On November 3, 2014 General Philip Breedlove U.S. European Command Commander and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe gave a press briefing at the Pentagon regarding the war against the Islamic States group, also known as The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). In one particular instance the general responded to a reporter’s question […]
Knox and Sollecito: Dissection of a conviction
Introduction I am personally a firm supporter of Knox and Sollecito’s innocence, it should be known by now, but however I state it here again for all the readers who may be new to the case. I am also Italian-born and have always lived in Italy except for short periods abroad, so when I write […]
Latest Round of GHG Rules Could Lower the Overall Cost of Ownership
1888PressRelease – AmeriQuest’s’ capital equipment expert explains why the additional heavy duty truck costs the GHG standards cause will be outweighed by projected lifetime fuel savings. CHERRY HILL, NJ – Even taking into consideration the higher overall acquisition and potential maintenance costs associated with tougher GHG (greenhouse gas) standards for heavy duty trucks, the significant […]
Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito and the Red Herring
Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said: “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” One of the key items […]
Unarresting the Arrested:FBI Profiler John Douglas on Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito
This article was originally supposed to be published for Il Messaggero. It was given to me as an assignment, after the editor and legal expert of the newspaper saw the Maxim interview with famed FBI profiler, John Douglas, in the January 2011 issue. When the article was turned in, albeit shortened, my editor told me […]
In Russia, Who is Restricting the Russian Internet?
Written by Marina Litvinovich, Global Voices On 18 April, 2011, American non-profit organisation Freedom House issued a report on Internet freedom in the world. The report, “Freedom on the Net 2011“ analyses freedom of access to the Internet in 2009-2010 in 37 countries. In the report (authored by Global Voices’ Alexey Sidorenko, editor of RuNet Echo), […]