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Renewed Battle for the Falkland Islands Suits the Embattled British, Argentine Leaders, and Others

Renewed Battle for the Falkland Islands Suits the Embattled British, Argentine Leaders, and Others

The artificially-engendered revival of the dispute, which began in February 2010 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, has been portrayed as a posturing by embattled Argentine Pres. (...)

2 Mar. 2010 | 1 comment | Staffjam

Gandhi and King- Two Martyrs Who Will Never Die

Gandhi and King

Martin Luther King Jr, who would have been 81 years old January 15, was a great believer of Mohandas K Gandhi, the leader of India’s independence movement from Brittan. King saw that Gandhi’s peaceful civil disobedience and non-violent methods (...)

19 Jan. 2010 | 1 comment | Manzer Munir

Reconciliation or Reconcealment : is censorship back to Korea ?

Reconciliation or Reconcealment : is censorship back to Korea ?

Is the independent body in charge of uncovering the inconvenient truth starting to rewrite its own history under a new leadership ? According to OhMyNews*, translators are considering suing Lee Young-Jo, the new President of Korea’s Truth and (...)

18 Jan. 2010 | 1 comment | Stephanemot

What The Persians Did For Us

The recent victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the presidential election caused a stir. The Iranian population and the international community see the outcome as fraudulent. Since then, this agitation has led to mass protests all over Iran and in other (...)

1 Dec. 2009 | | affable_alpha

Flashback : March 21, 1983 - President Ronald Reagan Proclaims ’Afghanistan Day’ - Praises The Taliban

Flashback : March 21, 1983 - President Ronald Reagan Proclaims 'Afghanistan Day' - Praises The Taliban

"The tragedy of Afghanistan continues as the valiant and courageous Afghan freedom fighters [The Taliban] persevere in standing up against the brutal power of the Soviet invasion and occupation." President Ronald Reagan simply loved the Taliban (...)

13 nov. 2009 | | Leftdog

The Berlin Wall’s Fall - Credit Where Credit Is Due

Barack Hussein Obama couldn’t bring himself to visit Germany and the location of the Berlin Wall. I visited that site and walked through Checkpoint Charlie as a US Soldier. I visit parts of East Germany and it seemed like a look into George (...)

12 nov. 2009 | | Liberally Conservative

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

"The force that brought down the Wall is the force that will get us through the postal strike, and that force is people power". Forget Guy Fawkes - remember, remember the Ninth of November for the fall of the Berlin Wall. The fall of the Berlin Wall 20 (...)

3 nov. 2009 | | Boris Johnson

General Welfare Clause : Did Alexander Hamilton Waffle ?

General Welfare Clause : Did Alexander Hamilton Waffle ?

Alexander Hamilton at one point in his political career seemed to have held a very limited view of the federal government’s powers, believing that such things as "agriculture and manufacture" were under the purview of state governments. (...)

3 nov. 2009 | | Frank Staheli

“Mr. Gorbachev : Tear Down This Wall !”

As Rob noted yesterday, Barack Obama will apparently be “too busy” to attend ceremonies celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall. Funny ! Candidate Obama made speeches in Germany, posed in front of 10 Downing Street and recently flew to (...)

22 oct. 2009 | | Rob Port

From Bucharest to Chernobyl

“The defeat of communism 20 years ago,” Matt Welch writes in Reason magazine, “was the most liberating moment in history. So why don’t we talk about it more ?” That is an excellent question. I don’t talk about it, write (...)

20 oct. 2009 | | Michael J. Totten

The Aztec Empire of Central America

The Aztec Empire of Central America

When Moctezuma ate, four beautiful women would appear to wash his hands before passing him a bowl of foaming chocolate. Of course, it was a tragedy. Never in history has there been such a clash of civilisations. Never has there been a conflict as unfair (...)

28 sep. 2009 | | Boris Johnson

Revenge : Jewish Fantasies, Russian Realities

Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, following on Defiance, voices the Jewish musing on revenge against Nazis during and after World War II. Defiance was based on reality ; Basterds was a fantasy (which I may see on video, but not at a (...)

23 sep. 2009 | | Kesher Talk

The Satirical Prints of James Gillray

The Satirical Prints of James Gillray

James Gillray (1756-1815) was the pre-eminent caricaturist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and is considered by many to be the father of the political cartoon. His colorful political and social satires were wildly popular in his own time for (...)

