NASA’s remote sensing instrument, ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer), has taken a remotely sensed image of the massive chunk of ice which calved off of the Petermann Glacier in western Greenland on August 5. ASTER is a high-resolution sensor on board the Terra satellite which scans the entire surface of the earth […]
By now nearly every media outlet has written up comments about General David Petraeus’s interview with David Gregory on Meet the Press. Indeed, I have as well, in my other role as way-ward political artist. For now, though I’d like comment on General Petraeus’ deeply analytical understanding of the current situation in Afghanistan. Mr. Gregory […]
The next wave of casualties stemming for the recent flood in Pakistan will sweep along the public health disaster waiting just beyond this hour, today. The 20 million affected by the massive, surging, nearly country-wide flood are now optioning across a ready-made menu of likely epidemics. At least one individual has been diagnosed a victim […]
The BBC reports that along with the national security portfolio, the Bangladeshi army is now encroaching on the civilian government’s major writ to spur on commercial activity. Through interests in commercial banking and the hospitality industry, food production and textiles, the Army is branching out as a leader in Bangladesh’s economy. The BBC reportages suggest […]
So, I realize that when I set out to write this blog I intended to do a lot of writing about Syria’s international position. However, I also wanted to do pieces about domestic issues and things that shed light on what life was like here. Well I haven’t done nearly enough of that so far, […]
Last Monday, August 9, 2010, Rwanda’s incumbent President Paul Kagame scored another landslide similar to his margin of victory in 2003. In Namibia, the ruling Swapo party smashed a fifth tsunami-like victory this past November. South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC), the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the Liberation Front of […]
International friendlies in the immediate aftermath of the World Cup have to mean the least of all friendlies. Nonetheless, Bafana Bafana defeating Ghana’s Black Stars 1-0 in Pitso Mosimane’s coaching debut has to mean something, right?
At a conference on Wednesday, President Calderón asked prosecutors and judges turned the tables on those used to asking the questions. Why were so few of those arrested for violent crimes in Mexico being punished? Documents obtained by the Associated Press indicate that only about 15 percent of those arrested between December 2006 and September […]
Its been 2 weeks since the floods began and only today, after his lukewarm and somewhat unnecessary European tour, President Asif Ali Zardari came to see the devastation in person. T.V. footage wasn’t quite immediate enough, you see. And though he came to visit, and the state run stations ran the footage, curiously the footage […]
Two grim stories are continuing to develop in Central Africa. In Rwanda, just a couple of days after Paul Kagame’s practically pre-ordained re-election a grenade went off in Kigali, wounding a score of people. It is not yet known if the attack is connected to the election, which observers noted was free of violence, though […]
The latest Gallup poll measuring the American public’s approval/disapproval of President Obama on a series of issues came out today and the Afghan numbers are downright depressing. A strong majority, 57% disapprove of the President’s handling of the situation in Afghanistan, with only 36% approving. These numbers rival the President’s low ratings for health care and […]
If it seems like the pace of events has been accelerating since Hassan Nasrallah announced that he expects Hizballah members to be indicted in the Hariri Tribunal, it has. Immediately, leaders from Saudi Arabia and Syria rushed to Beirut to calm the situation. Shortly after they left town, an Israeli commander was killed by the […]
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