KABUL, Afghanistan:
The U.N. said guns fell silent across much of Afghanistan yesterday for an International Peace Day that saw pledges by the United States, NATO, the Afghan government and the Taliban to halt attacks.
Violence still marred the day. A Taliban attack killed two guards in one province, while in another a battle that began Saturday [...]
by Rossitza Ohridska-Olson
The recent conflict between Georgia, South Ossetia and Russia is leaving behind a horror of human tragedies. Ethnic cleansing (such a horrible term) is garnished lavishly with humanitarian crises. And the rest of us watch without being able to do anything, except to send bottles of water, food and clothing.
What nobody seems to [...]
My take on Obama as a multi-racial candidate (this was written in response to a reporter’s questions to me on this topic):
So far, Obama has mainly been seen as a “Black candidate”–but as one whose “Blackness” is problematic because his father is not African American but Kenyan, and his mother is White. What is the [...]
By Anna Cherkasova
I’d like to put forward a new candidate. Her name is Hillary McCain-Obama, and she is perfect! She has all the credentials needed to be a great president. She is a wonderful legislator, has great military experience and projects a unifying and inspiring presence that mesmerizes not only people here in the United [...]
By Anna Cherkasova
“Those who sacrifice liberty for security
deserve neither.”
Benjamin Franklin
At their country club, my friend Clint and his golf partners had an argument about habeas corpus. They were debating whether Guantanamo prisoners have the right to ask for federal court review of the evidence against them. Clint was arguing that they do; his [...]
By Anna Cherkasova
Americans who remember the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979, in which a group of Iranian students took over the American embassy and held 52 U.S. diplomats hostage for 444 days, can’t help but dislike the theocratic regime still in place in Iran. Democratic or Republican, all four of the most recent U.S. administrations [...]
July 5th, 2008 Brussels
My Brussel’s host, Alvilda, through some odd connection, was invited to the US Embassy’s “U.S. Independence Day 2008” part on Friday, July 4th. The invitation read:
Sam Fox
Ambassador of the United States of America to Belgium,
and
Christopher W. Murray
Charge d’Affaires of the U.S. Mission to the European Union
invite you
to celebrate the 232nd Anniversary [...]
Dissent Magazine, long a source of leftist rhetoric, does a superb job in calling a spade a spade in Communist-controlled areas in India.
- Rudy Carrera.
Spengler is the pseudonym for one of the most interesting and provocative journalists operating in Asia. Here, he notes on the crumbling of a nation in relation to how its women are treated.
See Spengler’s column archive here.
- Rudy Carrera.
The creator of the most insidious ad in political history has left us.
HT: Lou Smith, exotica List.
To Western Orientalists, he was little more than a crude embarrassment, trying to take away the validity of their study simply because they were born into colonial countries, yet the specter of Edward Said still haunts the political and academic landscape today when discussing the study of history of the Middle East.
This is funny! Conservative commentator (and one of my favorite reads) James Taranto is honored in a roundabout way by Kenyon Wilson, conductor of the tuba/euphonium ensemble, who will feature a piece titled ‘Kerfuffle,’ a word Taranto is credited for integrating into political discussions. The piece is shown here in its entirety:
The University [...]
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