When Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to running the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, he insisted he was the lone perpetrator, asserting that no one – not his family, not his colleagues, not his friends – knew of the fraud. But an alternate narrative is emerging from the pile of Madoff-related civil suits and court motions […]
Posse Tea Party Comitatus
I have to admit, I enjoy browsing Tea Party websites. The sites are overrun by some of the craziest, teabagging, wingnuts on the web. There are some common themes. Here, for example, is one, “Second Amendment Rights, Any truth to the story that Secretary of State Clinton, word is she’s working on a small arms […]
while addressing as chief guest at the 30th Anniversary of Islamic Revolution of Iran at Khana-e-Far
The NWFP Minister for Auqaf, Hajj and Religious Affairs has said, unity among Muslims is the need of the hour and it is incumbent upon intellectuals, journalists and scholars of all sects to play their effective role in this regard. This, he said, while addressing as chief guest at the 30th Anniversary of […]
Mumbai Terrorism: Pakistan in the dock
Saeed Minhas Islamabad—At a time when the Pakistani foreign minister is visiting India with the hope to foster relations between nuclear-armed neighbors and inch-ahead on decades-old mistrust and misconceptions, recent terrorist acts in Mumbai are seen as yet another stumbling block in aching those goals. Initial reports suggest that 101 people were killed and few […]