The courtship of Senator Olympia Snowe started in December with a phone call from Joe Biden. The Vice President-elect made sure Snowe had his home telephone number in Delaware so she would know how to reach him on weekends. In the weeks that followed, the two traded memos back and forth about how an economic […]
Columbia University Obtains Eminent Domain Land Grab In Harlem
As reported in my alma mater Columbia University’s newspaper http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2008/12/18/mville-expansion-clears-last-major-hurdle-state-approves-eminent-domain-0, the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) unanimously voted to authorize seizure by eminent domain of two commercial properties in New York City’s Manhattanville section (also known as West Harlem). As a Libertarian activist for property rights and a Columbia alumnus, I find this doubly disheartening […]
Kirkuk Must Remain United
Recent violence underlines importance of province’s communities reaching an accord over its future. By Samah Samad in Kirkuk As soon as I saw the demonstration, I knew that there would be trouble. Hundreds of thousands of people, most of them Kurds, had gathered outside of the provincial council offices in Kirkuk on July 28 to […]
Obama Wants US Presidency And Powerful Democratic Senate Majority
Not long ago, David Plouffe, the campaign manager for presumed Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, had outlined a new electoral map. According to Plouffe, while victories in Florida and Ohio would guarantee Obama the US Presidency this November, they are not necessarily required for victory. But, it will not stop Obama from trying […]
Nepal Government Maintaining Feudal Customs
Even after the sacrifices of more than 15,000 Nepali citizens for the sake of full-fledged democracy that can be free from feudal monarchy, the Nepal government has so far maintained all the feudal mechanisms in the country despite people’s pressures that they should be dismantled and replaced by people-oriented mechanisms. The major forces, previously active […]
Uganda: Bloggers tangle with mainstream media
by Rebekah Heacock The blogren had their collective eye on Uganda’s mainstream media this week. Tumwijuke at Ugandan Insomniac took reporting matters into her own hands following the lethal collapse of a secondary school building constructed on top of a ransacked graveyard, including several powerful photographs in her coverage of the tragedy: Following below are a few […]
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