Palestine Prepares for Statehood – Part 1

Hiba, a young university student in Ramallah dominates the conversation with dreams of her country’s future, and confidence her generation will build a new nation that is equal to any other in the world. This is the new Palestine.

Deserving Sympathy: Kashmir in Question

Kashmir is perceived by India as a crowning glory never to be given up. The neighbor, Pakistan, grudges this beautiful piece of paradise as legitimately belonging to them on account of the Muslim majority but India cleverly had snatched it away. Kashmir, under a Hindu Maharaja, on the eve of India’s independence in 1947 was forcibly made to join India.

AIDS Orphans: A Generation At Risk

The most devastating effect on the world’s children, as the HIV/AIDS pandemic continues to spread around the world, has been the alarming increase in the number of children who have been orphaned by the disease particularly in the developing world. Children orphaned by AIDS are not like orphans whose parents died from other diseases. HIV ultimately makes people ill but it runs an unpredictable course.

Osama Bin Laden Got a Burial At Sea – Gaddafi Gets a Las Vegas Mafia Style Burial in the Desert

When our special forces went in and took out Osama bin Laden, they cleaned him up little bit, verified his DNA, and gave him a proper burial at sea. A Viking burial if you will, well not exactly, but you get the point? They dropped him into the ocean, and I assume that was the end of it.

Should Families of Slain Arab Spring Protestors Get an Additional Vote for the New Government?

Any time a government is overthrown, there is a chance that society and civilization will break down, and be thrown into utter chaos. The Arab Spring has already produced many such instances. And, it appears that the protests and riots may turn into the Arab Fall and an Arab Winter before all of this is over.

So How Is Democracy and Constitutional Freedom Doing in the World – Nicaragua Election

It seems sometimes it takes generations of game playing to bring democracy or a free Republic government to a war torn nation-state, and then in a blink of an eye, it’s all gone again, such are the scattered stories throughout the annals of human history, but why I ask? Why is this so common and why is it that when a corrupt regime does fall that those re-entrusted to take the helm turn out to me no better, sometimes worse. All the blood, sweat, and tears for not.

Islam and the Regressive Back Tracking of Freedom for Women Debated

Over the years, many of us have read books on Islam, life in Islamic Countries, and living under Islamic Law, Sharia Law, and what life is like in various sects of the Muslim Religion. We, as Americans have also learned a lot, some more than they had cared too about the culture which is so foreign to them. Our military, diplomats, and corporations have also been widely involved with Islamic Nations in trade, mostly due to our oil purchases.

Greeks Learn From Babe Ruth – Big Papi Plays Hardball With the EU

Things looked so rosy…for almost a whole day. Last Thursday Big Papi, no not the Red Sox slugger but George Papandreou the Prime Minister of Greece, is playing hardball, but finally agreed to a deal with the European Union sending stocks soaring worldwide. And in keeping in good fashion with this Bipolar market, Papi triggered an upheaval yesterday by backing away from the deal so as to hold a referendum with his parliament on the rescue package.

Is a Big Change in the Future for the United States?

Is our nation at a turning point in history? Are the momentous events in the Arab countries, in Myanmar, and in China a prelude to a different world? Are we facing 1,000 years of peace as foretold by ancient prophets?

China’s Space Station Bungalow – No Toilet and a Little Cramped

The international space station is longer than an Airbus A380 and weighs nearly half a million pounds, yes it is a rather impressive technological feat for humankind. Of course, not to be outdone the Chinese are now trying their hand at this game of orbiting space stations. They are putting up their own version of our ISS.