It seems so long ago now. The fear, the anxiety, the dark alleys of Laayoune. I met the Sahrawi human rights activist, Ahmed Sbai, in the outskirts of this wasted city, in the Eraki neighborhood where the marginalized live in bland block apartments. A week ago now, maybe even less. The days pass by in […]
As Georgetown's Center for National Security Law notes, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four men who stand accused of helping him plan the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon offered to plead guilty today in front of a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay. However, U.S. Army Colonel Stephen Henley, the presiding judge, […]
How can you help underprivileged children? Here are 25 ways for you to help make a child's life better this year. Why not pick a few off the list, or pick one that you can make a yearlong project and get a head start on your New Years Resolution! Donate new blankets to children in homeless […]
The enmity between the United States and Cuba is well known and is unlikely to change anytime soon, as least on a government-to-government level. This report from NBC News notes that lower-level private approaches may succeed in establishing new links between the two countries. If you are interested in digging deeper, this panel report from […]
While thousands of delegates and interested parties from all over the world start their second week of deliberations and meetings in Poznan, the EU has been laying the groundwork for a summit at the end of this week in Brussels. In January, the European Commission agreed to work toward an ambitious program of a 20% […]
Eid al-Adha “Festival of Sacrifice” is a religious festival celebrated by Muslims (including the Druze) worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael as an act of obedience to God. However, God provided a ram in place once Ibrahim demonstrated his willingness to follow God's commands. At Eid al-Adha, Muslims make […]
Today is a very holy day for Muslims around the world. Nearly three million Muslims have gone yesterday to Mount Ararat during the annual hajj pilgrimage, and today is Eid al-Adha. In English, it is called "Feast of the Sacrifice." The majority of pilgrims have been praying for the forgiveness of their sins, but of […]
SOMALIA: “Highest levels of malnutrition in the world”. "Somalia has the highest levels of malnutrition in the world", with up to 300,000 children acutely malnourished annually, Hilde Frarfjord Johnson, UNICEF's deputy executive director, said. Anaemic mothers and inadequate nutrition were the main causes of high malnutrition levels in the war-torn country, she said, with most […]
Yesterday I brought you a quote from Epictetus, and it had me thinking of his Philosophical teachings. As a philosopher, Epictetus believed all external events are are out of one's control, and decided by fate, but that we are responsible for our own actions. He believed that suffering came from trying to control the uncontrollable, […]
Coal Mining Debris Rule Is Approved is the story from the "NY Times" earlier this week. National environmental groups and regional groups like the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition were, understandably, up in arms. The NRDC, for instance, said in their release: "The EPA's concurrence and approval of this defective rule governing coal mining is ecologically […]
“Only the educated are free.” -Epictetus (a Greek Stoic philosopher, most likely born a slave). An empty classroom is surely a sad sight, and the sight of a child denied an education not only brings tears to one's eyes, but enslaves nations. Children are denied an education due to poverty, war, disability…and those who do […]
Media reports late Friday said five security guards with Blackwater USA were told to surrender to the FBI by Monday to face manslaughter charges stemming from a 2007 shooting incident in Iraq. Security contractors fired in response to alleged hostile fire during the Sept. 16 escort of a State Department official, killing 17 Iraqis. FBI […]
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