Naxal Women: Challenges that lie ahead
By Pratibha Singh.
War has never been a male domain since women also get drawn into it as combatants, survivors and peace makers. India’s Maoist war which seeks to overthrow the state to establish socialist-communist society is no exception [...]
Iraq Agonistes
By Alan Caruba.
I remember how the Vietnam War seemed to drag on for years without resolution, from Lyndon Johnson’s initial expansion in 1964, after he was elected in his own right through his second term, marked by many marches in Washington, [...]
Attack on Karachi Airport by Violent Extremists
By Azmat Hassan.
One of the unpleasant byproducts of the so-called War on Terror launched by the Bush Administration in October 2001 following 9/11 to root out al-Qaeda and the Taliban regime supporting it, was its blow-back for [...]
Thoughts on India’s New Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Buy Azmat Hassan.
The fact that a tea-seller’s son who sold cups of tea at a railway station has become India’s Prime Minister with a thumping majority, is indicative of a sea change in Indian politics. Modi, through [...]
Saudi Arabia Versus Iran
By Azmat Hassan.
The media has recently reported an overture by Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal to his Iranian counterpart Jawad Zarif to visit Riyadh. While the gesture may represent a tentative thaw in the often frosty [...]
The Least Disruptive Education Environment
By Frank and Nancy Salvato.
Teachers negotiating today’s public education environment face a number of challenges; these include negotiating additional responsibilities with insufficient time to complete them appropriately, behavioral [...]
Compassionate Progressivism Can Stop the Balkanization of America
By Allen Schmertzler.
More signals this week that the Obama presidency is standing on its last lame-duck leg. I have now lost any great hope to see progressive legislation until the country gets to reboot with a 2016 mandate. It was [...]
To the new King of Spain: Do like in Italy
By Josep Colomer.
The abdication of King Juan Carlos has been compared with those of the Queen of the Netherlands and the King of Belgium last year. But the new King Philip VI could take more inspiration from the Head of [...]
“Force Protection Alpha in Effect” –coming to a town near you
Posted by David Swanson, written by Brian Terrell.
On April 15, 2014, when the story broke on the world that the Central Intelligence Agency’s covert program of assassination by remotely controlled drones is not distinct from the [...]
Eh! Who Cares About the Rules?
By Frank J. Salvato.
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Have we as a nation – and more precisely, we are Conservatives, Constitutionalists, [...]
Shinseki– Did we fall for the Myth?
By Barry Lando.
“There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things [...]
Afghan Elections: Pick Your Poison
By David Swanson.
No human being wants to be ruled by their people’s murderers. Forgiveness through restorative justice may be possible, but being ruled by murderers is asking for too much.
Yet, that seems to be the Hobson’s [...]
The Regulatory Death of Energy in America
By Alan Caruba.
Before President Obama took office in 2009, the amount of electricity being produced by coal-fired utilities was approximately fifty percent of the total. Today it is approximately forty percent and, when the Environmental [...]
Switching Party Affiliation: Sometimes It Works, Sometimes It Doesn’t
By Rich Rubino.
This election cycle features two prominent party switchers. Former Democrat Gene Taylor represented South Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives for 22 years. He is now running as a Republican to regain his old [...]
The Slow, Sure Death of “Climate Change” Lies
By Alan Caruba.
Even though President Obama continues to lie about “climate change” and employs the many elements of the federal government to repeat those lies, this huge hoax is dying.
Obama is on record saying that [...]
The FSOC and the Designation of SIFIs
By Peter Wallison.
Chairman Hensarling, Ranking Member Waters and members of the Committee:
Thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning.
Under Dodd-Frank, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) has the authority [...]
Six Americans Follow in the Footsteps of Dead Migrants in ‘Borderland’
By Sylvia Longmire.
It’s very rare for a television show to come along that makes me think, This could really change everything. In a political time in our country when we are deeply divided over the best way to achieve immigration [...]
India’s Sham Democracy
By Stephen Lendman.
India is like America. Democracy is fantasy. Two major parties dominate.
In India most often. Others compete. At most, some become junior coalition partners.
Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) [...]
The Nazi Danger — A Letter from Odessa
By David Swanson.
I have lived in Odessa since my early childhood and adore this sunny south city with its hospitable and witty people. Odessa is a multinational city which is reflected in the names of its streets: French [...]
Star’s War Benghazi Is No Watergate
By Allen Schmertzler.
Summer is fast approaching. Aside from vacations, warming sunshine of vitamin D and a full menu of out door smells, it is also time for blockbuster sequels to fill our viewing entertainment needs. Republicans are [...]