June 3, 2023, 6:13 pm 1 comments in the last day.
Disconnecting War from Its Consequences.

Twenty-two years ago, Congress put sanity up for a vote. Sanity lost in the House, 420-1. It lost in the Senate, 98-0. Barbara Lee’s lone vote for sanity remains a tiny light of courageous hope flickering in a chaotic world.

December 17, 2013, 1:04 pm 1 comments in the last day.
Vietnam Executives Receive Death Penalty for Embezzlement.

Vietnam on Monday sentenced two former top executives at scandal-hit national shipping company Vinalines to death for embezzlement as authorities try to allay rising public anger over corruption. State-owned Vinalines nearly collapsed under some US$3 billion of debt, according to official media, in one of several high profile scandals at large state-run companies which are a pillar of the economy.