US defense giant Raytheon has developed a controversial software that uses social networking sites to track your movements, able to predict where a person will be and their future behavior. The program has…
Category: Global Issues
Let’s Define Our Terms “Democracy” is NOT government. It is not freedom, it is not human rights, it is not universal values, it is not free speech or free press. It is not capitalism or…
Is North Korea’s recent nuclear test, its third, to be welcomed, lamented or condemned? It depends on your perspective. If you believe that a people should be able to organize their affairs free from foreign domination and interference; that the United States and its client government in Seoul have denied Koreans in the south that right and seek to deny Koreans in the north the same right; and that the best chance that Koreans in the north have for preserving their sovereignty is to build nuclear weapons to deter a US military conquest, then the test is to be welcomed. If you’re a liberal, you might believe that the United States should offer the DPRK (the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea’s official name) security guarantees in return for Pyongyang completely, permanently and verifiably eliminating its nuclear weapons program. If so, your position invites three questions.
The United States should reflect seriously on the latest nuclear test of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), which was caused by long-standing antagonism between the two countries, Chinese experts said. After…
Both are fully devoted, supported and promoted by the social media. Highly polarizing, both are fracturing any consensus. What is Lady Gaga (or similar sort of stage-acting à la Pussy Riot) for the human (gay)…
It’s no secret that journalists working for the bulk of mainstream news outlets seek to uncover and exploit every facet of gruesome events such as ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner’s apparent rampage or the December 2012…
“If a mandarinate ruled America, the recruiting committee on September 11 would have had to find someone like Cheney.” Washington Post author Barton Gellman in his book “Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency” Terrorism. Emergency…
Personal information uploaded by British computer users to cloud services such as Apple’s iCloud and Google’s Drive can be spied upon by US intelligence without the need to apply for a warrant, it has emerged….
132 Tunisians were killed in the Syrian city of Aleppo and the surrounding countryside. The Tunisians had been deployed to Syria to support the ongoing campaign by foreign backed insurgents, to conquer and secure Aleppo…
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) the Forerunner of the African Union (AU) Initiator: Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (MECAWI) Date: Saturday, May 25, 2013 Location: Detroit, Michigan…