A special court of Sierra Leone is moving forward to subpoena British supermodel Noami Campbell following credible evidence that she received blood diamonds as a gift from Liberia former president Charles Taylor. Taylor is on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity that occurred during the civil war in Sierra Leone which took place [...]
Draw Muhammad Day is not an assault on Islam or Muslims, and certainly not on Arab people of any nation. The protest is in defense of individual freedom of expression. Freedom cannot be allowed to erode by the giving of ground in the face of an irrational and tyrannical assault. In the name of freedom of expression; pick up a pen, pencil or crayon and draw your best Muhammad whether it be a portrait or a stick figure.
In a system where money dominates politics, an interesting thing happened in Tuesday night’s primary elections – the winning candidate raised significantly less money than their opponent. The race winner is in bold. In Pennsylvania‘s Senate race, party-backed Arlen Specter out raised competitor Joe Sestak 5 to 1. Arlen Specter: $15.4 million Joe Sestak: $3.4 [...]
The primaries represent the party activists rather than the entire electorate but one thing is clear, the anti-establishment, outside the beltway sentiment, made an impact on Tuesdays results.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said changes must be made to the Minerals Management Service, the agency in charge of regulating offshore oil drilling. “We need to clean up that house,” Salazar told the Senate Energy Committee Tuesday. Salazar said he plans to “craft a new agency” because of ethical misconduct and regulatory failures. Salazar emphasized [...]
