Opinion
An Intelligence Agency Misused Passports: OMG!
The complaints leveled against Israel by European countries and Australia , regarding the alleged misuse of passports by the Mossad in the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, ring hollow and smack of blatant hypocrisy. Whoever did kill Mahmoud al...
Michael Moore was interviewed on phone by Cenk Uygur during The Young Turks Internet talk show. The outspoken American filmmaker shared his views on politics, economy, criticized the Congress, the Democratic Party and Glenn Beck.
Announced on 15 January 1986, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's three-phase global nuclear disarmament plan called for the liquidation of all nuclear weapons in the world by the year 2000. 10 years after the deadline of Gorbachev's proposal, there...
When Can One Be Called a Terrorist?
Newsweek journalists opened a fiery discussion on why and when to call attacks on the United States "terrorism".
"Flip-flop diplomacy" at its best: Barack Obama meets Dalai Lama despite objections from China
U.S. President Barack Obama received the Dalai Lama at the White House Thursday despite objections from China. During the talks, Obama expressed his support for Tibetan rights. China, which regards the Dalai Lama as a separatist, called the meetin...
Analysis: House dissolution, civil war, coup most feared in Thailand
A House dissolution, civil war and a coup top the list of investment risks facing businesses ahead of the February 26 landmark verdict on the Bt76-billion assets foreclosure trial.
Amid coup buzz, Thai army chief heads to Pentagon
BANGKOK, Thailand — When Thai political crises heat up, it begins: a nationwide game of hushed speculation revolving around one question. Will the military stage yet another coup? For now, the man with the answers is on the opposite side of the wo...
Who is V. E.? In a few days evry one will know
He is self-elected monarch to Perm and anoints himself with the same privileges as President Medvedev and vice-President Putin
Analysis: Temasek and Thaksin lost in space
When Singapore's state-run investment arm Temasek Holdings bought Thailand's Shin Corp telecommunications conglomerate in 2006, its 73 billion baht (US$2.2 billion) acquisition of Shin Satellite was a strategic afterthought.
News Analysis: Huge Deficits May Alter U.S. Politics and Global Power
WASHINGTON — In a federal budget filled with mind-boggling statistics, two numbers stand out as particularly stunning, for the way they may change American politics and American power.
What would you say to this
A very rich person Who has millions of dollars in his private account Has a severe erection problem and for about ten years cannot get it up.
One Year In, a Closer Look at the Obama Presidency
As the one year anniversary of President Barack Obama's Inauguration arrives, Jeffrey Brown speaks with a panel of experts about how the president has performed so far in the Oval Office and the challenges that remain ahead.
Campaign visit to Massachusetts by Obama a tricky prospect
WASHINGTON - As Democratic Senate candidate Martha Coakley struggles to turn out the vote next week, the White House and Democratic officials struggle with another question: Should they send President Obama to the state to help her?
Karl Rove: New Year's Resolutions for Washington
President Obama not only left Washington, D.C., for the holidays, but the lower 48 as well. So I thought I'd offer a few New Year's resolutions for him and others to come back to in the coming year.
Greed in Green
As global warming has been an issue worldwide, many green projects are coming up like mushrooms; no matter if they are real true green projects.
Nobel Peace prize may weigh heavily on Obama
Washington - The gold medallion given to recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize doesn't come with a ribbon, but the award could still end up being a weight around President Obama's neck.
Man in the Middle: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
His mates back in Newcastle, where he was born, and at Eton, where he was schooled, knew him as Mark, a soccer fanatic who later scored first-class honors at Oxford. Today, Thailand's urbane Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, says he dreamed of le...
Calls to boycott Obama's speech to kids offer a disturbing lesson in paranoia
While it long ago crossed the borders of reason and civility, the hysteria over healthcare reform is -- at some level -- understandable, because wellness and infirmity are really just stand-ins for those most terrifying of issues, life and death. ...
Cheney In 2012? Some Key GOPers Aren't Kidding
At first, it seemed like a joke. Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto opined on Monday that -- if the 2012 election were to turn to national security -- "it's hard to think of a better candidate... than Richard B. Cheney."
Death panel originator Betsy McCaughey resigns in disgrace
Death panel originator Betsy McCaughey resigns in disgrace after humiliating herself on the Daily Show with John Stewart. An obviously prepared and informed Stewart calmly demonstrated McCaughey's entire position on health care reform to be as sol...