With the polls about to open on the 24th May this has proven to be one of the closest fought elections in decades. Leading experts and political pollsters have been seen scratching their heads and visibly discombobulated by the prospect of calling the result. With the ruling coalition (Fianna Fail and the Progressive Democrats) sitting […]
Energy Security: what is the European answer?
In early February this year during a security and defense conference in Germany, Vladimir Putin accused the United States of making the world a more dangerous place by pursuing policies aimed at making it "one single master". In a tone that sounded so much like the Cold War rhetoric of the not too distant past, […]
Why did Talabani chose Maliki?
If there is anyone to blame for the worsening sectarian violence in Iraq, it should be Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who appointed Nouri Jawad Al-Maliki as the country’s Prime Minister after Saddam Hussein was toppled a few years back. It comes as a surprise that the Iraqi Parliament has picked someone from Kurdistan Province, if […]
Picking the wrong leader in Iraq
If there is anyone to blame for the worsening sectarian violence in Iraq, it should be Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who appointed Nouri Jawad Al-Maliki as the country’s Prime Minister after Saddam Hussein was toppled a few years back. It comes as a surprise that the Iraqi Parliament has picked someone from Kurdistan Province, […]
AB 87 to bring recognition to Paso Robles wines
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A bill written by Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee (R-San Luis Obispo) aims to make wine from Paso Robles internationally recognized by designating the area as the second official wine region in the U.S. to have label protections enacted. AB 87 is a conjunctive labeling bill, which means that it aims to connect wineries […]
Zimbabwe’s Oppressed Cries Reach God’s Ears?
Zimbabweans are turning en masse to God in search of solace and divine answers in the face of a political and economic fallout that has no apparent resolution in sight. Christianity, which played a key role in Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle that ushered independence from British colonial rule in 1980, is increasingly providing a platform for […]