by Carl Bloice
The editors at the Financial Times have taken to referring to it as “palace intrigue.” Which seems a little overblown to me, evoking images of damsels locked in drafty bell towers, eunuchs tiptoeing down dank halls in the middle of the night and courtiers slyly whispering into the monarch’s ear. I doubt anything [...]
By Denis Campbell
The UK House of Commons today takes up a measure to stop music and video piracy on the Web. Good luck with that one.
While an admirable pursuit, they are only 15-years too late and now only George Orwell could applaud this Big Brother, bone-headed attempt.
Closing down Internet sites and ISP access will makes [...]
by Robert Reich
The loss of 36,000 jobs in February is better than expected but it’s still miserable. 26,000 were lost in January, according to the government’s revised figures. And the “underemployment” rate — including jobless workers who have given up looking for work and part-time workers who want full time jobs — rose from 16.5% [...]
by Carl Matthes
Hypersex has hit the headlines. Obviously, too many males are unable to control their raging testosterone and bad judgment.
It’s gotten so prevalent that, according to Shari Roan in the March 1 edition of the Los Angeles Times, the American Psychiatric Association has proposed that “out-of-control sexual appetites be included in the next edition [...]
Rev. Irene Monroe
Given the history of the exploitation of African American women’s reproductive system for involuntary sterilization, medical experimentation, monetary compensation, and political gain, it’s difficulty for many of us in the black community to not see an anti-abortion ad campaign specifically targeting the African-American community in Georgia with a message of “Black Children are [...]
By Denis Campbell
In three months the UK will contest a general election. Wow! Can you feel the tension build… Zzzzzzzz.
Three months out from November of 2008, US candidate Barack Obama spoke before 85,000 people at the Democratic National Convention’s outdoor football stadium. Here? The three parties reluctantly and finally agreed to their set of televised [...]
Aaah the good old days. Remember waaaay back to 2007 when a couple of Google sellouts left to start this 140 character micro-blogging service called Twitter? We just laughed and laughed. Who on earth would tell someone, “I’m offline now and using the loo”? Are they crazy? Most “experts” (present company included) predicted this service [...]
Rev. Irene Monroe
Missing from the annals of African American history and the history of Nazi Germany are the documented stories and struggles of African Americans, straight and “queer.” Valaida Snow, captured in Nazi- occupied Copenhagen and interned in a concentration camp for nearly two years, is one such story forgotten every Black History Month in [...]
by Glyn Strong
Inter-Parliamentary Union: Committee On The Human Rights of Parliamentarians.
Case No AFG/01 – Malalai Joya – Afghanistan)
The Inter-Parliamentary Union’s Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians holds its next session 27 March to 01 April in Bangkok. That will be its last chance to call for the reinstatement of suspended Afghan MP Malalai Joya [...]
by Charley James
I’ve never been much of an Olympics fan but it strikes me there’s an obvious reason why so many people have been wrapped up in the Joannie Rochette story. If you are an indifferent a follower of the games like I am usually, she won a bronze medal last night in figure skating [...]
by: Robert Reich
Not long ago I was debating someone on television. I thought the discussion was going well until the commercial break when a producer said into my earpiece “be angrier.”
“Why should I be angrier?” I asked him, irritated that he hadn’t appreciated the thoughtfulness of debate.
“That’s how we get channel surfers to stop and [...]
by Robert Reich
Washington is paralyzed by snow and partisanship. Nothing is getting done – even as the Great Recession pulls more Americans into its maw.
In the midst of this paralysis, the President was asked about the giant pay packages of Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Co. ($17 mullion for 2009) and Lloyd [...]
The Lunacy of Republican opposition in the Healthcare Debate writ large!
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