It would certainly be a brilliant stroke if we could wave a magic wand over the nation’s food supply to make it safe to eat. But since we can’t, the next best thing could be food irradiation, which cuts down on illnesses caused by bacteria, such as salmonella and E. coli. Irradiation is the process […]
Greed Revisited
More and more it appears as if 2008 might become The Year The Truth Began To Be Spoken — particularly in these United States. That’s sure to be a welcome transformational experience for a culture long steeped in smiley-faced spin control. At first The Truth may appear to be hurtful, but that’s not its purpose. […]
Imported candidate of PPPP causes for loowing its confirm seat in National assembly
Chitral’s troubled Elections Election process in Chitral is over. The polls have laid bare the fault lines in Chitrali society and these do not seem likely to be corrected in the near future. Democracy, honest politics, morality and public interest have suffered grievously in the process. Pakistan People’s Party was eminently placed to […]
American Misanthropes
We can now give “campus rampage” killers and their lot a name: American Misanthropes. What’s unexpectedly unsettling about them is coming to realize (a) we created them, out of a toxic pot of existentialism … and (b) these killers look an awful lot like us. by Donald Croft Brickner So-called “campus rampage” murder […]
Democracy, Turkey’s Double Edged Sword.
By Nicole Dweck While the Bush administration touts its agenda of "democracy building" as the way forward for nations of the world, we’ve seen time and time again, fledgling democratic systems high-jacked by political groups whose agendas seem less than "democratic." Today, many secularists fear that Turkey’s Islamic-rooted AKP party , though publicly endorsing secularism, […]
New York Times Columnist Caught in a Lie
You’ve gotta feel sorry for pundits, in a way. Being forced to come up with compelling opinions on the emerging facts of the day must be stressful with deadlines always looming. Then there are the picky readers who try to make their life miserable when they screw up. On the other hand, the truth, and […]
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