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Japan and United States Reaffirm Their Close Ties

johnib wrote 2 months ago: WASHINGTON — President Obama and Japan’s new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, met at the White House on F … more →

Tags: China 2, News, obama, Russia, united states, Politics 2, Missiles, middle east, North Korea

Doesn't the government look after the people first then themselves?4 comments

paul wrote 3 months ago: For those who don’t want to read anything long, skip down to the bottom for a bit that sums up … more →

Tags: World happenings, Welfare, Black and white 2, constitution, ANC, Bloemfontein, BMW, Die of hunger, die of thirst

Can Governments Dare To Be Quixotic? Should They Bother?

The Political Pixie wrote 3 months ago: What do I mean by this? Hopelessly idealistic? Perhaps. So, in terms of economic models, the operati … more →

Tags: Economics, Idealism, Partha, Dasgupta, Genesis, greed, Markets, Voting, Government

East Asia's Defining Moment: New York Times

lookingbeyondborders wrote 4 months ago: The overlapping power transitions in East Asia’s three main economies promise to mark a defining mom … more →

Tags: Asia, India, united states, China, North Korea, Australia, ASEAN, south china sea, South Korea

Freedom

chansensei wrote 6 months ago: Ajahn Brahm. Who ordered this truckload of dung? – inspiring stories for welcoming life’s difficulti … more →

Tags: Global Issue, Buddhism, Freedom, Desires, western, Ajahn Brahm

Please vote America!

fipea wrote 6 months ago: I don’t believe that someone else should tell you how to vote, but I do believe that even thou … more →

Tags: General, vote, america, election

Democracies EU Countries Sure Pack A Mean Punch With Anti-Austerity Protests1 comment

stirringtrouble wrote 6 months ago: Anton Goryunov writes from Athens: For supposed liberal democracies that should listen to the voice … more →

Tags: Let’s Be Cynical, China, european union, Soviet Union, Anton Goryunov, EU, Anti-austerity

Get Out and Vote6 comments

fallcorn1936 wrote 6 months ago: Barack Obama at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Presidential Health Care Forum, March 2007. (Pho … more →

Tags: Other Stuff, Thoughts, Other people's work, united states, Politics, Current Events, Voting, Barack Obama, travis county texas

Cacophonies of Confrontation in Artur Żmijewski's Democracies (2009)

beckyayre wrote 7 months ago: ‘Well, you can measure results, but you can’t measure what is causing them. You can do statistics, b … more →

Tags: The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Hopeful Monsters, Aesthetics of Uncertainty, Ariella Azoulay, artur zmijewski, Hartware Medienkunstverein

Let others be free...

saronahasan wrote 7 months ago: Let other people be free. Free to accept you, free to turn you away. Let other people be free to lov … more →

Tags: Free People, rejection, Agony

Rami Khouri on freedom of speech

belferinthenews wrote 7 months ago: Freedom of Speech Is Not the Point Agence Global September 29, 2012 Commentary by: Rami Khouri, seni … more →

Tags: Commentary, Middle East Initiative, Belfer Center, Freedom of Speech, middle east, united states, Rami Khouri, Freedom of Expression

13 signposts of a democracy

Rachelle Chang wrote 7 months ago: The general election is just one month away. If you’re like me, you’re tired of the roadside signs, … more →

Tags: Government, Elections, principles of democracy

Statesmen Vulnerable to Whims of Electorate and Violent Protests

kotzabasis wrote 8 months ago: Brief reply to two critics of  Antonis Samaras By Con George-Kotzabasis Eminent statesmen in democra … more →

Tags: Politics, European, Greece, kotzabasis, global journal, Statesmen, Electorate, eminent, vulnerable

The War Against the Jews

Editor wrote 8 months ago: by Efraim Karsh The sustained anti-Israel de-legitimization campaign is a corollary of the millenari … more →

Tags: Politics, Religion, Israel, United Nations, media, Anti-Semitism, Nazism, apartheid, Arab-Muslim Middle East

Is our democracy truly a democracy?

thepoliticalnipper wrote 9 months ago: How exactly is a democracy governed? Who are the people that governs it? Is it the people or the pol … more →

Tags: Democracy 2, Politics, Libya, liberal parties, democracy, Sweden, corruption, media, Elite

Devastating Review of Big Lie Tome

Editor wrote 9 months ago: Reality Denial : Apologetics for Western-Imperial Violence Review of Steven Pinker’s Book by P … more →

Tags: 1, Propaganda, War, lies, Peace, Academics, big lis

Something Extra: The Fourth Estate's Sad State1 comment

cbs4price wrote 11 months ago: MIAMI (CBS4) – Major changes in American life have slammed the newspaper industry in recent ye … more →

Tags: blogs, Something Extra- Antonio Mora, Newspapers, Alabama, Chicago Tribune, Journalism, The New York Times, New Orleans Times-Picayune, L A Times

CHEESE MOLD, PAX ROMANO, AND GENERALS (A SHORT HISTORY)

elderblogger84 wrote 1 year ago: BLOG OF MAY 17, 2012 CHEESE MOLD, PAX ROMANO, AND GENERALS (A SHORT HISTORY) If history is not fact, … more →

Tags: Patriotism, History, jekyll, Hyde, Plato, fascist, Dresden, hiroshima, Fleming

The spectacle of terror and its vested interests

mysterioz wrote 1 year ago: What the FBI and CIA and the Pentagon are up against is that people — including Americans … more →

Tags: civilians, including Americans


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