Spare The Ruler But Do Not Spoil The Child

(CNS): The nation is abuzz with the news of Rouvanjit Rawla, a class VIII student of Kolkata’s prestigious La Martiniere School for boys, who  hanged himself four months ago, reportedly unable to bear the humiliation after he was caned by his school principal Sunirmal...

Corporal punishment rife in U.S. schools, report shows

I was shocked to learn from this report that 21 US states still allow teachers in public schools to hit students! It's also amazing to see who is getting hit. The report concludes that in the states which still allow corporal punishment, which are mostly in the South, blacks...

Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

Two Canadian Soldiers Killed as LAV Rolls Over

This is at least the second major rollover accident that hurt or killed Canadian troops in the last year or so. "Two Canadian soldiers were killed instantly yesterday when their light-armoured vehicle rolled over during an operation in southern Afghanistan. Military officials...

US Marine Guilty of Iraq Killing

This just in. We'll be following this story as it develops."A US marine has been found guilty of killing an Iraqi soldier when they were on night-time patrol in Fallujah. Lance Corporal Delano Holmes was convicted of negligent homicide. But he was found not guilty of a more...

Fury Over Govan Taliban On Benefits

"FAMILIES of soldiers killed in Afghanistan are furious that a former Taliban fighter is seeking asylum in Scotland. The Record revealed yesterday how ex-jihad front-liner Muhammad Hanif Hanifi has settled in Glasgow and wants to stay here. Bobby Wright, of Edinburgh - whose...

Corporal Punishment

Contrary to Canada, Taiwan has a strange miasmic education system. There is a strange mix of different types of schools here, ranging from language schools to public and private schools. The quality of education varies greatly and the Taiwanese always look favorably...

Questions for the NY Times about the alleged spitting incident during anti-wa...

"On January 28, The New York Times reported, in an article by Ian Urbina, that, during the January 27 anti-war protest on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., an unnamed anti-war protester spat at the ground near Joshua Sparling, a wounded Iraq war veteran "who said he was...