“I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impels. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole tru
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has lied so many times and in so many circumstances that he now finds himself lying about the lies. All of his deceptive statements have been uttered in an official capacity, many of them under oath.
But as lawless
"Pop! Why Bubbles are Great for the Economy." Bubbles are miracle workers. So let 'em pop, Pop, POP! Gross is in love with what happens after a bubble pops, an idea first heard in uber-economist Joseph Schumpeter's 1942 law of
Sudan last night accepted the deployment of a hybrid African Union-UN force to its war-ravaged region of Darfur. The plan will more than double to between 17,000 and 19,000 the number of AU troops struggling to protect civilians from the pro-governm
The gun battles and exchanges of mortars and explosives ravaging the streets of Gaza are costing Hamas popular support among Palestinians, a leading Palestinian pollster told Ynetnews on Tuesday. Elias Kukali, of the Palestinian Center for Public Op
Recent speaking engagements have taken me to New Hampshire, Utah, and Idaho. And in just a few days, I will be speaking in the beautiful city of Greenville, South Carolina.
Kuwait, a staunch US ally, said on Monday it would not allow the US to use its territory as a launch-pad for any attack on Iran over its nuclear programme. "The US did not ask(to use Kuwaiti military facilities for any attack) and even if it di
Since 9/11, the US Pakistan policy can be summed up in two words: Pervez Musharraf. But within the US intelligence community, and in Pakistan, there's a growing belief that the US - friendly military dictator's days are drawing to a close
Can government spending contribute to macroeconomic stability and higher productivity of labor? Many people say yes, because they believe that government spending can stimulate the aggregate demand and contribute to the accumulation of capital
In another swipe at the economic traditions that benefit the rich nations, Putin called for central banks to hold reserves in a wider selection of currencies. Now, banks largely hold their reserves in dollars and euros. (Again this is Putin)
But the jet that the FBI originally sold to lawmakers in the late 1990's as an essential tool for battling terrorism is now routinely used to ferry FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III to speeches, public appearances and field office visits.
Ascencioin Alvarez-Tejada probably swore in frustration as he pulled up behind a disabled car at the intersection of Highway 97 and Veteran's Way near La Pine, Oregon. And there's no reason to believe that his mood improved a second later
This week, in Colorado, a Napalese student died of tuberculosis. Health authorities failed to screen her before arriving in the United States. At the border daily, thousands cross illegally without health screening.
Google is expanding its empire into universities with entire campus e-mail networks switching over to using Google's e-mail service. This will give the internet company a "relationship for life" with students - who can carry on using t
Apple has launched a version of its web browser Safari for Windows, competing head to head with Microsoft's Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox. Chief executive Steve Jobs said Apple "dream big" and wanted to expand the 4.9% market shar
A new national poll indicates rural Americans are no longer reliably Republican, and the Bush adminstration's conduct of the war in Iraq seems mainly to blame. People from the nation's smallest places had the biggest impact in the last two p
More than 11,000 cases of soldiers going on the run have been logged since the Iraq conflict began in 2003.
The MoD claims that the rates of desertion have more to do with domestic problems than the war.
Tony Lagouranis conducted mock executions, forced men and boys into agonising stress positions, kept suspects awake for weeks on end, used dogs to terrify detainees and subjected others to hypothermia.
But he confesses that he was deeply scarred b
Fighting first started just before midnight Monday between Taliban militants and Afghan police, and two hours into the battle U.S. forces arrived and mistakenly opened fire on the police, said Zurmai Khan, the Khogyani district chief.
Encouraged by police, tens of thousands of drivers a month are using the cellphone equivalent of "dropping a dime" on somebody — phoning state tip lines to report motorists they spot driving aggressively or erratically or with unrestrained
A former high school football star who became a national symbol for the extremes of getting tough on sex offenders was ordered released from prison Monday by a judge who called his mandatory 10-year sentence for consensual teen sex "a grave misc
Trapped inside the gates of a castle he helped build, former County Manager Stanley Griffis is consumed with feelings of anger and betrayal — not because he is innocent, Griffis says, but because his closest colleagues and associates have refused to
The United States spent $529 billion, slightly less than the entire GDP of the Netherlands, on military operations in 2006, up 5 percent over the previous year, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in its latest year book
A woman confronted by police outside a homeless shelter is the latest example of someone who died after being shocked with a Taser, designed to subdue violent suspects without nightsticks or guns.
But in Milisha Thompson's case, she was alread
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly…”(Thomas Paine, The American Crisis. Dec. 19, 1776.)
June 12,2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the US Supreme Court decision in Loving v Virginia on June 12, 1967 which struck down the remaining interracial marriage bans in 16 states in the US, ending race discrimination in marriage.
The AP is reporting that a planned meeting between Iranian negotiators and the IAEA's head has been cancelled at the last moment - but even the AP's reporters can't agree on why.