Kailash’s wife is dead. His elder brother is dead. His two sisters are dead too. "They are all dead", he says, rather impassively. In his mid-twenties, the resident of Badhghyar village in Kukshi block or Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh knows he is next. Kailash is dying of the same disease as his family members […]
End The Dooms Day Parade for Good
Money runs out. Then people can’t purchase. This is a problem. Who needs more money? How can we earn more money? I want to purchase. I need to purchase. Do you want to purchase too? Let’s figure out a way to earn more money so we can buy more stuff and this time we need […]
Korea: Conflicts between Koreans in their 20s and in their 30-40s
by Hyejin Kim Recently, there has been a series of demonstrations that Korean college students have led against the increase in tuition fees. Presidents of college students’ associations got together and tried to hand the letter to President, Lee Myung Bak, directly. Some students have had their heads shaved. The rapid increase, 6.5-9% of tuition […]
Jordan: Five Jordanian Journalists Jailed
by Amira Al Hussaini Five Jordanian journalists have been sentenced to three months in prison each, in two separate cases, for breaking the law in their country. Jordan’s bloggers speak up against this latest crackdown on freedom of expression. According to the International Freedom of Expression Exchange, “two of Jordan’s main daily newspapers, “Ad-Dustour” and […]
Are your neighbors black or white?
Are your neighbors blacks or whites? “We’re only a week or two removed from the Kazmierczak mass murder and another white boy’s gone on homicidal shooting spree,” – Dr. Louis Sidney Jacobs. “The Authorities say gunman, Rusty Rumley, killed four people at a Bristol, Tenn., apartment building and then shot himself to death. According to […]
It’s not who is the most likeable, it’s who is the best
An American election merely about likeability? The question — the disturbing question — arose during the ABC debate between the candidates in the New Hampshire primary when Hillary Clinton effusively agreed that Barack Obama was very likeable. He conceded that she was "likeable enough". And, looking back, one might agree that the relaxed […]
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