Chasing Away the Democracy Blues
And this is not just some shallow, vague notion that democracy is a good thing. Many Africans understand political accountability, transparency, the rule of law, and restraint of power. And they would like to see their government manifest these virtues.
A.M. Links: Nearly 4 Million Participate in French Unity.
Nearly 4 million people participated in a unity rallies in Paris and across France, joined by several dozen heads of state and government including.
Welcome to Spartanburg!: The dangers of this growing American military.
The Spartans were a minority not only because of the demands of their physically brutal training, but also because of their uncompromising moral code. In this, modern military members can find much in common with and much to aspire to in the legacy of.
Islamic States Shock and Awe Campaign Fuels Global.
Islamic States Shock and Awe Campaign Fuels Global Jihad, U.N. Says �� | Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas.. He previously worked for the Boston Globe. November 5, 2014; colum.lynch �� @columlynch; facebook��.
The Iranian Sphere of Influence Expands Into Yemen
The takeover of Sanaa in mid-September by the Houthis, a Shiite minority group, has dire implications for Yemens neighbors and for the American war on terror. And further escalation seems likely. On Oct. 8, Houthi leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi called.
Altantas Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran Suspended After Self-Publishing An Anti.
ATLANTA (AP) ��� Atlantas fire chief has been suspended after city officials say he violated policy by self-publishing a book that describes homosexuality as a perversion. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed says in a statement Monday that Kelvin Cochran will.
113th Congress near the bottom in laws enacted
WASHINGTON ��� The 113th Congress began its turbulent life two years ago battling over whether to help Superstorm Sandy victims. They did, eventually. By the time Congress limped out of town last week, one of its last acts was to honor the 100th .
Our view: Todays leader column in the aftermath of the.
IT is difficult to find words to describe the shock and outrage felt in Jersey and across the world in response to yesterdays barbaric attack in Paris. FRANCE Shooting Canada 234859 People around the world have joined vigils��.
A Morass of Its Own Making: Pakistans Destructive Taliban Policy
Disputes between Sunnis and Shiites, ethnic and sectarian tensions in Karachi, and the growing hatred toward and ongoing institutionalized persecution of the Ahmadiyyas sect and other minority groups can all be traced to the Pakistani state-encouraged.
Earth to DNC: Dyspeptic Dad Still Votes, Too
Without Obama on the ballot, minority turnout can be expected to decline from its 2008 and 2012 peaks. To make inroads with what once the Democrats base ��� Northern ethnics and Southern whites ��� FDRs nominal heirs will have to talk about real jobs, .
Taking Note | Florida Leads the Pack ��� in Felon Disenfranchisement
Three quarters of these people are living in their communities ��� either under probation, parole or having completed their sentences ��� which means that they would be perfectly free to vote in Australia, France, Britain and other democracies around the.
Fugitive Iraq Sunni VP Tariq al-Hashemi Criticizes US - The.
They had a good engineer and bombmaker,��� said Andrew Liepman, who retired in August 2012 as the second-in-command of the National Counterterrorism Center and worked more than 30 years at the CIA. AQAP didnt... Many things contributed to the shock of the murders. Those who. In a deeper sense, though, most were mourning the deaths of Frances most famous cartoonists and journalists, with whom they shared political values and beliefs. It was about��.
The meanings behind One Directions tattoos
Ive always had a bit of fascination with cartoons and comics. The news may come as a surprise to dedicated Directioners, as the 21-year-old has previously claimed that the tattoo had an alternative meaning. In an interview with Nova.fm in 2012, Zayn .
Manhunt for gunmen in Paris after twelve killed in massacre.
Ten of the dead are staff at the magazine, including some of the most well-known cartoonists in France, and Stephane Charbonnier, the editor. The other two fatalities were police officers. France Newspaper Attack. Police and��.
Peppa Pig sued by woman called Gabriella Goat
An Italian woman is suing the studio behind childrens cartoon Peppa Pig as she claims a character that shares her name has left her damaged. Gabriella Capra, 40, from Perugia, says she is being ridiculed by friends and colleagues over character.
Norman Baker thinks hes as important as Theresa May. Thats why hes not
Surely Bakers appointment was entirely about making ���coalition relations��� look less good? Jeremy Browne, the Lib Dem he replaced, was considered so far to the right that the Tories courted him with great hope after he was sacked from the government.
Having a Second Kid Isnt as Simple as Adding Another Pair of Chopsticks
(The roughly 8 percent of Chinas population classified as minorities have long been allowed to have two and sometimes three children.). He said many are asking: Would I or my family be better off if we just raised one good child instead of two or.
