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David Michael Green: Bring It Down. Now.
Friday, 10 June 2005, 5:09 pm | Guest Opinion
The Downing Street Memo is the gift that just keeps on giving. And well it should. It is the smoking gun which proves that the gravest possible crime was committed by the Bush administration, and among its victims were the American people. More >>
Who's Got the Money? It Sure Isn't Veterans
Friday, 10 June 2005, 1:57 pm | Guest Opinion
We must all remember what David Cho at the Pentagon had to say about payments to veterans, "The amounts have gotten to the point where they are hurtful. They are taking away from the nation's ability to defend itself." More >>
Nepal: Ominous Activism Across The Southern Border
Friday, 10 June 2005, 1:16 pm | Guest Opinion
With the Indian government energized over recent developments in Nepal, this is a time for heightened vigilance in the kingdom. Reminiscent of the pretext it used in the early 1970s to intervene militarily in what was then East Pakistan, New Delhi ... More >>
A Dangerous Delegation Of American Diplomacy
Thursday, 2 June 2005, 12:08 am | Guest Opinion
For the world’s sole surviving superpower increasingly criticized for its brash unilateralism, the United States has exhibited a peculiar trait in delegating its Nepal policy to India. Allowing Indian perceptions to guide American policy on the kingdom would ... More >>
Jean-Pierre Desmoulins: They Just Said, "NO!!"
Tuesday, 31 May 2005, 12:53 am | Guest Opinion
French citizens have just said "NO" to the new constitution that was submitted to their vote. I have heard so many things, in both the French and international media, so many analyses of the "NO" campaign in which I don't see my opinion included, that ... More >>
Jamal Juma: "Developing" Israeli Apartheid
Monday, 30 May 2005, 4:58 pm | Guest Opinion
While George Bush had his first White House meeting with Mahmoud Abbas - a summit giving Bush a platform for his phony $200 million “aid” package - devastating new realities are being constructed in Palestine. More >>
Guest Opinion: The Winston Peters Show - Jack Yan
Monday, 30 May 2005, 4:45 pm | Guest Opinion
IT’S RARE that I would toss my hat into the political debates in this country. As a publisher, albeit of special interest titles, I have a duty to remain above all of it. More >>
Eldad Kisch: Notes From The Peace Camp
Monday, 30 May 2005, 4:34 pm | Guest Opinion
It sounded innocent enough; we would pay a solidarity visit to the Palestinian inhabitants of Tel-Rumeida. In high spirits we set out for Jerusalem to our usual meeting place in the Bell-park, with our sun-hats, water bottles and good walking-shoes. More >>
American Militarism: Is The USA Addicted To War?
Thursday, 26 May 2005, 3:02 pm | Guest Opinion
Let us consider the possibility that the USA has become addicted, in an economic sense, to war. While the evidence offered below is by no means exhaustive, it is directly relevant and highly probative. Therefore, the reader should consider ALL ... More >>
Democracy, Diplomacy And Destablization
Thursday, 26 May 2005, 2:55 pm | Guest Opinion
The Royal Nepalese Army’s release of an audio tape in which Maoist supremo Prachanda is heard claiming that the Indian government had invited him for talks has prompted a scathing denial from New Delhi. India’s infuriation is understandable. For the ... More >>
Madan Prasad Khanal: Nepal - Fact And Fiction
Monday, 23 May 2005, 11:19 am | Guest Opinion
For far too long, discussions on the current crisis in Nepal have centered on King Gyanendra’s purported ambition for personal power. Critics of the monarch have it right to the extent that all leaders have a quest for personal fulfillment. More >>
Wellington's Songstar Finalists Masseurs & Powell
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 2:41 pm | Guest Opinion
Andrew Masseurs and I (Mathew Powell) have been selected as one of the top 5 from over 650 entries. We are the only Wellington based songwriting duo in the competition. We've been writing our own songs for 15 years (since our college days) and wrote ... More >>
Nepal A Rare Opportunity To Strengthen Sovereignty
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 11:28 am | Guest Opinion
A crucial element of developments in Nepal in the aftermath of King Gyanendra’s Feb. 1 takeover of full executive powers is the speed with which the kingdom is struggling to break free from India’s stifling embrace by expanding ties with its other giant ... More >>
Alun McDonald: A Village Gone, But Not Forgotten
Monday, 16 May 2005, 1:44 pm | Guest Opinion
Under the burning Galilee sun, day-tripping Israeli tourists wander around the ancient ruins of one of Israel's many national parks. Taking photos of the rolling green hills, the Ottoman castle, the restored Roman mosaics and amphitheatre, and a monastery ... More >>
Bargain Between Guns And Democracy In Nepal
Monday, 16 May 2005, 1:24 pm | Guest Opinion
King’s 100 days: Bargain between guns and democracy in Nepal By Surendra R Devkota More >>
Opinion: Stop Equating Activism With Absolutism
Thursday, 12 May 2005, 12:07 am | Guest Opinion
SEVEN leading political parties in Nepal have joined hands in an effort to restore their version of democracy. Their agenda includes the reinstatement of the House of Representatives dissolved in 2002 as a prerequisite to settling the nine-year ... More >>
Articles Of Impeachment For President G.W. Bush
Monday, 9 May 2005, 11:02 am | Guest Opinion
Resolved, that George Walker Bush, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and the following articles be exhibited to the Senate: More >>
Glenn Peoples: Greens Treat Students As Pawns
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 1:29 pm | Guest Opinion
Green MP Nandor Tanczos (State of the (student) union, 13 April) is wide of the mark when he attempts to portray the movement for voluntary membership of student associations - which re-emerged in the mid-1990s - as a conspiracy to weaken student associations ... More >>
Anatomy Of A SWAT From A Lawyer’s Perspective
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 11:32 am | Guest Opinion
Mohandas Karamachand Gandhi, one of the most influential figures in modern social and political activism, considered these traits to be the most spiritually perilous to humanity. [2] More >>
David Swanson: Half-Baked Baker Carter Commission
Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 1:52 pm | Guest Opinion
So, Jimmy Carter and James Baker are sitting at a table, and Carter starts talking about the disastrous election of 2000 in Florida.... It sounds like the start of a joke. More >>
