Inventor Of Web Astounded By All The Cats Online
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, is both worried and optimistic about the future of his creation. In celebration of the WWW’s 25th anniversary on March 12, Berners-Lee took some time to...
View ArticleVice News Quickly Makes Mark With Ukraine Dispatches
NEW YORK –- Vice News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky has reported extensively through Central Asia, the Middle East and the Caucasus region, but says he’s never encountered as much hostility as he has...
View ArticleChelsea Clinton Tells SXSW That She's 'Obsessed With Diarrhea' -- For A Great...
Whoa -- did we just learn way too much about a former first daughter? On Tuesday, Chelsea Clinton sat down to chat at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, and wasted no time beating around...
View ArticleJohn McCain Unloads On Senate Republicans: 'I Haven't Been Embarrassed This Way'
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) took to the Senate floor Thursday to castigate fellow Republicans for holding up aid to Ukraine over provisions boosting funding for the International Monetary Fund. "What...
View ArticleHot Mic Catches Lindsey Graham Offering John Kerry 'Help' With John Boehner
Secretary of State John Kerry appeared on Capitol Hill Thursday to make the case to the Senate Appropriations Committee on approving an aid package to Ukraine. After his testimony, Sen. Lindsey Graham...
View ArticleJordanian Officials Fail to Respond to Israeli Shooting of Amman Judge
Israeli soldiers shot and killed an unarmed Jordanian judge on Monday at the Allenby bridge crossing between Jordan and the West Bank after reportedly arguing with Israeli border guards on his way back...
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People In Many Countries Think Belief In God Essential To A Moral Life
A new Pew Research survey of global attitudes on religion finds that a great number of people around the world think a belief in God is vital to leading a moral life. The survey of people in 40...
View ArticleThe Crisis In Ukraine: Western Ideals, Russian Interests
Seemingly lost amidst the confused outrage emanating from more hawkish quarters of America's political class is a relatively straightforward explanation for Russian President Vladimir Putin's behavior...
View ArticleTo Make Peace Between Israelis and Palestinians, Stop the Finger Pointing
Secretary of State John Kerry, and now President Barack Obama, are digging in to push the Israelis and Palestinians to settle on the United States' framework agreement. At this point in time, however,...
View ArticleJohn Kerry Gets Pressed To Grant Asylum To Former Terrorist Group MEK
WASHINGTON -- In what has become an all-too-familiar sight on Capitol Hill, at least a half-dozen members of the exiled Iranian group Mujahedin-e Khalq, or MEK, arrived at Thursday's hearing of the...
View ArticleRussia's Economy -- a Crevasse in Putin's Armor
With every threat there's an opportunity, or so the saying goes. The poorly disguised Russian invasion of Crimea is born from the very notion of Europe offering Ukraine an alternative to Putin's...
View ArticleUkraine Crisis: Russia Presses On With Crimea Takeover
By Andrew Osborn and Lina Kushch SEVASTOPOL/DONETSK, Ukraine, March 14 (Reuters) - Dozens of Russians involved in Russia's gradual takeover of Crimea face U.S. and EU travel bans and asset freezes on...
View ArticleThe Bid to Dismantle the GCC: Those Who Benefit and Those Who Are Targeted
It is Iran and Israel, and also Turkey, that stand to benefit primarily from the unraveling of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the region. Saudi Arabia is at the top of the list of the targeted...
View ArticleThis Video Proves First World Problems Aren't Real Issues
Having trouble ordering pizza? Tell that to the starving children of the world. That's the jarring message of "Domino's Pizza Complaints," a YouTube video released earlier this week that juxtaposes...
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No Rights for People Outside the United States
This week the United States is up for its Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Committee. One of the most contentious issues that will be raised is whether the US will accept that core human rights...
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Single Dad Carries His Son With Disabilities 9 Miles Every Day So That He Can...
Let’s all agree to extend an early Happy Father’s Day to this Chinese dad who will do just about anything to give his son with disabilities every opportunity in the world. Yu Xukang, 40, a single dad...
View ArticleRussia Plays the Anti-Semitism Card
When the Serbs and Croats were involved in conflict in the early 1990s, prior to the Balkan war spreading to Bosnia, the Jewish community in America was getting calls from Serbian Jews urging our...
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St. Patrick's Day 2014: Parade, History, Facts, And Religious Significance Of...
St. Patrick's Day is best known for parades, beer, and turning rivers green, but the holiday has a long history that's more somber than its current incarnation. Saint Patrick St. Patrick was born...
View ArticleTime for Full Disclosure of CIA Interrogations
It is too early to tell exactly what has transpired between the Senate Intelligence Committee and the CIA regarding the Committee's investigation of the post-9/11 CIA interrogation program for captured...
View ArticleThe Trial of Bin Laden's Son-in-Law and Why Not to Torture a Terrorist
Sniping between lawmakers and the CIA over a report on the U.S. torture of terror suspects reached a fever pitch this week, as Senator Dianne Feinstein accused the CIA of spying on her intelligence...
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