My two Cents (Elections 2013)
Have you ever encountered your parents telling you to invest your Christmas money on something worthwhile when you were young? probably yes, all of us were told to invest our time and money in something right but what exactly is “right”? For me the “right” investment is something I can use in a long [...]
“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”
Posted by Howling Wolf There is a lawyer who appeared on BBC’s Focus on Africa yesterday the 9th May 2013 to give his two cents worth on the letter by the Government of Kenya to the UN Security Council demanding that the cases against Uhuruto at The Hague be withdrawn with immediate effect. Now [...]
Little Questions That FaceBook Asks
By Utah In that little block at the top of the page, FaceBook asked me what is on my mind. Probably not a good idea today: Benghazi, lying politicians, corrupt media and people who care more about tabloid sensationalism than the murder of people who were serving us by terrorists who hate us [...]
On Feminism; or, No, I Do NOT Hate Men
by elizabethforsythe I ’m a feminist, which does not mean I hate men. It means I believe in equality for men and women and everyone in-between. It means I think women should have the right to do what they want without getting judged or told they are wrong. Wanna be a mom and [...]
A political kindred spirit: A review of Scott Haworth’s novel Abraham Lincoln’s Lie
by Sherrie Cronin There are two reasons why I want to speak highly of this book, and it’s fair to tell you of them. First, this book has a strong political slant, and it turns out that I largely share the author’s views. More-over, his sort of moderate-liberal-progressive outlook, in my opinion, shows [...]
Embarking on a Life Changing Journey
As graduation approaches, we face a whole new set of challenges and obstacles in our lives. Some of these are self-imposed while others are a result of the various actions of business, government, and society. Over the course of our schooling career we have not been as in tune with the social, economic, and political [...]
Big Business and its Friends on the US Supreme Court
by Samir Chopra [T]he business docket reflects something truly distinctive about the court led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. While the current court’s decisions, over all, are only slightly more conservative than those from the courts led by Chief Justices Warren E. Burger and William H. Rehnquist, according to political scientists [...]
Big Brother in the UK Wants to Turn Off Your Electronics Remotely
We are all urged to conserve energy. We’re given tips like turning off the lights when you leave the room, turn down your heater at night, and unplugging electronics when they’re not in use. But what if this doesn’t work, and your society still faces energy blackouts? How about you just turn their electronics [...]
Politics For A Refugee
The politics of being a refugee are complicated, complex, and dangerous. For Palestinian refugees this is compounded by the fact that they are seeking shelter from an all out bombing of their home country by the Israeli military. Along with the threats from Israel there is the stressful factor of sanctions by the Lebanese dictating [...]
watch out!!
Hello all, So I just came across this article. We know there is a current civil war un Syria going on, and the media is reporting a large bias on who the bad guy is and how our western governments would like to assist and arm the rebels, which is already being done underhand. Well [...]