Hugh Atkin’s cute amalgamation of Mitt Romney flip-flops and gaffes a la Marshall Bruce Mathers III.
Tomgram: William Hartung, Republican Math and the Pentagon Budget
If you’ve been fretting about faltering math education and falling test scores here in the United States, you should be worried based on this campaign season of Republican math…
Obama’s Hypocritical Message to Iran
President Barack Obama addresses the Iranian public on the occasion of the Iranian New Year (Now-Ruz). Shorter version: The US and Iran are on the brink of war because you have a civilian nuclear enrichment program of the same sort a lot of other countries have; but we actually like you and want you to […]
Is Anti-Immigrant, Islamophobic Campaign Rhetoric fomenting Antisemitism in France?
As French police launch a massive manhunt for the person who shot down a rabbi, his two children, and another child outside a Jewish school in Toulouse, the modus operandi of the killer raises a chilling prospect. There had been similar shootings of French soldiers in the area, but the troops, three of whom were […]
2010 Hottest Year Yet, 70 ft. Sea Rise Virtually Assured
The hottest year on record is 2010, not 1998, according to new calculations of the major British climate study unit. The findings have just been published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, which means that they have been subjected to searching scrutiny by other climate specialists. The UK Meteorological Office’s Hadley Centre and the Climatic […]
Damascus sees first signs of Guerrilla War
Syrian opposition forces fought the fiercest battle with government loyalist troops yet on Monday, in the tony El Mezze district of Damascus. Damascus, the capital, has not seen huge demonstrations. This violence is the severest form of opposition that the capital has witnessed. The Free Syrian Army, made up largely of defectors, has suffered major […]
Barack Obama Look-alike Contest in Colombia
Barack Obama look-alike contest held in Colombia: ITN:
Romney “Wins” with Latinos in Puerto Rico
Why don’t we have better Reporting on the Afghanistan Army? It is our Best Hope for Getting Out
With the Qur’an-burning scandal, the Panjwai massacre, repeated demonstrations against the United States, and Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai’s increasingly strident anti-American pronouncements, it seems clear that the US is likely to be withdrawing from that country soon. The Obama administration, its “counter-insurgency” strategy crafted by current CIA head David Petraeus in flames, still hopes for […]
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