Chinas Minority Problem ��� And Ours | Foreign Policy
</p>; September 30, 2009; facebook twitter google-plus reddit email. In Urumqi and Lhasa, where the two most bloody riots in Chinas recent history have occurred in the past 18 months, one of the most striking features is the absolute separateness with which the minority populations and the recent Han arrivals coexist ��� and. A peaceful movement for equality could be monumentally beneficial, both for minorities and for all of China... France Is an Unequal Opportunity Offender.
How Obama Can Ride the Republican Wave
If the Senate flips, pro-trade Republicans will dominate key committees that deal with trade policy and relegate more protectionist Democrats to the minority. Unlike most other issues, Republicans are increasingly signaling a willingness to work with.
The Puppet Masters of Targu Mures
This is a very painful reality, Enache told me in her office at Liga Pro Europa in Targu Mures in May 2013. After the collapse of the. And it was shocking to see that some of the people responsible, even leaders of the local Communist Party and.
Je suis Charlie��� et Altantuya | Din Merican: the Malaysian.
In fact, Christianity has been corruptly employed by power-mad, greed-crazed allegedly ���divinely-appointed��� potentates and their priesthoods for almost half a millennium longer and around much more of the globe.. The mention of which inevitably transitions us to Malaysia, where BN is not just some maliciously madcap minority group as in France, but a coalition that has been running ��� and steadily ruining and robbing ��� the country for almost 60 years.
The Blasphemy Brigade | Foreign Policy
On Sunday, as millions marched in France to honor those killed following last weeks terrorist atrocity on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, the Saudi state minister for foreign affairs, Nizar bin Obaid Madani, joined the more than 40. campaign posters that included cartoons discussing the role of women in society that allegedly bore a resemblance to characters included in previous controversial Charlie Hebdo cartoons; the charges were later dismissed in 2014.
Criticizing Racist Charlie Hebdo Cartoons Does Not Make.
Two police officers were also killed, bringing the death toll to 12���an especially shocking number in France, where gun violence is not as commonplace as in the United States. Watching from a distance as a tragedy happens��.
Charlie Hebdos new edition includes Muhammad cartoons
���We will not give in otherwise all this wont have meant anything,��� he told France Info radio on Monday, which broadcast from the magazines heavily guarded temporary offices at Lib��ration newspaper.. Referring to the ���Je Suis Charlie��� slogans in support of its slain cartoonists that have circled the globe, he said: ���A Je Suis Charlie banner means you have the right to criticise my religion, because its not serious.���.. Examples: [Collected via e-mail, January 2015].
Are Frances shocking cartoons hurtful or beneficial to minorities?
The cartoons from the magazine Charlie Hebdo were shocking enough to one group ��� terrorists ��� that they murdered the creators of those images. But are these images, which tend to draw on crude ethnic stereotypes to ridicule Muslim figures (including.
Terrorist Ends Canadas Innocence
. and the building was promptly locked down. According to local Canadian press reports, a gunman wounded a security guard on Parliament Hill before he was shot by the sergeant-at-arms. A Globe and Mail reporter posted on YouTube a harrowing video of .
French left wing satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo attacked.
This was a very specifically political set of killings - Charlie Hebdo ran a long series of cariacatures of Mohammed, produced an issue supposedly edited by Mohammed, reprinted some of the Danish cartoons that caused so much controversy, etc... This seems a good time to recall the history of the Grande Mosqu��e de Paris, built as a token of gratitude to Muslims who died fighting for France in the First World War, and whose rector Si Khaddour Bengghrabit helped��.
#JeSuisCharlie Anger, Grief and Solidarity #CharlieHebdo
���Everyone is shocked: the cartoonists Charb, Cabu, Wolinski, Tignous ��� we grew up with them. Half of France grew up with them,��� said one man, who did not want to be named and, like many in the crowd, was close to tears.
Does #CharlieHebdo offer the rest of us a teachable moment
Personal faith has long since been firmly relegated to the private domain. The Canadian Heer expounds further on the outworking of that fracture in the Globe and Mail: in France itself, Islam is the religion of the marginalized,��.
Why I am not Charlie ��� Mondoweiss
He writes, Theres a perfectly good reason not to republish the cartoons that has nothing to do with cowardice or caution. I refuse to post them. ���The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges,��� Anatole France wrote; satire that wounds both the powerful and the weak does so with different effect. Saying the. Satire has always fed on distaste for minorities, marginal peoples, traditional or fading ways of life. Adorno said: ���All��.
Why I am not Charlie | a paper bird
Theres a perfectly good reason not to republish the cartoons that has nothing to do with cowardice or caution. I refuse to post them because I think theyre racist and offensive. I can support your right to publish something, and��.
Reasonable accommodation - Libcom
But three days after the Dawson College shooting, Toronto journalist Jan Wong (for reasons best known to her alone) sparked heated controversy in her Globe and Mail column. She pointed out that the three school shootings��.