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Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:58:33 -0700
In his new book, Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics , New York Times columnist Ross Douthat argues that orthodox American Christianity has weakened since the 1950s to be replaced by a number of heresies, both conservative and liberal. This "bad religion" has resulted in adverse consequences for American society, politics and culture.
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Mon, 07 May 2012 10:54:32 -0700
So farewell, Nicolas Sarkozy. If he is to be believed - and abrupt changes of direction are part of his charm - Sarkozy will now seek a new life outside politics. He told journalists privately as long ago as January: "If I lose, you...
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Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:02:47 -0700
DILI - In a vote influenced by nationalism and nostalgia, Timor Leste's voters overwhelmingly chose former defense force chief Jose Maria Vasconcelos, more commonly known by his nom de guerre Taur Matan Ruak, as the young country's next president.
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Thu, 24 May 2012 09:09:58 -0700
The following is written by Lucio Blanco Pitlo 3rd of the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.
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Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:05:18 -0700
All the rhetorics, actions and divisive comments coming from both NDC and NPP has not disappointed me more than Ghanaians inability to unreservedly condemn and go on demonstration against the prevalent culture of tribalism and nepotism in our society. What did we expect from both parties?
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Wed, 23 May 2012 21:04:38 -0700
BERLIN – Two years ago he shocked polite opinion with a racist polemic against Muslim immigrants. Now former Bundesbank member Thilo Sarrazin is back with a book in which he says Germany has made itself hostage to the euro zone out of Holocaust guilt. read more
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Tue, 22 May 2012 23:30:54 -0700
Hamdeen Sabahy, a leftist dark-horse candidate for Egypt's presidency, is a passionate proponent for the teeming nation's poor and an ideological devotee of the late firebrand nationalist leader Gamal Abdel Nasser.
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Wed, 02 May 2012 17:00:00 -0700
Bihar has witnessed historic changes in the recent period. The emergence of new social forces in Bihar because of electoral empowerment is practically unprecedented. Nowhere in the country could this segment be imagined to be at the political helm of power. Earlier, the Mungerilal Commission, Mandal Commission and later positive discrimination in Panchayats have all democratised society and gave ...
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Tue, 22 May 2012 12:51:29 -0700
“We reject all types of communalism, be it Sinhalese, Tamil or Muslim. We will not let any communal force raise its head in Sri Lanka,” President Mahinda Rajapaksa told Heads of media institutions at a breakfast meeting held at Temple Trees recently.
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Wed, 23 May 2012 10:32:13 -0700
Politicians in power since the 2008 financial collapse, regardless of their political stripes, find themselves in peril.
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