Archives for May 2005

British MP George Galloway, a proud political gadfly, seemed more interested in avenging the fall of Saddam Hussein than defending his own political reputation during his confrontational U.S. Congressional testimony In a remarkably entertaining display of political histrionics and legal sophistry, British Member of Parliament George Galloway had US Senators scratching their heads yesterday as… Read more.

Mandela giving Bush another tongue lashing about categorical imperatives and the moral obligations of his office – in Bush’s own Oval office! President Bush is notorious for holding grudges and exacting revenge. (Just ask his family’s unauthorized biographer Kitty Kelly.) Indeed, many people suspect that these very emotions motivated his war against Saddam Hussein. But… Read more.

In his Farewell Address to the American people in 1961, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued the following warning: In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.… Read more.

President Fox hunting with the zeal of Don Quixote for benefits in America’s immigration policy for his fleeing citizens… In his quixotic quest to establish (legally) open boarders between his country and the United States, Mexico’s President Vincente Fox has shown little regard for diplomacy and political correctness. After all, this is the President who… Read more.

A few weeks ago, China ignited an Asian row when it demanded an apology from Japan for committing war crimes against the Chinese during WWII and for adding insult to this injury by whitewashing its crimes in Japanese history books. Now Algeria has followed the lead of its new political patron (China) and demanded an… Read more.

Click here and here and here for articles that explain why Putin is pressing his lead feet so firmly on the brakes of “American-style” democracy in Russia. News and Politics Read more.

Featuring Blog correspondents Jacki Schechner and Abbi Tatton. There are well over 10 million weblogs on the Internet. Therefore, it is a really big deal whenever one of them is selected for citation on CNN – the most venerable cable news network in the entire world. And so today I report with great honour and… Read more.

“A-WRECK” indeed! News and Politics Read more.

Chappelle – when he was poor and funny: Come on guys, show me the money! Many of us have probably made joking references to the notion that too much success can drive a person crazy. But now the joke’s actually on funnyman David Chappelle. Because even his Hollywood “friends” are snickering with schadenfreude over reports… Read more.

The BBC published and interesting article yesterday on Ecotourism in Ecuador which serves as a positive update to a recent article ipinions published on efforts by native Indians of the Amazon Basin to protect and reclaim their lands from crass commercial development. Welcome to Ecuador: Imagine destroying these natural habitats in the interest of economic… Read more.