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Nepal’s Shrinking Political Space Portends Calamit
Friday, 7 July 2006, 1:24 pm | Guest Opinion
King Gyanendra’s birthday on July 7 lacks the pomp and circumstance of previous years. Enthusiasm over what used to be a national festival has considerably waned as the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) government continues to pour its wrath on the monarchy. More >>
Killing Without Blame, Killing Without Shame
Tuesday, 4 July 2006, 10:21 pm | Guest Opinion
One soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) was taken prisoner. Twenty-four hours later, the Israeli Air Force destroys the only Palestinian power plant, along with several political targets. More >>
2 Alternate (Aussie) Views Of East Timor Crisis
Friday, 30 June 2006, 12:00 am | Guest Opinion
Three years ago, I wrote a piece talking about attempts to oust Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri in East Timor, then a new struggling independent nation. I wrote that I believed the US and Australia were determined to oust the Timorese leader, due to ... More >>
Thailand & Nepal: Const. Monarchies In Turmoil
Monday, 19 June 2006, 11:07 am | Guest Opinion
It is quite possible that a few years hence, we will look back to the present political events as a period of not only constitutional waywardness, but that of misadventure. A lack of visionary leadership has nolens volens thrown us regressively on the path ... More >>
What TeenScreen Doesn't Want You to Know
Friday, 16 June 2006, 7:11 pm | Guest Opinion
Is your child being "mentally screened" at school without your knowledge or permission? TeenScreen, usurping parental rights. More >>
Arnebeck Response To RFK Jnr. 04 Election Article
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 11:03 am | Guest Opinion
I was counsel of record in litigation over both the 2000 Ohio Supreme Court election and the 2004 Ohio Presidential election. I write in response to the Salon Magazine article challenging Robert Kennedy, Jr.'s Rolling Stone Magazine article which asserts ... More >>
A NZ Security Review - Opportunities Lost
Wednesday, 14 June 2006, 1:05 pm | Guest Opinion
This study is a private investigation into the value for money offered by Vote Defence. It concludes that it should be possible to operate a defence force that is better equipped and more capable of responding to all likely emergencies than the one we ... More >>
The Theft Of The 2004 Presidential Election
Friday, 9 June 2006, 11:30 am | Guest Opinion
In order to believe that George Bush won the November 2, 2004 presidential election, you must also believe all of the following extremely improbable or outright impossible things. [1] More >>
When Will The House Of Saud Feel Safe?
Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 12:02 am | Guest Opinion
When Will The House Of Saud Feel Safe? Saudi Arabia and Military Expenditure By Dr. Abbas Bakhtiar More >>
George Stone: The Plan to Drug US School Children
Tuesday, 30 May 2006, 11:56 am | Guest Opinion
This paper outlines the deliberate marketing of harmful drugs to children as a direct result of the drug industry take over of the American mental health system. My point of departure is Ivan Illich’s broader assertion that “The medical system has become ... More >>
Laba Karki: Illiberal Democracy In The Making
Tuesday, 30 May 2006, 11:50 am | Guest Opinion
The restored parliament’s sudden imposition of revisionist ideology into Nepal’s government without a referendum and without the general will and consent of the people is shocking and utterly misguided in its vision. Moreover, its undoing of centuries-old ... More >>
Pravin Rajbahak: Directionless Voyage Of The Govt.
Monday, 22 May 2006, 1:41 pm | Guest Opinion
The minister of the new government and some MPs have publicly started saying that they are above "law" and higher than the constitution. Reinstatement of the parliament itself was an unconstitutional decision but to proclaim oneself as being above the ... More >>
Impact Of The Financial Crisis On Palestinians
Thursday, 18 May 2006, 10:19 am | Guest Opinion
The term “Financial crisis” is an old/new term in the Palestinian dictionary; this occupied territory - that has scanty resources - is economically bounded with Israel. More >>
Jamal Juma: The Occupation’s “Convergence Plan”
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 12:37 am | Guest Opinion
The Occupation has a “new” scheme to ensure Palestinian rights continue to be negated and violated: the “Convergence Plan”. Offering the media as much excitement as the “Disengagement Plan”, it aims to legitimize the annexation of all territories and ... More >>
Bhuwan Sharma: Check Mate Say Maoists
Friday, 12 May 2006, 2:58 pm | Guest Opinion
The SPA is still riding the high on the people's revolution that brought them back in power which seemed impossible only a few months back. Of course, it has also caused a mass delusion among the seven party leaders that the general people are still backing ... More >>
Shashi Malla: Maoists' Bloody War & Tourism
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 12:11 am | Guest Opinion
A largely ignored aspect of the Maoists' so-called people's war is the detrimental effect on the economy in general and tourism in particular. More >>
Poem: The Definition Of Occupation
Tuesday, 9 May 2006, 11:57 am | Guest Opinion
Occupied, terrorized, genocide / while the whole world is hypnotized, - Sixty years, incessant tears / no day passes by without countless fears - For our lives, our wives, our children cry / yet the world turns away, and our spirits die. More >>
King's Initiative Essential For National Unity
Tuesday, 9 May 2006, 11:57 am | Guest Opinion
"Nepal will break into hundred pieces like a clay pot if there would be no King" thus said Maha Kabi Laximi Prasad Devkota. I fully agree with this statement. If there would be no King, our political leaders would have already sold the independence ... More >>
Ceci Wheeler: May Day In Pittsburgh
Monday, 8 May 2006, 11:32 am | Guest Opinion
Pittsburgh, a city with a superb labor history, celebrated a perfect sunny May Day, International Workers’ Day for Immigrants’ Rights. All members of our Pittsburgh Friends of Immigrants for Immigrants’ Rights worked hard to organize this event, ... More >>
Nepal: Exorcise Evil Spirit Before It Is Too Late
Monday, 8 May 2006, 11:31 am | Guest Opinion
Nepal appears to have embarked upon a new course in the aftermath of popular movement, 2006, that marked, among other things, a body blow to the Nepalese monarchy visibly predisposed to acquiring authoritarian powers. More >>
