What a fool . He's an improvement over Kofi Annan but barely. The high-stakes visit to Burma comes at a critical time for Ban, whose low-key approach to his job has been criticised as ineffectual. He came under further fire on arrival in Naypyidaw, the regime's headquarters, when he told the head of the junta, General Than Shwe: "I appreciate your commitment to moving your country forward."...
The hard line regime is obsessed with the British. The capturing of the British sailors in 2007 was odd but arresting embassy workers is even more bizarre. They're fixated on picking a fight with a world power and without the US, the UK is the best they can hope for. (The US is no stranger to such strange behavior either as we discovered during the invasion of Iraq.) The EU ambassadors are staying...
Extraditing Bashir would set a precedent that could see other African leaders and officials tried in the future for involvement in various wars and abuses of power. They have chosen their own self-preservation over the African lives and cultures they...
Iran insists its Jews are happy and well treated. Meanwhile, allegations of Jewish ancestry are a supreme insult and a large enough political liability to warrant arrest. "'Jewish Ahmadinejad' blogger arrested," by Sabina Amidi for the Jerusalem Post, July 3:...
There's Something About This I Just Don't Understand ... Anderson Cooper interviewed Sarah Palin's spokesperson tonight. He asked what Sarah Palin would be doing next. Here's her answer: "STAPLETON: OH, everything under the sun that you can possibly think of....
More tolerance from the religion of peace. The State Department can't import these communities fast enough. "Queers for Palestine" could not be reached for comment. Barack Hussein Obama: "We will be respectful even when we do not agree". In Islam, respect is a one way street. Robert Spencer says here, "If they want sharia, let them have it.” -- Dinesh D'Souza, The Enemy...
A reader just forwarded me this New York Times clip on the "confession" of Mohammad Ali Abtahi, an adviser to former Iran President Khatami who has also been an important and talented blogger. From "Top Reformers Admitted Plot, Iran Declares"...
Check out my latest oped piece in World Net Daily: Palin in 2012! Exclusive: Pamela Geller lauds Sarah for 'assuming the mantle' of leadership vs. Obama --WND wnd
It's a big travel weekend. In Yankeeland, you might very well find yourself driving through the Merritt Parkway's Hero's Tunnel under West Rock ridge in New Haven. Amusingly, the Merritt, the earliest American parkway , had these criteria in its design: To ease objections from county residents who feared an influx of New Yorkers on their roads, in their towns, on their beaches and through their forests,...
From Frederick Douglass: “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men. They were great men, too Ñ great enough to give frame to a great age. It does not often happen to [...]
In 2006, I wrote that " It's a Hollow Feeling This Fourth of July ." Are we any better off this year? We haven't seen much tangible progress, but Bush and Cheney are gone and we do seem to be headed in the right direction, even if we are moving at a snail's pace. So, yes, I'm going to celebrate. But I'm also not going to forget the freedoms we need to protect and defend, not just for our...
Attorneys for the junk food industry have suggested that the tests were unfair and a distortion of the true nutritional value they provide to humans and cockroaches alike. Not really, but it wouldn't surprise anyone if they did. LiveScience : To find out, Moore and her colleagues picked young female cockroach nymphs and divided them into two dietary groups. Half were fed a good-quality balanced diet...
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