“We stand by Israel,” State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley declared, as he voiced the State Department's support for Israel's internal investigation of the attack on the flotilla bound for …
The most pathetic images I have seen in the aftermath of the explosion of the Deepwater Horizons deep-oil drilling rig were of pelicans drenched in oil, with brown glistening …
Shortly before the Deepwater Horizon blowout, Halliburton bought an oil spill prevention firm. The oil-services industry is consolidating, which is not necessarily good news for quality, experts say. Eleven …
Tens of Thousands Join US Social Forum Seeking Answers Tens of thousands of activists are converging for the June 22-26 United States Social Forum. Detroit will host the …
Washington - A weird malaise is haunting the Democratic Party. That's a risky word to use, I know. It's freighted with bad history and carries unfortunate implications. So let's …
As a student, former Military Intelligence Officer and veteran, I've spent the last six years studying political violence and its causes. Simply put, when the process of dialogue between …
The room was small, but it was filled with enormous possibility. And everyone in there knew it. On Saturday, May 29, after a long, hot day of marching, chanting …
Reading this week's New York Times headline — “U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan” — many probably wondered how this information was being presented as “news” in …
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the Obama administration plans to bring a federal lawsuit against Arizona over SB 1070, the measure recently passed into law which requires …
Kabul, Afghanistan - The New York Times' lead story Monday [2] about “nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghaistan” was the kind of journalism that seemed at …