Women We Need: Towards a More Female-centred Foreign Policy
We may have accepted in principle that politics should include both women and men, but this has not been adequately applied to foreign and security policy.
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I implored Arabs to shop at stores that can help you dress "white" like Banana Republic -- the Mecca of clothing for white people. But now I'm here to tell everyone to ignore that advice in light of today's news.
The New Second Amendment: A Bark Worse Than Its Right
In June, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling on the Second Amendment right to bear arms, D.C. v. Heller. So far, the victory hasn't turned out exactly as the gun rights folks had hoped.
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Israel, Stop! Just. Stop.
Killing lots of people on the other side is not only ineffective, it is counterproductive. It hurts your cause. It gets more of your own people killed in the long run. Israel, you are so better than this.
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Not Another Word on Gay Marriage Until They Execute an Adulterer
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Israel's Extensive PR Campaign
Last Friday, at the height of the attacks, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced without a hint of irony: "We are peace seekers."
In Defense of the White Ribbon
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Where is Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson? I know people dislike them but they do seem to bring more attention to these situations like they did with the Jena 6 case.
This situation is so sad and makes me angry. I just hope if at all possible people can maintain their cool, we really don't need another riot like the LA riots.
Cop should be arrested. Anyone who rioted shoudl be arrested as well
Word on the street is the cop meant to pull his taser and pulled the pistol instead. Is there any validity to this possibility?
I'm generally not one to defend police EVER, but I feel terrible for the officer if it really was such a stupid mistake. Perhaps he should be charged with involuntary manslaughter, if that is the case. Otherwise, he should rot in jail.
Bad cops are a fact of life, I think it's impossible to weed them all out and still maintain any sort of a police force.
If not for the videos, this shooting like so many others would be ruled justified -- based on whatever story the officer came up with. These guys don't deserve the slightest sympathy.