Her popularity sinking, Sarah Palin has been very quiet lately. Her silence means for the media fewer headlines. Like a mushroom growing in mud, Michele Bachmann is the new star of the Tea Party. The media is turning its attention to her–not for her messages to her supporters, but for her misstatements. The American media [...]

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 In a rare TV appearance, Akihito, the emperor of Japan, has expressed his worries about the disaster in his country. His worries mean that the situation is certainly worse than we think. We are still very traumatized by Chernobyl, and it appears that this catastrophe is more serious. By nature, the Japanese are not fatalistic–but [...]

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President Obama’s approval rate went down from 55% to 50% according to the latest CNN polls. The president is losing the support of independent voters and low income men. Slowly but surely, hope is transforming to disillusionment. While we all agree that the economy is hitting him badly, the president seems surprised by the reality of the presidency, shocked by the [...]

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 Despite being hit hard by a  natural calamity, the Japanese people have demonstrated why they have a reputation for being composed in the face of danger. The latest news of explosions at nuclear reactors that are putting the people at high risk of radiation is making life even more difficult. Stoic as usual, the people of Japan [...]

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Just having been hit by a powerful earthquake and a tsunami, Japan is now under threat of nuclear catastrophe. Sometimes bad times bring more bad luck. Japan is a strong country: a country that overcame nuclear attacks on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, a country that overcame one of the toughest economic crises of our times. It is [...]

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France has recognized the rebel group in Libya. This move shows the eyes of French  imperialism in Africa. France is known for its addiction to oil and its involvement with dictators in oil-rich African countries such as Gabon, Republic of Congo, and Angola. And behind the French government is hidden the French oil mafia that often supports [...]

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While the world’s attention is on the civil war in Libya and the protests in Wisconsin, disturbing news was released in Philadelphia. A group of twenty-one priests suspected of child abuse were put on administrative leave. This bombshell has once again put the Catholic Church in a bad spot. Is being a priest just a sneaky way [...]

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A planned congressional hearing scheduled by Rep. Peter King on Muslims’ role in homegrown terrorism is under a lot of criticism. A rally to show discontentment about this wise move does not make any sense. Americans are known for learning geography only in time of war, or to find out the origin of those arrested for [...]

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America has lost its last World War I veteran. Not only did he serve in WWI, he also served in World War II and was a Japanese prisoner of war.  Frank Buckles died after his 110th birthday. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetary, but will not be honored in the US Capitol. Common sense [...]

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Childreen of the same mother do not always agree. When Judson Phillips, a Tea Party leader, wrote a letter to the Speaker of the house John Boehner informing him that he looks like a fool, it shows the disagreement between the conservatives and the ultra conservatives within the GOP over the spending cuts in their budget [...]

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