputters, a Chaotic Stalemate

  By konigludwig on December 28, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on The Progressive Democrat:
  TORN BY WAR The view from a mosque in Homs, Syria, that has served as a rallying point for insurgents. Credit Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times By Anne Barnard in The New…