Politics

Pakistan, & the Myth of Islamic Terrorism

By Rakesh Saxena · 16 years ago

President Musharraf has supposedly been fighting Islamic terrorism since he took control of Pakistan in a coup eight years ago. Benazir Bhutto repeatedly justified her role in a future Pakistan by claiming to be a ...

Republic Day – an important day in the history of India

By Martha Joel · 16 years ago

Republic Day is one of the significant national occasions in India. Celebrated on 26 th January every year, Republic Day marks a major incident in the history of the country. It was on this day ...

The Barak Obama is a Muslim Controversy

By Laura Cosse · 16 years ago

Daniel Pipes has regurgitated the highly disputed March 16th article printed in the Los Angeles Times to once again bring Senator Barak Obama's religious history into the spotlight. The following is an excerpt from his ...

The Bush Doctrine works

By Craig Read · 16 years ago

The Bush Doctrine works – when it is applied properly. It follows in the same path laid out by past US hegemonic aspirations at new world orders. Wilson, Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy [all Democrats]; and Reagan ...

Mourning Not Celebration: Panamanians To Commemorate Date Of US Invasion

By Marvia Lawes · 16 years ago

December 20th 2007 marked the 18th anniversary of the 1989 American Invasion of Panama. I was in a meeting and asked to be reminded of the date. The quick response that came was, December 20th ...

Witness to History... again!

By Carl Willoughby · 16 years ago

Last year in December, I was on my way to the bank when I witnessed history in the making. The streets were cordoned off by police and thousands and thousands of people of all races ...

The Danger of Keeping Candidate Faith Under Wraps

By Michele F Richardson · 16 years ago

Exactly what does Mitt Romney's public address reveal about the significance of candidate disclosure of faith? The American electorate cannot be expected to buy into the myth that a candidate's faith will not influence their ...

16 Winston Churchill Quotes to Celebrate His Birthday

By Noel Jameson · 16 years ago

Power, prominence and a bit of a rebellious nature thrown in -- Winston Churchill quotes are definitely some of the most interesting you'll ever come across. For someone who was said to have a speech ...

Pennsylvania's Single Payer Health Care Bill

By Kate Loving Shenk · 16 years ago

Pennsylvania is in a unique position. She has a Single Payer Health Care Bill, HB 1660, that has a great chance to eventually pass in the House. Of all the State sponsored bills, this one ...

Boom!: Voices of the Sixties

By Tom Brokaw · 16 years ago

In 1962, I had an entry-level reporter's job at an Omaha television station. I had bargained to get a salary of one hundred dollars a week, because I didn't feel I could tell Meredith's doctor ...

Reasons Why People are Anti Bush

By Nick Carter · 16 years ago

George Bush has been one of the most controversial political figures of all time. He is the eldest son of the former president of the United States George Herbert Walker Bush, and is currently serving ...

Alternatives to Torture, 1

By Mike Scantlebury · 16 years ago

We live in a tough old world. As a recent film tries to tell you, it's possible that you will be snatched off the street tomorrow by people you don't know, bound and gagged and ...

Technology and Politics; The Internet's Influence on Politics

By Sharon Housley · 16 years ago

Can, and will, the next generation of politicians exploit the communication mediums available to them? Will the new communication mediums have the power to influence public opinion? Will politicians be the victims of technology, or ...

Biography of Hillary Rodham Clinton

By Frank Vanderlugt · 17 years ago

Hillary Dian Rodham was the first born child to Dorothy and Hugh Rodham on October 26, 1947. She spent her childhood in Park Ridge Illinois. It was a happy and disciplined childhood. As a child, ...