23 Jul. 2009 | | Blogdial

The Ghost of Howard Baskerville

Howard Baskerville was an American from Nebraska who died fighting with the Constitutionalists against Iran’s despotic King Mohammad Ali Shah in the Azeri-Iranian city of Tabriz in 1909. He was only 24 years old when he was shot through the heart (...)

19 Jun. 2009 | | Michael J. Totten

How The Berlin Wall Fell

How The Berlin Wall Fell

My former boss Mike Tomasky will have written this article before the Iranian political crisis broke out, but that only makes the relevance all the more clear : On June 27, 11 days after Nagy’s rehabilitation, Foreign Minister Gyula Horn met his (...)

17 jui. 2009 | | Matthew Yglesias

A short history of Brittany

Brittany

Brittany is a beautiful piece of land located in the North-West of France. Well known to Britons for being their favourite second home choice in France, but who actually knows much about the actual place? Did you know for example that Brittany is a former (...)

19 May. 2009 | | J.N. PAQUET

Messrs Sarkozy and Obama, go to Graignes !

Messrs Sarkozy and Obama, go to Graignes !

Our President is so eager to meet his U.S. counterpart, that he ‘s immediately offered him a meeting on the beaches of Omaha Beach, this high place of memory which we echoed some time ago. I am delighted of this prospect, as i will never forget (...)

12 May. 2009 | 4 comments | Momothemorice

Surveillance, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin wall

A cell at the Berlin-Hochenschönhausen prison. All photos: Bente Kalsnes Have you ever been to a political prison? It’s a chilling experience, I can tell you. Luckily, I’ve only been to one as a visitor, but that was scary enough. The (...)

5 May. 2009 | | Bente Kalsnes

Is Swine Flu source leaked military weapon ?

Is Swine Flu source leaked military weapon ?

The caption to the Wikipedia Library of Congress pic on the right reads : “Two American Red Cross nurses demonstrate treatment practices during the influenza pandemic of 1918.” Called the Spanish Flu, the pandemic lasted from March 1918 to (...)

29 avr. 2009 | | Jon Newton

Unleashing Chiang

Unleashing Chiang

Since I had to read some classes about the Korean War in college, I know what a reference to “unleashing Chiang” means. But I would easily forgive a person for not knowing. It’s slightly obscure, and many people don’t know about (...)

13 jan. 2009 | | Matthew Yglesias

is the messiah?

is the messiah?

Gaza Palestine Israel

6 Jan. 2009 | | micmac08USA

Baghdad in Memoriam: The Story of an Iraqi Researcher in Morocco

Baghdad was once a scientific center as The House of Wisdom historically proves. Now, the lagacy is gone with the wind under the American/International tanks of ’democracy/hypocrisy.’ Below is a real story of an Iraqi researcher without (...)

20 Nov. 2008 | | Mohammed Hashas

The shortest speech ever....

Fidel Castro the shortes speech ever

Fidel Castro Cuba 2008 Cuba At the age of 81 years old Fidel Castro made his shortest speech ever... and since now on, steps down from the goverment. Are theses his last words? micmac08USA

20 Feb. 2008 | 2 comments | micmac08USA

Napoleon’s Scientists and the Pyramids

Napoleon's Scientists and the Pyramids

At the NYT, Katherine Bouton reviews Nina Burleigh’s new book, “Mirage : Napoleon’s Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt," which I’m eager to see. In the course of the review, she writes of the French invasion of Egypt in (...)

10 déc. 2007 | 1 comment | Juan Cole

Columbus Day Is Another Example of History Distorted To A Eurocentric View

Columbus Day Is Another Example of History Distorted To A Eurocentric View

It really gets my goat that today is Columbus Day. After considering the audacity of European and Western society to claim discovery of lands already inhabited by Native Americas, I really don’t know what Christopher Columbus did that I’m (...)

9 oct. 2007 | | BusinessKnowMoreMedia

Phony Politicians - McCarthyism Reborn with a Socialist Agenda

Phony Politicians - McCarthyism Reborn with a Socialist Agenda

Matching Joseph McCarthy (R-WI 1947-57) with “McCarthyism” flaming is now the business of the day in Congress. “Flaming” is a word associated with forums and comment sections on the Internet. When “flaming” takes place (...)

5 oct. 2007 | 1 comment | Liberally Conservative

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