Posted by Lyndon Allin to Global Voices Online Movie theater, downtown Tiraspol, originally uploaded by lyndonk2 In recent years, it seems like a solution to Moldova’s long-unresolved secessionist conflict is always being forecast but never quite materializes. Meanwhile, the people who live in the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (a.k.a. the PMR, Transnistria, Transdniester, Pridnestrovie, etc.), […]
Out of Iraq
An exit strategy is chugging into view, but the US will need to embrace its softer side before it can get on board Lenny Small, the physically imposing and mentally feeble character in John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men,” likes to play with soft, vulnerable things like bunny rabbits. When a young woman allows […]
Republican Minority Denies Women Equal Pay Rights
by James Parks Two days after Equal Pay Day, a minority of primarily Republican senators once again made it harder for women workers to overcome pay discrimination. The Senate failed to cut off debate on the Fair Pay Restoration Act (H.R. 2831) and bring the bill to the floor for a vote. The […]
World outraged over Benazir’s killing
Bush says killers be brought to justice NEW YORK: From Moscow to Washington to New Delhi and points in between, dismay and condemnation poured forth on Thursday over the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, along with concern for the stability of the volatile region. World leaders lauded her bravery and commitment to democratic […]