In commemoration of the Martin Luther King Day on January 21 Dear Dr. King, I am writing to you because of your magnificent speech “I have a dream.” It is such an awesome speech that I would like to give some compliments and responses regarding the speech you uttered. First of all, your speech has […]
‘I just shot Lennon’
It has been 27 years since the day when a man was leaving the New York’s Dakota apartment building while saying to the doorman, “I just shot Lennon.” It is not easy to completely eliminate the name of notorious Mark David Chapman, a delusional and psychotic Beatles’ fan who had thought that he himself was […]
Promoting condoms in conservative Indonesia
Even though sex is still taboo to many Indonesians, the government of this archipelagic country has recently taken a significant step towards curbing the spread of the HIV virus and other sexually transmitted diseases. The recent plan of the Indonesian government to promote ‘National Condom’ program as a means of promoting the use of condom indeed […]
The world gearing up for Bali ‘climate conference’
Negotiators worldwide are set to attend the thirteenth session of the Conference of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that will take place from December 3 to 14, 2007 in the island of the gods, Bali of Indonesia. The Bali conference will hopefully be giving a solution to the much controversial debates over the […]
Kevin Rudd next Australian PM
After four terms of incumbency, Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard suffered a big lost Saturday as Kevin Rudd of Labor Party will take Howard’s role as the next Australian Prime Minister. As of Saturday, Nov. 24, more than 70 percent of the ballots had been counted and the figures from the Australian Electoral Commission showed […]
Iran-U.S. relations crux of the problem
In spite of the fact that the UN’s watchdog agency has suggested that Iran is getting more cooperative in dealing with the agency’s inspection on the country’s uranium enrichment activities, the bilateral relationship between the United States and Iran is likely to remain tense. Whether the Islamic Republic is a threat to the world, the […]