From a distance, the struggle between Hamas and Fatah appears commonplace, a typical third world country’s political scuffle over interpretation of democracy that went out of control, or simply a ‘power struggle’ between two political...
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06 May 2009
The current relations between the U.S. and Iran are not a pretty picture; in fact it is like a roller-coaster ride. This is a bad news for Muslims in America and abroad.
Iran is bitter over its billions of dollars in frozen...
Iran is bitter over its billions of dollars in frozen...
05 May 2009
American Indian activist and political prisoner Leonard Peltier
has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the sixth consecutive
year. Peltier has been an inmate in the United States federal prison
system since 1976, so the fact...
01 May 2009
When Americans get "ethical" these days they ponder the great moral mysteries, like "Is public health coverage fair to insurance companies?" or "If we increase the military budget but reduce one section of it, can the whole world still be...
27 April 2009
One of the best books published in Canada last year is one of the best books published in the United States thus far this year: "The Sun Climbs Slow: The International Criminal Court and the Struggle for Justice," by Erna Paris.
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25 April 2009
“Frankly, this does look a lot like Jimmy Carter. Carter tried weakness, and the world got tougher and tougher, because the predators, the aggressors, the anti-Americans, the dictators — when they sense weakness, they all start pushing...