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Gaddafi Flashback: The AIDS Option

‘Why not invite Qaddafi to San Francisco, he likes to dress up so much?’ - Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz

(ISTANBUL) - Back in 1986, The Washington Post reported on a meeting at the White House, attended by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Secretary of State George P. Shultz, about ways to undermine the regime of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi.

Events and Protests this Week Support World Peace

Join fellow Oregon and SW Washington residents who support Palestine.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - A number of world solidarity events will be held this week in Portland. Tuesday will see the screening of Battle of Algiers, on Wednesday there will be a Teach-in to Keep Public Education Public!.

Weekend events include: We Are One: A Peaceful protest in Solidarity with the people of Libya. Sunday, Protest! The Annual Oregon AIPAC Event will raise awareness over Israel's right wing policies of occupation, settlement expansion, and apartheid.

The Enigma of the Giants

The Russians have their Almastis, in the Himalayas it is the 'Yeti', within China it is known as the 'Chaing Mi', there is the 'Mie Tie' of Malaysia, and the 'Kiboornee' of New Guinea...

(SALEM, Ore.) - Society's sphere of influence is like a campfire in the darkness, and we peer beyond the circle of light into the unknown.

Beyond where the roads have ended, and only the brave and curious continue into the shadows of the forest, there are furtive sounds that cannot be explained, and cunning movements we cannot follow.

What Is Modern Day Progressivism?

Perhaps, it is time for the progressive movement to re-brand itself so American voters can better understand what "progressive" means.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Political campaigns have been compared to marketing campaigns for products where the candidates market themselves to the voters using modern marketing techniques such as market research, advertising, branding, product differentiation, product placement, and often, disparaging Brand X, the other product.

`Inside Job` Wins Oscar, But Will Financial Reform Be Gutted?

Congressional Attacks on Funding Could Cripple Protections for Consumers, Economy.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Tonight’s Best Documentary win for “Inside Job” serves as a reminder of the critical importance of financial reform even as implementation of reform is under attack by congressional Republicans seeking to cut off funding, policy experts at The Greenlining Institute said tonight.

Bahrain Bleeds for Liberty

-"No Sunni, no Shiite, we are Bahraini!"

(LONDON) - Just before the Arab revolt erupted across the region there was much talk about how minorities in the Middle East we being mistreated.

Of course such concerns were not unfounded, but many vocal critics never really cared for finding real solutions nor did they give much attention to the plight of minorities elsewhere around the world.

Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie

And as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in hell
Could break that Satan's spell...

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Americans are losing it—in fact, may have already lost it—democracy, that is.

There are those who argue for American exceptionalism and on this point I will yield. The United States was the first new country to come out of the 18th century Enlightenment but it was founded under the false pretences of rationalism—the belief that reason and rationality can govern human society.

`Singularity` Movement Seeks Human Immortality

Now the formal recognition of a movement towards immortality has arrived. The movement has been in existence for decades, but has never had a name. TIME staff and editors have christened the proponents of life everlasting as the "Singularitists."

(CHICAGO) - During the first decade of the 21st Century the drive to achieve human immortality has picked up steam.

`Raymond Davis` - Can Imran Khan Save America`s Relationship With Pakistan?

Davis was arrested as a criminal, a murderer. Truth is, he is simply the one caught “holding the bag.”

(CINCINNATI) - The standoff between the United States and Pakistan over the arrest of contractor Raymond Davis is not going to be solved unless both nations take a step into that “no man’s land” of trust and honesty.

There is no question about diplomatic status, this was a clumsy mistake made by State Department officials in Washington who had little or no understanding of the legal and political issues at stake.

Will The Arab Revolutions Finally Penetrate the US Echo Chamber?

Alastair Crooke, a veteran British diplomat and author, wisely reminds us that echo chambers are extremely difficult to penetrate.

(CHICAGO) - The revolutions that began in Tunisia, continued in Egypt and now threaten Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, are spreading throughout the Middle East. Perhaps, one day, the revolution may even engulf Palestine.