The U.S. Homeland Security Department is hell-bent on slapping up as many miles of walls and fences along the border as it can before the year’s out. It’s a Congressional mandate, the agency says, requiring them to build 300 miles of wall and 370 miles of vehicle barrier before December. But maybe Congress should have […]
The Cultural Component of the Ullalim Festival
Culture. The very fabric that weaves every aspect in the life of a community. Songs, dances, livelihood practices, belief systems, values, creative forces expressed in crafts. Yet these things are but a manifestation of the identity of a people fighting hard to maintain their identity. Culture is a way of life – if not life […]
Uncertainties as Pakistan ends bloodiest year in history
Although the outgoing year, in its usual mixed bag way, threw up a number of good times and bad sides, for the Asian nation of Pakistan, 2007 was an exceptionally terrible year. Founded on August 14, 1947, the receding year marked Pakistan’s Diamond Jubilee, but instead of celebrations and projections of this nation’s strong sides […]
My Presidential Ambitions
I have run for President of the United States four times: in 1992, with the Pajama Party; in 1996, as the only Revolutionary Communist within the Republican Party; in 2000, on the Ear Of Corn Party ticket; and in 2004, again as a Republican (and when I lost the nomination, I founded the RealPublican Party). […]
It’s Ten Years Since Ecological Economics First Saw The Limelight – What’s Happened Since?
It’s been ten years since the US ecologic economics expert Robert Constanza shocked the world by slapping a monetary value on the earth’s natural resources. Now, a decade later, has the science come of age? When Constanza estimated air, minerals, water and soil at a combined value of USD33 trillion in 1997, he triggered a […]
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