International Political Will

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded last week to Muhammed Yunus, a Bangladeshi economist and founder of the microcredit system. By loaning small amounts of money at advantageous rates to groups of impoverished women, he spearheaded the beginning of a major movement in the war on poverty throughout the world.
But consider the [...]

It has become accepted wisdom in America that the so-called “war on terror” is a “clash of civilizations,” a label affixed by those that see the world in strict dichotomies of good versus evil. But religious absolutes serve as both a convenient battle cry as well as a distraction from genuine solutions.
The elite rulers [...]

When Americans’ lives, families, homes or property is threatened, they often turn to guns as a solution. After a streak of school shootings in the U.S., debate has begun about arming teachers to protect students.
The major news networks – always eager to suck in viewers regardless of the validity, ethics or appropriateness [...]

Perhaps the biggest obstacle to a well-informed and politically active American public is the “liberal media” and the tentacles of misinformation it spreads throughout daily life.
Americans are busy – usually trying to keep up with rising inflation, costs of living and health insurance while at the same time real wages have continued to [...]

Day in, day out, the “liberal media” in American just keeps on churning out misinformation and propaganda like the good little lapdogs they are.
Yesterday ABC News ended its nightly news broadcast with a story about “extreme golf.” A feel-good story about how things are improving in Afghanistan because some American named Paul MacNeill working [...]