Less than a week after officially and defiantly tossing his hat into the ring– and a few days after I made a case for his election in NJP–New York’s beleaguered Governor David Paterson has pulled the plug on his own campaign. Apparently being implicated in helping to conceal a domestic abuse allegation against one of [...]
Today a bold Taliban attack took place in the center of Kabul. Ten Indians, a Frenchman and an Italian were among the 17 people killed in the attacks. The Indians appear to have been the main target. Just before dawn, a suicide car bomber carried out the main attack on the Safi hotel and shopping [...]
An overwhelming number of scientists in countries around the planet believe the science behind anthropogenic climate change. Although this is not reflected in the attitudes of many in the non-scientific general public, there is consensus among the experts who study the Earths climate.
Jamaica Kincaid said that “I think, on the whole, church groups should be banned from these places” because given the predominance of Voodoo the Christians visiting there are trying to spread Christianity. This is not a surprising charge, given the activities of such groups in the US, who often coerce or force the people they purport to help to accept their religion in exchange for help.
The World Food Program, the leading organization providing food aid in Haiti came under the microscope when I published an open letter to its Executive Director Josette Sheeran on February 19, questioning the number of Haitians that they claim have received aid. Though the WFP responded to my open letter the following day through email, [...]
