Serbian daily ‘Kurir’ alarmed the police, requesting adequate legal action against Facebook group ‘Death to Women’ The Serbian Public Prosecutor, in cooperation with the Serbian Ministry of the Interior, conducted an investigation into the case of a Serbian Facebook group “Death to Women“ (”Smrt ženama”), which was propagating hatred towards women. According to the […]
America Just Grew Up A Little More
My Facebook friend worried: "how will it affect my family when I’m working part time and just getting by? Am I on my own? I don’t want to hear the usual empty blathering. What will in mean in plain English?" Who wouldn’t wonder how the passage of the historic Health Care Bill translates from a […]
Op-Ed: Obama, Please Drop Stimulus Packages
According to press reports — and even recent suggestions by President Elect Barack Obama, now less than three weeks before Christmas 2008, and precisely one month before he takes the Oath of Office — the astute, well-meaning and determined new administration is about to make a horrid blunder: wasting what enormous tax dollars it now […]
On the Catastrophic Consequences of Embracing Ignorance, Insulation and Falsehoods
One would think that the most important thing on Earth these days would be to always strive to speak the truth … even if we’d tried and failed, for whatever the reasons — we’re only human, after all. But that’s just not the case any longer. Most of us plain don’t like […]
Zimbabwe: Post-election violence on the rise
– by Ndesanjo Macha The election crisis in Zimbabwe continues: there are reports from the mainstream media, bloggers and human rights organisations about state organised post-election violence against supporters of the opposition, the main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has left the country for Botswana fearing for his life and the “ship of evil” continues to draw bloggers’ attention. […]
Flyers Crush Their Nemesis to Fly Into the Playoffs
The orange and black of Philadelphia crushed their biggest nemesis and division rival from across the river, the New Jersey Devils, on April 4th to secure a playoff berth with just one game remaining in the regular season. With the Southeast Division’s Washington Capitals having been one point ahead of them and the Carolina Panthers […]