Americas

Coming to Terms With the American Empire

Source: Stratfor: “Empire” is a dirty word. Considering the behavior of many empires, that is not unreasonable. But empire is also simply a description of a condition, many times unplanned and rarely intended. It is a condition that arises from a massive imbalance of power. Indeed, the empires created on […]

What Is Politics?

It’s regrettable that we have elected bigots, racists, supremacists and idiots into these august houses. So to break the sorrow, have a good laugh. Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. ~Oscar […]

Portrait of Ahmadiyya Muslim Founder A.S. on the eve of Annual Conference at Harvard University.

Source:Harvard University. The Seventh Annual Alwaleed Conference, Intra-Muslim Relations: Contemporary Trends in Contexts, will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 11 and 12, 2015, in the Belfer Case Study Room, CGIS South Lower Level at 1730 Cambridge St. in Cambridge. The conference will convene scholars, activists, religious leaders, artists, […]