International Political Will

Once again, Mumbai proved that letting a few voices in the media frame our values and fears is not the way to live peaceably with 20 million neighbors. It’s a lesson that, in a globalized world, the rest of us would do well to learn.
Shahrukh Khan, or SRK as he is often referred to for [...]

Part of the reason I like political comedians, like Jon Stewart or Bill Maher, is because they often use humor to expose truths.
Bill Maher’s documentary Religulous looks at extremism and its literal interpretations of scripture. He clearly is attempting to get viewers to reevaluate their beliefs and abandon religious extremism. Maher bemoans religion as unfounded [...]

Seven years after Sept. 11, 2001, American media still refuses to ask the most fundamental question that underlies any attempt at preventing a future attack:
Why did they do it?
We know the reasons spoon-fed to us by neo-conservatives whose apocalyptic vision of a Christian rapture preempts logic and reason:
[…cue ghostly screams and haunting music…]
Islam.
Last Saturday, NBC [...]