Making Little Murderers
By Alan Caruba.
If anything good comes from the Newtown massacre, it will be a national discussion of the role of various psychological medications that have been foisted on a generation or two of young Americans in the nation’s schools. Particularly [...]
Middle East and North Africa: Another year of Upheaval
By James M. Dorsey.
Synopsis
Political turmoil and violence promise to shape events in the Middle East and North Africa this year. Monarchies are replacing republics in facing the tidal wave of reform demands in the region. Syria continues [...]
European fascists set to benefit from EU funding
By Sanchia Alasia.
In September 2012 I reported why nationalist political parties like the UK’s BNP and France’s Front National party would be rubbing their hands in glee. Their positions are set to be potentially strengthened by gaining [...]
Letter: Stalin’s Invasion of Finland Contextualized
By Ronald Bleier.
Note: In connection with my research on WWII, specifically, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s collusion with Hitler, I had occasion to quibble with an excellent review article in the New York Review of Books [...]
The Bleak Landscape of American Education
by Andrew Hartman.
Readers of this blog don’t need convincing that the current political landscape is bleak. Faced with a choice between centrist austerity-mongers led by chief austerity-monger Obama, and nihilistic anti-government [...]
Japan Tsunami Debris Hits Hawaii, NOAA RFP To Remove Dock From Japan In Washington Olympic National Park
By Alton Parris.
A Kona fisherman has retrieved what could be the sixth confirmed item of Japan tsunami marine debris in Hawaii.On Tuesday afternoon, Randy Llanes, Kona captain of the fishing vessel Sundowner, brought to Honokohau small boat [...]
France, Terrorist Alert, What does it mean?
by Marilyn Z. Tomlins
In 1991 during the First Gulf War France created something called Vigipirate. Odd name we all agreed. Since then France’s government has put the country on Vigipirate three times: in 2003 during the Second Gulf [...]
Un-Reality Television
by marhalt.
You probably watch reality television. This is not going out on a limb – around 30% of programming is now reality television of some type. That is amazing, in a way – 10 years ago, this type of programming was virtually unknown. [...]
Economy will be at heart of Abbott’s election pit
By John Ray.
Tony Abbott has signalled that economic management will be at the heart of his election pitch, promising to “increasingly detail” the Coalition’s policies during the year.
The Opposition Leader has seized on the [...]
Obama Could Not Pass a Background Check
By Alan Caruba.
President Barack Obama could not pass a background check if he was applying for a gun permit or a job. Why has this man been allowed to remain in office or take the oath for a second time?
During the 2008 campaign, it was known [...]
The next civil war lies between President Obama and is administration & the United States Congress
By Catherine Haig.
PEOPLE THREATEN TO START CIVIL WARS ALL THE TIME IN AMERICA.
But no one actually does it.
What really happens is people rant and rave at a dinner party and then come together over dessert and solve the nations problems.
Unless [...]
Is history progressive or repetitive?
Throughout the past different cultures have altered and left their stamp on history. We tend to think that human progress is a present day phenomena, but in reality rights seem to have always progressed and declined. Three specific cultures [...]
Middle East soccer associations campaign for women’s right to play
By James M. Dorsey.
Middle Eastern soccer associations have launched a campaign to put women’s soccer on par with men’s football in a region in which a woman’s right to play and pursue an athletic career remains controversial and at a [...]
Archetypes or stereotypes?
By Gunter Soydanbay.
Recently, I’ve learned that 86% of place branding projects fail. While the research does not explain why, I am willing to bet that one of the major causes of failure is “thinking stereotypically instead of archetypically.” [...]
Where is the Euro-Army? Another clumsy attempt for a military mission
By Oliver Kummer.
It’s on! Discussions have been persistent how a possible European intervention in Mali could look like. Now, after weeks and months of discussions and in the middle of a deep economic crisis some action is finally [...]
Jung Bahadur And The Courtesan – Love In The Time Of Empire
By Subodh Rana.
Prime Minister Jung Bahadur Rana was the toast of London town. A prince from the Orient captured the popular imagination of Victorian England. A newspaper account of the period describes him as athletic, dark and handsome; [...]
Some Observations Along The Road To “National Information Power”
By Cryptome.
http://cryptome.org/dodi/2013/national-info-power.pdf
Scars and ROTC
The ARMY ROTC program, gives students the opportunity to get a higher education. But the cost of war consequently involves casualties and death, and some veteran students come back with psychological scars. Veterans mature faster thanks [...]
All units: Pullback! The imminent failure of western influence in Afghanistan
By Oliver Krumme.
Last week, Afghan President Hamid Karzai was on visit in Washington D.C., meeting President Barack Obama, just before the inauguration into Obama’s second term by next Sunday. The purpose of Karzai’s visit was rather obvious: [...]
57th Inaugural for POTUS Obama’s 2nd term and blogger Catherine Haig gets banned from Huffington Post for having an opinion!