Andrew Keen’s The Cult of the Amateur is a blistering tirade against “Web 2.0,” blogs, YouTube, citizen journalists, and the like. Keen champions professional journalists as bastions of truth; however, in an off-handed comment, Keen admitted that his own book wasn’t fact-checked. Accordingly, the book fails to fulfill its own calls for accuracy and objectivity. […]
Bloody September: The Simulated War
Bloody September (The Simulated War) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Patrick Henry said: " We are apt to shut our eyes against the painful truth…Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be the number of those, who having eyes, […]
Daughter sacrificed by parents in India
On Saturday, family members sacrificed a young girl by severely dismembering her body. The transgression was supposedly accomplished by her own family members ,including her parents and some relatives, in the anticipation of a son. The brutal act took place on the demand of a Tantrik (A black Magician), who promised a son to the […]
UN will play a bigger role in Iraq
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Security Council unanimously approves Iraq resolution</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Four years ago, in 2003, the war in Iraq represented a major embarrassment for the United Nations, when the US army invaded the country with no approval from the organization (and most of the world). At […]
Pakistan Forced to Join Peace
<p>At last Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf had to attend the Joint Peace Jirga (Council) in Kabul which ended Sunday. In fact, the last day of the three day Jirga was Saturday, but it was extended for one more day to give a chance to Gen. Musharraf to attend it. Many believe that he was […]
Nigerian Prisons in Dire State
The federal government has been called upon to provide adequate funds and reform facilities to the paramilitary and security operatives nationwide, Governor Ibrahim Shekarau of kano state made the appeal while receiving the state prison comptroller, Alhaji Muhammed Habib Iliyasu who paid him a courtesy visit in his office, said the state of most Nigerians […]
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