For years CNN’s Lou Dobbs has made Latinos targets of his most heated commentaries, directing attention to the “menace” that “illegal” immigrants pose for the country and taxpayers. Often bringing in analysts with racists views to speak about immigration as if it was plague that we must get rid of, Dobbs has filled the airwaves with fear and hatred against people from Latin American countries who have settled to live in the U.S.
Today, Iran denied that its nuclear officials met with Israeli official last month in Cairo to discuss the possibility of a nuclear-free Middle-East. An official with the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission said that the talks took place, but declined to give details about the meeting. The Egyptian foreign ministry confirmed that the non-proliferation talks did [...]
This just in: Fox News isn’t fair and balanced. But unless the rock you’ve been living under for the last thirteen years doesn’t get cable, you already knew that. And guess what? Neither is MSNBC. One cable outlet swings right; the other left.
The reaction in the press and general public in the United States to Barack Obama being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for diplomacy and efforts to rid the world of nuclear arms is symptomatic of a disturbing and growing trend towards isolationism in the country. Former right wing ideas about leaving the UN, stopping immigration, and turning our backs on the world except for military solutions are catching hold on independents, and present a dangerous sign of troubles ahead.
Hamid Karzai and his opponent Abdullah Abdullah will both take part in the election run-off. The second round takes place after a fraud investigation revealed that Karzai’s share of the vote in the first round was below 50 percent. The flurry of international pressure in the last few days had given Karzai two options. Either [...]
