Politics
Sykes-Picot Drew Lines in the Middle East’s Sand That Blood is Washing Away
By Michael Williams | Reuters
Last week British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond said the struggle against Islamic State was “effectively Iraq’s last chance as nation state.”
That somber...
The Founding Fathers’ Belief in Tolerance and Islam – Craig Considine
Chief Justice of Alabama has turned his back on the very idea of America. The great motto of the US government, E Pluribus Unum, means...
My Father Was Killed by a Computer, Says 7-Year-Old Afghan Child
I have been thinking hard about Imal, about whether anyone would hear him, when few among the elites who declare wars and order drone...
The Price of Papal Popularity – Patrick Buchanan
The Catholic Church is not the Democratic Party where principled positions on abortion, homosexuality and same-sex marriage “evolve.” And since when did flexibility in...
The Illusion of Democracy in Pakistan – S Iftikhar Murshed
The parliamentary form of government is founded on a system of checks and balances, which is acutely missing in Pakistan. This is at the...