Democratic Front of Eritrean Nationalities Formed By Afar, Kunama

This merger could change how thingsare done in Eretrea " Following a two-day congress which was held on June 18 -19, 2009, the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) and the Democratic Movement for the...

Barak Obama's Anti-Christian View No Friend to Blacks, Church

     Since taking office, President Barak Obama and his allies in Congress have careened into the headlines and pummelled Republicans still reeling from defeat and dissent within their own...

IDP Camps in terrible conditions

Sri Lankan government claimed that most to the detainees would be resettled within six months. However, senior military officials told that 80% of the people will be there in a year time. Further, permanent...

Select Racing Club proves horseracing punters know best!

Punters of the world's first ever democratic horseracing club have got it off to a flying start with three wins in three races.  The Select Racing Club is the first club of its kind to give members real...

Greetings, Saalam, Shalom Mr. President of the USA and of the PA

This commentary was written by my co-host Yoram Getzler for Israelseen.comAs usual Yoram pulls no punches in his honest appraisal of the current political situation in Israel. " Greetings, Saalam & Shalom Mr....

Same-sex partners to get fed benefits

" President Barack Obama, under growing criticism for not seeking to end the ban on openly gay men and women in the military, is extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees. Obama plans to announce his decision on Wednesday in the Oval Office, a White House...

Virginia Voters Reject Bill Clinton In Virginia Governor's Race

Click on Photo for a Piece of Family History * Cross-posted at the Francis L. Holland's Diary.Since I learned yesterday that Terry McCauliffe was trounced in his Democratic gubernatorial primary in Virginia, by a large margin, I've been thinking that the biggest...

A Latina on Supreme Court IS Better than 77% White Male Court

Cross-posted at the Francis L. Holland Blog.Judge Sonia Sotomayor is right.  WIth a US Supreme Court that is 77% white male in a country less than 30% white male, Sotomayor's experience as a Latina woman is much more needed and "better" on the Court than that of yet...

Leibowitz chats up broadband, net neutrality, privacy...

"When it comes to consumer issues like broadband and network neutrality, the FTC in recent years has spent most of its time nodding dumbly at carriers, allowing them to "self-regulate." The idea that corporations can effectively monitor themselves for bad behavior has been...

The Great American Experiment

"America is an experiment. From the time of its first white settlement, America has been a place where people came to experiment with doing things differently. It’s been a place to gamble, to see if you...

Mayoral Candidate Rossbach asks Maplewood Police to Remove Public

"   3-26-09 [Councilman]Will Rossbach asked Maplewood police to remove the public from the last Smoke Task Force.  Council Member Rossbach didn't get the group to vote his way tonight, so he then tried to...

Pakistan Army: (Professional) Men at their best

It would be an undermining of facts if I start praising Pakistan Army (PA) without accounting for their mistakes that they did make in the last 61 years. It's true that PA's always indulging into the Pakistan's...

Senator Gregg is Appionted to Commerce, Replaced by Republican

President Obama just made the appointment.  Senator Gregg accepted'Gregg confirmed that the NHgovernor will appoint a republicanto replace him. "Lynch said that Gregg would only take the job on condition...

Senate confirms Clinton

This was expected bitit is still an importantstep in Obama settingup his neew government."By a 94-2 vote, the Senate this afternoon confirmed former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's nomination to be the next...

Lopez accused of 'worming' into inauguration

" Jennifer Lopez has been accused of "worming" her way into celebrations for Barack Obama's presidential inauguration. The singer and her husband Marc Anthony infuriated Democratic Party supporters after the pair agreed to appear at the Latino Inaugural Ball despite failing...

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