‘The U.S. is backing Ukraine’s extreme right-wing Svoboda party and violent neo-Nazis whose armed uprising paved the way for a Western-backed coup. Events in the Ukraine are giving us another glimpse through the looking-glass of […]
‘In the event of a US invasion of Venezuela, Bolivia would side with Venezuela. So said Bolvia’s president Morales during an emergency session of ALBA, and called on other Latin American heads of state to draw […]
‘The White House office in charge cataloging and archiving government emails is no longer subject to Freedom of Information Act requests after a new regulation went into effect — meaning that former Secretary of State […]
‘In case you haven’t heard, Starbucks is now offering its very own version of “coconut milk” or more formally known as: Starbucks Single Origin Sumatra Coconut Milk. What might that statement mean in terms of […]
‘”The specific causes of this illness are still under investigation,” says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the rise of a so-called “mystery” disease that currently available evidence suggests may be caused by […]
‘Growing up in a Jehovah’s Witness family is different. As a child, I didn’t celebrate birthdays, Christmas or July 4. Nor did I, or anyone I knew, mix with non-Witness families in Little League or […]
‘If the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is saying that Kraft Singles are good for us, surely schmaltz is next. The metaphoric meaning of schmaltz is sentimentality – a heart-tugging moment, accompanied by real or […]
‘It’s comforting that we have the assurance of everyone from the president on down that the government has no interest in intruding on the lives of fellow Americans without cause as they did back in […]
‘Desperate to win reelection, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stripped off Israel’s mask and exposed the ugliness that has deformed his country over the past several decades. He abandoned the subterfuge of a two-state solution, […]
‘An Italian minister has announced his resignation following the revelation of a corruption scandal involving his department and his son. Maurizio Lupi, the transport and infrastructure minister, said on Thursday that he would resign on […]
‘Israeli bulldozers and military vehicles have reportedly intruded into the Palestinian border town of Rafah in the blockaded Gaza Strip, locals say. Witnesses said four bulldozers and vehicles belonging to the Israeli military conducted an […]
‘Sierra Leone has announced plans to confine nearly 2.5 million of people to their homes across the capital of Freetown as well as in north of the country for three days in a bid to […]
‘Yemen’s fugitive president has reportedly escaped his palace in the southern port city of Aden after warplanes pounded the area. According to reports on Thursday, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi was forced to escape his residence […]