The turbulent internal politics of Iran following the June 12 election have been most often portrayed as a clash between secularizing reform forces and entrenched religious forces. However, this is a mischaracterization. The controversy is fundamentally between two very old, very entrenched religious philosophies that have been debated for more than 300 years. It’s a debate at the heart of every major
Calling it one of the best options the Obama administration has made available to foreign battered women, women’s advocacy groups in the United States lauded the administration for making it possible for those women to begin a new life in this country.
Yesterday, two major US banks (Bank of America and Citibank) posted very substantial quarterly profits, following the record profits of Goldman Sachs a few days ago. Is this a sign that the financial sector is finally recovering from the meltdown of 2008?
Monsanto is the latest underwriter/sponsor of one public radio’s most popular shows, Marketplace, which broadcasts daily on most NPR stations. But the new relationship between the popular business and economic news radio program and the controversial biotech company…
For 20 years, America’s main source of news was CBS’s Walter Cronkite. Cronkite took on the powerful of any kind and reported the news. He was a real journalist, and he will be missed.
