Perhaps you’ve already heard about the growing movement known as Occupy Wall Street. This broad social movement has protested against a variety of social problems in the heart of New York City’s Financial District since mid-September, and it has since spread to a variety of other cities in the US and around the world....
Well, that must’ve been awkward. Today, Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of Israel, met with President Obama. Ordinary state visit between allies, right? Well, yesterday, President Obama gave his anticipated “Arab Spring” speech, and it definitely ruffled some feathers. For decades, any thought of the U.S. wavering in its commitment to the preservation of Israel...
Given how the internet, the mainstream media, and indeed much of America itself, has absolutely erupted with the news that Osama bin Laden has been killed, chances are you’ve probably heard the news before reaching this post. Perhaps you watched President Obama’s speech live on Sunday night, just as I did. In any case,...
Well, it appears that the government shutdown has been averted, at least for the moment. That’s hardly cause for celebration, though, as not only is the final deal still being written up and passed, but we’re also never truly out of the water on funding the government these days either. Put aside deficits, debts,...
On Sunday afternoon, another government official quietly, regretfully handed in a letter of resignation to his boss. That’s not very big news in itself; after all, stories pop up every now and then of a minor official stepping down because of some embarrassment, slip up, or something else that causes pressure to quit to...
The three men pictured below, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran, Ex-President of Tunisia Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, and the Middle Eastern dictator du jour, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt represent a colossal failure of US foreign policy over the past thirty years. In the case of the first two dictators, decades of autocratic...
Well, that was interesting. While I was flying home for the holidays today, the Senate decided to actually get stuff done and, you know, be productive. When you think about peace on Earth, “good will toward men”, and so on this holiday season, you just gained another reason to believe in the possibility of...
Last Friday, something remarkable happened on the floor of the United States Senate; we came as close as we’ve come in years to having a real, stand-up-and-talk-incessantly filibuster. It was done by the guy above, Senator Bernie Sanders (I- Vermont), in response to the rotten deal the middle class seems to be getting with...
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