Sometimes silence is the best attitude in the face of controversy. As President of the United States, President Obama shouldn’t express his opinion about anything that is controversial. His latest “faux pas” — giving his opinion about the building of a mosque near ground zero — has added fuel to the fire. It is good to [...]

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The world is watching with indifference at the devastation of floods hitting Pakistan. Despite the appeal launched by the UN to raise $450 million to help some 14 million Pakistanis affected by the floods, we are not seeing the same enthusiasm among the Americans as we did for Haiti. Pakistan’s reputation for corruption is making Americans [...]

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President Obama is the President of the United of America. President Obama’s support for the controversial idea of building a mosque near ground zero, is ”fake” support. He does not have a choice. He does not want to be seen as a divisive president but rather one for unity, respect of minority rights, and freedom of [...]

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Alvin Greene, the surprise South Carolina Democratic nominee for the US Senate, was indicted on obscenity charges. Mr. Greene was charged with showing pornographic materials to a woman at the University of South Carolina. While he is still a curiosity for many — and a worry for the Democrats as someone who popped up from [...]

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It is very rare to see Democrats and Republicans agree on the same thing. US lawmakers have passed an emergency fund of $600 million to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border. Facing the epidemic of each state wanting to find its own solution to illegal immigration, drug smuggling, and violence — where the federal government has [...]

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It is hard not to laugh about Levi Johnston. He is thinking about running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska — the same post that his ex-fiancee’s mother Sarah “Baracuda” Palin held before becoming Governor. Everyone has a right to dream. But a bad dream can be a nightmare. America has created Levi Johnston, and now [...]

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The death of former Alaska senator Ted Stevens is like an earthquake. He was one of the most visible figures in American politics. Who could believe that this man who survived one airplane crash died on another airplane crash? Destiny is just something that we as humans cannot control. The 86 year old had a [...]

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Naomi Campbell‘s saga at Charles Taylor‘s war crimes trial continues. Taylor, the former Liberian president, is accused of trading weapons for diamonds with the rebels in Sierra Leone. Thousands of people died in Sierra Leone in one of the deadliest military conflicts of our time. Mr. Taylor trained and commanded the rebels to kill and rape civilians [...]

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The Taliban justified the slaying of ten aid workers in Afghanistan, accusing them of teaching Christianity. There is no excuse for such brutality. This crime reminds us of the irrationality of the Taliban and the danger Westerners in Islamic countries are in. Behind all these killings is a secret religious war. Unfortunately, as in Iraq, Christian evangelical missionaries [...]

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It is disturbing to know that fourteen people, mostly US citizens of Somali origin, have been indicted for supporting Al Shabaab, a terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda. The massive humanitarian asylum given by the US to Somalis was given with good faith. Somalia is one of the poorest countries in the world. The US intentions were good, but they are dealing with [...]

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