According to Alex Ferguson, Ronaldo is the best player in the world, if that's the case perhaps he should go to Real." Ronaldo 'wants to play at Madrid' Ronaldo scored 42 goals...
There is still ray of hope for the sacked Supreme Courts Judges in Pakistan as talks continues between Pakistan's coalition partner about the future of sacked Judges. Nawaz Sharif led Pakistan Mulim League has been demanding reinstatement of these judges before forming the...
"It is 1939 all over again. The world waits helplessly for the next act of naked aggression by rogue states. Only this time the rogue states are not the Third Reich and Fascist Italy. They are the United States and...
"Thirty years ago next week, Gary Thuerk, a marketer at the now-defunct computer firm Digital Equipment Corporation, sent an email to 393 users of Arpanet, the US government-run computer network that eventually...
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Opinion
Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
The Vancouver Sun's Observations of BC's Solicitor General and Top Cop John Les statements to the media in the recent crimes and murders comitted in the Lower Mainland...
This people must actually be brave and hardy."With some of the worst wildfires dying down, many Southern Californians lucky enough to find their homes still standing could nevertheless face hardships for weeks to come, including polluted air, no electricity and no drinking...
The absence of Republican candidates at a primarily African forum says a lot about where American politics reside in the 21st century. President Bush snubbed the NAACP until well after the flak he began to earn...
"No Bric bats expected by Brazil
By Jonathan Wheatley in São Paulo
Published: September 10 2007 23:23 | Last updated: September 10 2007 23:23
Brazil may get a chance to shake off its image as the slowcoach of the...
As someone who delights in 'shopping' at the dump or the scrap metal yard, this Herald editorial rang a big bell for me. I am continually amazed at what people throw away and have gained a perhaps questionable reputation as a 'collector' of 'things'. This...
"Did American Airlines 77---the flight that, according to the official conspiracy theory about 9/11, struck the Pentagon---have onboard phones? This question is relevant to the possible truth of the official theory, because Ted Olson, who was then the US Solicitor General,...
"On Egypt’s Referendum
Amir Taheri, Arab News
CAIRO, 24 March 2007 — Back to the future or forward to the past? As Egypt prepares for a constitutional referendum on Monday, the question is hotly debated in Cairo’s famous teahouses and arousing passions on opposite...
"It's even odds at this point if Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will make it past Friday without filing for unemployment. The 24-Hour Cable News Channels are covering "Attorneygate" almost non-stop, and yet the...
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"A version of this text was presented to the Kuala Lumpur Conference on War Crimes, Perdana Global Peace Organization, 5-7 February 2007.
War propaganda glorifies military indoctrination as the highest form of patriotism while simultaneously demonizing the enemies of the...
"On Tuesday, March 6, French theorist Jean Baudrillard passed away. Trained as a sociologist, Baudrillard put his knack for observing society and its engagement with mass media to work as a philosopher. His writings on television, video, and electronic mediation placed him...
"We all have an idea of what good advertising is. My idea of good advertising is not necessarily identical to your idea or to his idea, or to her idea. Nevertheless, you probably agree that a good ad should catch your attention; otherwise you don’t even notice it"