Is the US Senate edging towards the old-style collaboration, where people of different political persuasions actually try to pass necessary legislation? The good news is that Sen. Charles Schumer, a Democrat, has been quietly working in cooperation with Sen. Lamar Alexander, Republic, from Tennessee, to secure equal time for debate and freedom to offer amendments …
A new law ready for Karzai to sign allows men to attack their wives, children and sisters without fear of judicial punishment. This will legalize so-called “honor ” killings, forced marriage and domestic abuse once again. The law effectively silences both victims and potential witnesses. In the past year the Afghan parliament has cut the …
“I must apologise to the Germans. They are about to suffer an avalanche of often sickening Great War memorabilia, often at their expense. The centenary of the War is already flooding the TV schedules before the date of its outbreak. History bestseller lists focus on little else: there are no fewer than 8,000 titles on …
It took 800 years from the date of the Magna Carta to the present for the democratic principles bsed onthe freedom of the individual to grow and mature among the English speaking people. It is a great irony that the creators of democracy have become its executioners. Until the collapse of the Soviet Union, visitors …
“Patriotism is your conviction that your country is superior to all others because you were born in it”. (George Bernard Shaw) Maybe, but there is nothing wrong with that – it is human and part of our tribal make-up. What is bad news is nationalism, which is the aggressive face of patriotism, based on ignorance …
