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Kola Odetola: Islam, Sex And The Western Left
Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 1:32 pm | Guest Opinion
While differing in their responses to the west’s war on terror, read non compliant Muslim nations, right wingers, liberals and a lot of silent leftists share in varying degrees a unity in support of one its most vociferously avowed aims – the liberation ... More >>
Remembering The Lessons Of Germany's Past
Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 2:36 pm | Guest Opinion
For years, I struggled to comprehend how the good people of Germany could allow someone such as Adolph Hitler to lead them into what became World War II. After all, before Hitler's rise to power, Germany had a rich Christian heritage. The Reformation out ... More >>
Roe vs. Wade is a Red Herring for Another Fish
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 2:36 pm | Guest Opinion
News panels and commentators keep the Roe V. Wade question in front of John Roberts' nomination. It shouldn't be there. Roe is being used, as usually is the case with Roe, as a lure for piranhas and small fry alike to duke it out in the muddy water ... More >>
Indefinite Detention Across The Ditch – Oz's Gitmo
Tuesday, 19 July 2005, 12:51 am | Guest Opinion
On the 17th of June this year John Howard announced a softening of his government’s policies concerning the detention of asylum seekers and others in Australia’s Immigration Detention Centres . Before we all rush to congratulate the Australian Government ... More >>
Philip Challinor: Devilish Logic
Monday, 18 July 2005, 4:07 pm | Guest Opinion
Tony Blair, the Vicar of Downing Street, whom God appears to have blessed with telepathy, has informed his faithful that the London bombings were not motivated by opposition to the invasion of Iraq. That settles that, then. More >>
Harry Potter And the Princes of Darkness
Friday, 15 July 2005, 11:28 am | Guest Opinion
Harry awoke from a sound sleep, rubbed his eyes, and wondered if his dream was only a nightmare. He dreamt that, in a world of witches, warlocks and spells, a dark spell had been cast on two mighty nations. The people of America and England adored diversion, ... More >>
To The British People From A Daughter Of Iraq
Thursday, 14 July 2005, 10:42 am | Guest Opinion
I'm sending this letter to the British people and in particular to the residents of London. For a period of hours, you have lived through moments of desperate anxiety and horror. In those hours you lost a member of your family or a friend, and we wish ... More >>
Steve McKinlay: The 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street
Tuesday, 12 July 2005, 11:13 am | Guest Opinion
I think there are two thoughts we ought to seriously consider in respect of the terrorist bombings in London last week. Firstly, much media commentary has, in my opinion, vaulted to the naive conclusion that the bombings are Islamic fundamentalist ... More >>
Doris Colmes: Morphing the Gestapo
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 1:29 pm | Guest Opinion
There I was -- a bratty, independent kid, with a twisted sense of humor who enjoyed doing illegal things: Entrance into anyplace at all displaying the “No Dogs or Jews Allowed” signs was fun, even though it was clearly understood that – if discovered ... More >>
Nepal: The True Obstacle To Reconciliation
Friday, 1 July 2005, 2:57 pm | Guest Opinion
The Bush administration finally appears to be grasping the gravity of Nepal’s conflict. Ending a three-day fact-finding visit to the kingdom on Tuesday, U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Donald A. Camp identified the Maoist ... More >>
Nepal’s Neighbors: A Study In Contrast
Wednesday, 29 June 2005, 3:17 pm | Guest Opinion
The revelation in a recent survey that communist China is viewed more favorably than the United States by much of the world has come as a shock even to those Americans aware of the tattered international image of their nation two years after the Iraq ... More >>
Mary Davies: Sievx - Titanic And A Tennis Court
Tuesday, 28 June 2005, 12:21 am | Guest Opinion
On October 19, 2001 an unnamed fishing boat carrying over 400 refugees bound for Australia sank. 353 people just like us, 146 children, 142 women & 65 men, died under the Southern Cross. More >>
Nepal: Managing A Merger With India
Friday, 24 June 2005, 2:57 pm | Guest Opinion
Contemporary discussions on Nepal’s existential crisis lack a serious dimension: the possibility of the country’s absorption into the Indian union. The options here range from the transformation of Nepal into an autonomous region of India to gaining ... More >>
Peter Calder Defends His Che Guevara Writings
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 10:00 am | Guest Opinion
The first piece below, published on the Herald's Dialogue page this week, answers the devoted fans of Che Guevara who were upset that I was so nasty to him. The second is the text of the piece I will send out to anyone who takes up the invitation to ... More >>
They Had a Coup d'etat and We Weren't Invited
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 9:41 am | Guest Opinion
Exactly when was it that the citizens of the United States lost their country? When did the coup take place and how did I miss it? Maybe I was rotating my tires that night. More >>
Nepal: Clarity, More Than Condemnation, Needed
Friday, 17 June 2005, 11:49 am | Guest Opinion
Three weeks after he dismissed Nepal’s multiparty government and took over direct executive control on Feb. 1, King Gyanendra asked international critics whether they could have suggested an alternative agenda for a country in such profound crisis. More >>
The War And Occupation In Iraq Are Illegal
Friday, 17 June 2005, 12:45 am | Guest Opinion
Much has been said and written about America’s war, and occupation of Iraq. Amongst the community of nations of the world, and within the minds of the citizens of the world, two statements might succinctly clarify the issues of war and occupation in ... More >>
Flashback: USA's Ministry of Propaganda Exposed
Monday, 13 June 2005, 11:23 am | Guest Opinion
Colonel Sam Gardiner (USAF, Ret.) has identified 50 false news stories created and leaked by a secretive White House propaganda apparatus. Bush administration officials are probably having second thoughts about their decision to play hardball with former ... More >>
Amnesty's Chip Pitt: Democracy in Action?
Monday, 13 June 2005, 12:35 am | Guest Opinion
Friday's Congressional hearing on the USA Patriot Act and civil liberties was indeed an interesting experience. The hearing, called under a special rule by the Democratic minority members, was one of the relatively rare recent opportunities that a diverse ... More >>
New President Appointed As Workers Struggle
Monday, 13 June 2005, 12:18 am | Guest Opinion
Last night the Congress accepted the resignation of pro-US president Mesa, and also accepted the refusal of both the presidents of the Senate and Congress to take over as president. More >>
