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Home » 2010 » November
More Than a Bribe: Obama Surrenders Palestinian Rights
The Middle East policies of US President Barack Obama may well prove the most detrimental in history so far, surpassing even the rightwing policies of President George W. Bush. Even…
The Conflict in Chechnya: Confronting the Threat of State Disintegration and the Right to Self-Determination
Abstract This essay focuses on the right of the Chechen people to self-determination. I examine the legitimacy of the Chechens’ claim to self-determination and assess the policies of the Russian…
Paddling in the Bosphorus, Floating on the Nile
“To paddle through”, or “to remain afloat” are two antonyms in the politics of navigation of nations towards a destiny. In the former, the firm grip on the paddles is…
Adults Learn Languages Faster than Children, Hands-Down
In my Vietnamese class, one of the students asked the teacher how to tell time. The telling time lesson was meant for chapter ten, but because it came up, the…
The Cyber Fortress Mentality
Most people imagine that historical battles were fought between opposing armies charging and countercharging over open fields. On the North American continent, however, the fortress played the pivotal role in…
TSA Gestapo Empire
It doesn’t take a bureaucrat long to create an empire. John Pistole, the FBI agent who took over the Transportation Security Administration on July 1 told USA Today 16 days…
The Stench of American Hypocrisy, Part 2
In a recent column, “The Stench of American Hypocrisy,” I noted that US public officials and media are on their high horse about the rule of law in Burma while…
The Cost of Humiliation
Never underestimate the cost of humiliation. For in war victory is never clean, because it empowers the vanquished, or their successors, to struggle in the future. Recent wars in Iraq,…
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