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Mr. Gelb cogently describes the nuclear standoff with NK. How about following out the logic? Nuclear Weapons as”Security” are neither illegal nor irrational for any Sovereign State. Anyone who thinks they are dangerous should consider the next logical step: make them Illegal (for any country).Of course, a substitute Security program would be necessary, but that merely needs to be “re-invented”; the States of the US are secure from attack by neighboring states, because its “Illegal”
As a philosopher, I always wonder why the democratic system can yield this kind of incompetent, ignorant, over-ambitious, but always feel good presidents. In US, we got George W. Bush (sorry, Senior President Bush, Yes! Your eldest son!), In Taiwan they got two!
God bless human being!
On its homepage, the State Department lists a number of countries that are unsafe for American tourists. But inevitably, tourists like the three hikers in northern Iraq find themselves on […]
Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation as the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice is being hailed as a earth shattering breakthrough for minorities within the legal establishment. Wrong. It’s a diversion.
I am based in Beirut this summer, and you can’t pick up a newspaper without reading about a Middle East country wracked by war, a Shiite-led insurgency, and Islamist extremism. […]
In my twenties, I was confused with my “wings.” I was left wing on some things, right wing on others. How left was I? I wanted to reform capitalism democratically […]
As U.S. forces begin their pullout from Iraq, tensions between the Kurdish region and Baghdad are rising. A nationwide census, as mandated by the constitution, has been held up again. […]
This year, the National Institute of Health highlighted a series of games that used their influence on human behavior to help instill positive lifestyle traits, particularly among young people.
Certain terms should not be tossed around lightly, and genocide is one of them—which is why President Obama’s special envoy’s comments on Darfur have created such a stir in the […]
How many laws in Robert Greene’s “48 Laws of Power” does Leslie Gelb, the former senior Pentagon official, follow or flout?
One of the bad things about the Obama administration is that human rights have taken a backseat to more pressing concerns abroad. A case in point was Joseph Biden’s recent […]
Harry S. Truman once said that being president was like riding a tiger. Of course, that’s not exactly a comparison that applies to the real world. In the more modern […]
It may not be newsworthy that a pair of nuclear-armed Russian submarines was caught patrolling near the U.S. coast. But it was bound to make headlines no less, and for […]
New data from the 2008 “American Time Use Survey” compares the weekday activities of the employed and unemployed (which now comprises almost one in every ten people). One figure was […]
Why does Waxman think he is so much better than us? Shouldn’t congress reap what they sow?
Democrats who benefit most from trial lawyer donations are getting set to pass a bill to give lawyers $1.6 Billion tax break. Wow, wish I could get the kind of payback!
Numerous thinkers have flirted with different ways to provide children around the globe with the kind of technology that can enable advanced learning. Perhaps no program has gained more traction […]
Something the main stream media will not report.
The Sino-expert didn’t suggest our President Obama to quote Karl Marx but Mencius. I hope the Chinese comrades have the courage to get rid of the “Goat skin” of Communism and further walk out the shadow of Deng Xiaoping. Sino-expert of America can learn something from Mencius. Chinese surely can learn from him too and change the modern China to a positive rising China.
Wouldn’t it be best for an economy for electric power distributors to charge customers in proportion to the overall demand for KW-hours, similar to the wireless phone providers or rail transportation (peak […]
We need to thank nationally the two universities mentioned above who are offering free on line courses.
As many of last week’s events made clear, the future of nuclearism will depend, in many ways, on just how the international community is able to forge a balance between […]
Though Universities have been seen by many as a safe haven in this period of economic decline, their stability and worth has recently become a subject of concern. Following a […]
Alec Ross is changing diplomacy. The Senior Advisor on Innovation to Secretary Clinton studies the distribution of power from government to the people. And he’s noticed something about the relationship […]
Now come Mr. Barack Obama, he listens to Winston Churchill’s word Jaw Jaw is better than war war. However, he and his untested brightest and smartest guys want to change everything, ENERGY, EDUCATION, AND HEALTH CARE AND FINISH TWO WARS. AND BAILED OUT THE MAY BE 21st CENTRY THE GREATEST RECESSION. rnrnrnI know Mr. McNamara was gone. What about the untested brightest and smartest guys? Are they right this time?!rnrnrnrnrn
The dirtiest corporations in existence characterize themselves as ‘green’ and ‘environmentally friendly.’
Be Discerning!
Young journalists and filmmakers force us to visually accept the reality of all the hype.
Zeke Vanderhoek will start one of the most progressive secondary education projects in American history in two months. His mandate: create a model of educational excellence for promising low-income students […]
From a live webcast this morning at the Personal Democracy forum, Mayor Bloomberg announced five new initiatives the New York City government is using to make government more accessible. 1) […]