Americas

Report: Cancer will be No. 1 killer in U.S.

http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/world/2014/02/04/who-cancer-report-acs-otis-brawley-intv.cnn By Jacque Wilson, updated 9:11 AM EDT, Tue March 11, 2014 (CNN) — In 16 years, cancer will become the leading cause of death in the United States, surpassing heart disease, according to a new report from the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The number of new cancer cases is expected to increase […]

The intelligent citizen

Source: Aljazeera Political crises around the world are casting doubt on representative democracy and the Western model of government. A quarter century after the demise of the Soviet Union, and declarations about the inevitability of liberal democracies, that paradigm is under serious threat. From the economic crises in Europe, to […]

US ‘top ten lies’ list, Russia fires back

Source: TOI RUSSIA: Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs was not amused by the unorthodox statement from the US State Department under the title “President Putin’s Fiction: 10 False Claims About Ukraine,” which purported to rebut a series of assertions by Vladimir Putin in the eye-catching format of a top-10 list. The foreign […]

Religion may not survive the Internet

Salon.com: As we head into a new year, the guardians of traditional religion are ramping up efforts to keep their flocks—or, in crass economic terms, to retain market share.  Some Christians have turned to soul searching while others have turned to marketing. Last fall, the LDS church spent millions on billboards, bus […]