Enough with utopia, back to reality (WMDs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

James R. Schlesinger, a man with a lot of experience in U.S. and global politics, is trying to open our eyes about the reality of the nuclear weapons and their use.

Should we really stay away from Wikipedia???

Wikipedia is probably the most popular online encyclopedia. In fact, few would think of something else first when trying to make the connection with the name ‘online encyclopedia’. Wikimedia has taken good care of making sure that no other similar project would compete with theirs for the most part by having Wikipedia available in as many languages as possible.

“Letters from Nuremberg” is a must read

The book consists of chapters that are explained in their very beginning – in a half a page of summary – with the rest of them consisting of the letters that Thomas J. Dodd, Senator Dodd’s father, wrote to Grace, his beloved wife. In the beginning the book is not as interesting as expected: Tom Dodd had been compaining to his wife that the trial had been slown down too often and for too long mainly because of the Russians but also because of the French and the British to some extent.

Pat Buchanan supports Barack Obama??? So do I.

Pat Buchanan surprised me with his Townhall column entry where he expressed support for President Obama’s stance on what is happening in Iran. I didn’t expect that, as on a Hardball issue several weeks ago he supported former Vice-President Richard Cheney on his speech against the same person he is now defending.

Presidential elections in Iran – to worry or not to worry

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has won the election, according to the poll results so far. In fact, the Iranian electoral commission has already announced that he has won by about 63% of the vote, thus avoiding runoff elections. Is this a disturbing message to the future of the country and its democracy? What about the world?

Sonia Sotomayor’s “poor word choice”

When I switch on the TV, listen to the radio, or read news and opinions on the Internet recently, I often come across with a strange opinion on Judge Sotomayor’s two statements back in 1994 and 2001. I may not like her, but I can’t see a reasonable explanation about the negative reactions to the revelation of her two almost identical statements made in 1994 and 2001.

Pakistan balkanized

Pakistan has often been mentioned in the news but since last month the media’s attention on the country has significantly increased.  For that period of time, there has rarely been a day when the media have not brought us important news about Pakistan, but in the meantime they can’t be unimportant – especially since the Taliban have taken control of the Swat Valley and other regions there, as you can see on the map.

John Payton: Test was discriminatory

Something fishy in the New Haven case???

The reverse discrimination New Haven case that analysts are currently following is famous for one more interesting fact as well. It has often been discussed for the last couple of weeks that Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who was one of the judges at the appellate level who decided on that case, is at the top of many published lists of likely Obama [U.S. Supreme Court] nominees. She decided the case in favor of the City of New Haven or in other words – against the firefighters.

Hardball with Chris Matthews on the New Haven “affirmative action” case