Legalizing Marijuana: The Golden State’s Pot Of Gold?
This week, a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana possession by adults qualified for the California ballot. The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 is coming up for a vote. It’s becoming obvious that unlike failed legalization initiatives in the past (of which California has had at least two), the debate will this time center around money.
AFRICOM: The US Military’s Growing Role in Africa
Few people are aware of the existence of AFRICOM, at least not in the United States. AFRICOM stand for United States Africa Command, and it is part of the foreign policy legacy of former US President George W. Bush. The neocon ideology of global US empire, prevalent during the Bush era, was at play in […]
Immigration Debate: Press One For Culture War In English
Anxiety about immigrants, immigration, and therefore immigration reform, tend to revolve around three broad categories of concern: economics, safety/security, and culture/race/language. Most of the talking points used by opponents or immigration or of immigration reform are not just untrue, they are the opposite of true, and strengthen the case for comprehensive reform. The anxiety of culture/race/language is the hardest for the antis to express honestly and the hardest for the left to address constructively.
UNESCO: Record Number Of Journalists Killed In 2009
Reporting the news, or at least trying to, is increasingly becoming a very dangerous line of work. Last year set a new record, with 77 journalists murdered worldwide. The United Nations Educational Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO), is raising the alarm in a new report published today, and is calling “for an end to impunity […]
Netanyahu, In Washington, Remains Defiant On Settlements Issue
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is in Washington. Monday, Netanyahu was greeted like a rock star at the reception held by AIPAC, for the annual conference of the most powerful Jewish lobbyist group in Washington. Judging by the speech of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the recent tensions between Washington and Jerusalem were just a flash […]
