Finally, the Neocons Are Sinking

"Finally, the Neocons Are Sinking By Khody Akhavi, IPS News. Posted June 25, 2007. As the George W. Bush administration struggles through its last two years in office, it appears that the agenda of neoconservative ideologues has finally lost its appeal among strategic parts...

the Christian Taliban is Running the Department of Defense by Robert Koehler

"Sixteen words may be all that stand right now between the apparatus of government and the Founding Fathers’ worst nightmare. And those words are starting to give. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise...

Islamic Democrats? NYT Sunday Magazine

"The arrest and imprisonment of political opponents is nothing new in Egypt, which has been ruled by a succession of authoritarian leaders since 1952; secular democrats are in jail along with the Islamists. Egypt is generally rated as one of the more repressive countries in...

Duke U. Patents Mind-Controlled Weapons

Give lab monkeys mind-controlled weapons and they might be gunning for some payback! Personally, I see a wide, wonderful future in mind-controlled prosthetics; weaponry is not the first thing to come to mind with this sort of thing, but I guess for some..."Work on...

A Plague On Both Your Houses

"January 29, 2007 Arrogance of Power Is anybody else angry at the arrogance of the Bush executive branch? I am not just talking about the White House, I am talking about the whole apparatus. It looks out of control. Power corrupts and when an Executive Branch has no check...

The roots of Dalit rage

"The roots of Dalit rage The symbolism of Dalit politics is a tactical response to the threat of violence lurking beneath the surface of Indian democracy. The benevolent tolerance that caste Hindu society affects may well be misplaced. by | Sukumar Muralidharan In January...

Saddam Hussein (28/04/1937– 30/12/ 2006)

Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي‎ Saddām Husayn Aabdu-Al-majīd al-tikrītī; (April 28, 1937– December 30, 2006), was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979 until April 9, 2003, when he was deposed...

Paterson Fire Department - General Alarm

"New Jersey - On Saturday Morning, November 11th shortly after midnight the Paterson, NJ Fire Department responded to 225 16th Ave on a reported fire. On arrival, companies found a fully involved 2.5 story vacant frame partially collapsed and extending to both exposures....