Great people like Gandhi and Mandela use power to curb power. Barack Obama stands among those who use power to accumulate more of it. …
The US recently tabled a draft resolution against Sri Lanka at the Human Rights Council’s 19th session in Geneva.…
One of the great economic myths is that markets are rational. Not a day passes without this myth being disproved scores of times, but the myth persists.…
President Obama recently was quoted as saying of Afghanistan, “now is the time for us to transition.” No, it isn’t. “Now is the time to leave.” …
Understandable as it may be, North Korea today has an ever increasing number of people fleeing out. They are popularly known as ‘defectors’ or ‘traitors’ because North Korea restricts citizens…
On March 9, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced that 227,000 new nonfarm payroll jobs were created by the economy during February. Is the government’s claim true?…
We can only fervently hope and pray that Hana Shalabi’s heroic path of resistance will end with her release and the restoration of her health.…
Acquiring a nuclear capacity could demonstrate Iran’s technological and scientific proficiency and its immunity from international pressure. Actually using those devices serves none of these objectives.…
The western “War on Terror” can surge in Somalia to 100,000 AU troops; the lesson never learned is you cannot defeat an entire people. …
For the past fifty years, Western governments, corporations, and media have forged a close relationship with Thailand’s establishment, all the while showing a great deal of mistrust for choices made…
2011 became another year of wasted opportunities, and failure to finding a fair and legitimate settlement to the Karabakh conflict.…
Perhaps with a show of strength from Russia, other countries will join in to resist wars of choice, ushering in a new era of renewed hope for the future of…
For exposing embarrassing and less-than-honorable behavior, Bradley Manning of the United States Army and Julian Assange of Wikileaks may spend most of their remaining days in a modern dungeon…
Daniel Pipes, the anti-Arab Islamophobe, is reportedly spooked these days.…
How fickle friendship can be. After all the years of close co-operation, the dinners out together, the help we provided, and the dirty work we did for them, it’s come…
There’s a method in the madness and upsurge in incidents like the Koran burning in Afghanistan…
Why is Washington so determined to bring democracy to the Middle East (with the exception of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Emirates), Africa, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia, and China, but…
The strong relations between Azerbaijan and the United States are very important for both countries’ national and energy security.…