It has long been a tradition in American politics to speak of voting blocs, but in an era of 24/7 news and instant communications, that may be less likely as an indicator of who votes for who. For example, The Jewish Press, the largest orthodox Jewish weekly, came out with a strong endorsement of Mitt [...]
Revisiting Voting Blocs: Are They More Fluid These Days? – OpEd
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Ecuador Energy Profile: Leading Source Of Crude Oil Imports For The US West Coast – Analysis
By global standards, Ecuador is a relatively small oil producer and exporter. However, the oil sector plays a prominent role in the country’s politics and economic welfare. The oil sector accounts for about 50 percent of Ecuador’s export earnings and about one-third of all tax revenues. Despite being a crude oil exporter, Ecuador must still [...]
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BBC And Cops Knew About Savile – OpEd
The number of allegations against long-time BBC employee Jimmy Savile has now hit 300; more than 400 inquiries are currently being pursued. It is not as though this is breaking news to Scotland Yard: another allegation that was previously brought to its attention surfaced last night, bringing to seven the number of times Scotland Yard [...]
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Patrick Buchanan: McGovern And Goldwater: Losers Or Winners? – OpEd
Early in Ronald Reagan’s second term, Bill Rusher, the publisher of National Review, was interviewing the president in the Oval Office for a documentary on the conservative movement. Rusher asked how he would describe Barry Goldwater’s role. Reagan thought a moment and replied: I guess you would have to call him the John the Baptist [...]
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Arab Spring: An Opportunity To Reform The Arab League – OpEd
The Arab League, officially called the League of Arab States, is a notoriously fractious regional organization of 22 Arab states based in Cairo. It was founded on March 22, 1945, with the aim of strengthening the relationships between member states through political, cultural and economic cooperation. Through institutions such as the Arab League Educational, Cultural [...]
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Ralph Nader: Capitol Hill’s Rabid, Ravaging Republicans – OpEd
Has there ever been a more crazed, cruel, anti-people, corporate-indentured, militaristic and monetized Republican Party in its 154-year history? An about-to-be-released list of some of the actual brutish votes by the House Republicans, led by Speaker John Boehner and Rep. Eric Cantor, will soon be available to you from the House Democratic Caucus. Lest you [...]
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Armed To The Teeth And Living In Fear – OpEd
A new study by researchers at the University of Illinois in Urbana, showing that young children who are fearful in childhood are likely to be conservative when they grow up got me to thinking. It’s not just that a whole generation of kids who get regularly belted by their parents, who are warned that if [...]
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Morocco And Jordan: Two Arab Monarchies That Enjoy Their Total Legitimacy – OpEd
Contrary to what former protests across the Middle East and North Africa might imply, Morocco and Jordan monarchs still enjoy an extraordinary degree of legitimacy in the eyes of their people. Undoubtedly both Moroccans and Jordanians want to see changes within their ruling governments, not complete regime change. This in turn affords those rulers an [...]
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It’s Official: No Global Warming Since 1997 – OpEd
The Daily Mail of London has reported that despite its support for global warming alarmism, Britain’s National Weather Service (U.K. Met Office) has quietly unveiled a report admitting that there has been no warming from January 1997 through August 2012. (Here also are the data sets for the report as well as an analysis from [...]
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Obama’s Trifecta: The 3 Biggest Lies – OpEd
With his latest ad, “Your First Time,” President Barack Obama has now completed his trifecta on the the 3 Biggest Lies in the World. You remember those, don’t you? #1: The check is in the mail. #2: I’m from the government and I’m here to help you. #3: Of course I’ll still respect you in [...]
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Hurricane Sandy Has Already Killed Close To 60 In Atlantic
Hurricane Sandy which is currently raging in the Atlantic has killed at least 58 people according to the Associated Press. Previously it was reported that 43 had died as a result of the hurricane. Sandy is currently moving at a speed of 17 kilometers an hour to the north-east, with winds gusts of up to [...]
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Iraq: Deadly Attacks Rock Nation, 30 Killed
About 30 people were killed and some 100 wounded in shootings and bombings near Iraq’s capital Baghdad and elsewhere in the country, the Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera quoted officials as saying. The attacks came as Muslims marked the second day of the Eid al-Adha holiday. There were two roadside bomb explosions aimed against civilians in [...]
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Cauvery Water Dispute: The Ambedkar Way? – Analysis
By Roomana Hukil The recent repulsion of the decree conferred by Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh on 19 September 2012 on the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) has rekindled the entire water discourse again. This sudden eruption by both states – Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, raises some stern questions on the already vague future of the [...]
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Development Initiatives In Naxal Affected Areas – Analysis
By Saumitra Mohan The problem of left wing extremism (LWE) has incessantly drawn the attention of the governments at the Union and State levels, which are trying to tackle with it in their own ways. Coordinated efforts of the two Governments to reach out to the underprivileged in the LWE affected areas have borne fruits, [...]
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Saudi Arabia King Urges UN Resolution To Stop Insulting Prophets
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah yesterday urged the United Nations to adopt a resolution condemning those states and groups that abuse divine religions and Prophets (peace be upon them). Addressing a reception given to prominent personalities and heads of foreign Haj missions at Mina Palace, he urged Muslims to strengthen their unity. [...]
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The Philippines-China Disputes In The South China Sea: The US Factor – Analysis
The Philippines’ decision to engage the US in an attempt to balance against China’s growing military power, especially in the disputed South China Sea, is anchored on a bitter episode in the past – China’s occupation of Philippine-claimed Mischief Reef in 1994, two years after the removal of the US bases. To merit the distinction [...]
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If You Succumb To Cynicism, The Regressives Win It All – OpEd
This is for those of you who consider yourself to be progressive but have given up on politics because it seems rotten to the core. You may prefer Obama to Romney but don’t think there’s a huge difference between the two, so you may not even vote. Your cynicism is understandable. But cynicism is a [...]
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China Cautious About Building New Nuclear Plants – Analysis
By Richard Johnson More than eighteen months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011 in Japan, China continues to exercise caution in returning to building new nuclear power plants. After an executive meeting, the State Council or China’s cabinet, presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao, has decided not to set up any atomic plants [...]
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Hiroshima And Nagasaki Want Nukes Abolished – Analysis
By Ramesh Jaura Much to the chagrin of several millions in Japan and beyond, who are relentlessly campaigning for a nuclear weapons-free world, the government in Tokyo has declined to join an initiative calling for efforts to outlaw nukes out of concern it would affect the country’s security arrangement under the U.S. nuclear umbrella. But [...]
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Spain: Police Rally Against Loss Of Christmas Bonus
Around three thousand off-duty police officers rallied outside the Interior Ministry in the Spanish capital to protest austerity measures and budget cuts that will see their Christmas bonuses hit the chopping block. Plain-clothes police donning blue caps blocked the central Paseo de la Castellana Boulevard in Madrid on Saturday as they demonstrated against the latest [...]
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