Giving Honor to the Dreamer
By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Had he lived to see January 15th, 2014 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 85 years-old. He would have witnessed the death of […]
Why plural marriages make sense
Source: CNN I am sure that many marriage equality opponents reading this are shouting “I told you so!” as their predictions that plural marriage would follow same-sex marriage come nightmarishly true. Many grew up as I did, in a time and place where the single-wage-earner nuclear family was the unquestioned […]
Task Force Report Urges Municipalities to Stop Hiding Fiscal Troubles
WASHINGTON — After years of painful service cuts and devastating bankruptcies, culminating in the financial collapse of Detroit, state and local governments are being urged to stop using budget gimmicks that obscure the true extent of their money problems. On Tuesday, the State Budget Crisis Task Force released its final […]
‘The Americans Lied’: Trans-Atlantic ‘No-Spy’ Deal on the Rocks
Last summer, German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised her citizens a pact which would prohibit US spying on German citizens. But since then, Washington has shown little interest in pursuing such a treaty. Now, officials in Germany fear the deal is dead. Failed talks? Hardly. The negotiations “are continuing,” says Germany’s […]
Quran ‘forbids’ violence to spread Islam: 9/11 mastermind
ET: WASHINGTON: The self-proclaimed mastermind of the September 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has released a manifesto claiming that the Quran forbids the use of violence to spread Islam. The document, published Tuesday by The Huffington Post and Britain’s Channel 4 News, marks Mohammed’s first public communication since 2009, when the US government officially […]
Judge says US blundered in barring Muslim academic
A Malaysian architecture professor won a legal challenge that sought removal of her name from the US government’s no-fly list. A federal judge in San Francisco said Tuesday in a brief, two-page court filing that the government’s inclusion of Rahinah Ibrahim on the list was a mistake, AP reports. US […]
Siri’s Religious Beliefs: Does Your iPhone Believe In God?
Huff Post: by Yasmine Hafiz — My iPhone can do almost anything. But could it help me find God? An interview with Siri, the virtual assistant inside many Apple products, reveals that the spiritual teacher you’ve been looking for may have been in your pocket all along. After watching the excellent Spike Jonez […]
Qur’an Exhibition at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Epigraph Will they not, then, meditate upon the Qur’an? Had it been from anyone other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much disagreement and contradictions. (Al Quran 4:83) […]
We know it can kill us: Why people still smoke
Source: CNN: (CNN) — Smoking can kill you. We’ve known that for at least 50 years — and yet millions still smoke, and thousands more pick up the habit every year. Why? Their stories involve strong addictions, passionate defiance — and billions spent to make people act against their own best […]
Everything was political
Source: The Economist: ALWAYS keep an eye on the quiet ones. Robert Gates, a Washington veteran who served as George W. Bush’s final defence secretary and stayed on as Barack Obama’s first, has written an incendiary memoir that belies his reputation as an inscrutable, unflappable team player (Team Obama […]
Only Obama can fix a broken U.S. foreign policy process
Story Summary January 13, 2014 12:48 AM By David Ignatius The Daily Star Reading the devastating memoir by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, people are likely to ask the same troubling questions that emerge from the morning newspapers these days: How did the Obama administration’s foreign-policy process get so broken, […]
Innocent Muslims subject to outrageous persecution at Gitmo: Analyst
CTV: Inmates in the US-held notorious Guantanamo Prison are facing one of the most outrageous persecutions in history, an analyst tells Press TV in an interview. “It is one of […]
‘12 years too many’: US activists mark Gitmo anniversary by rallying for closure
Saturday marks twelve years since the first detainees arrived at Guantanamo Bay prison on January 11, 2002. On the anniversary US human rights activists marched to the White House demanding the facility’s closure. This time, the annual Day of Action to shut Guantanamo down comes as quite a number of […]
Gerald Celente’s 2014 Predictions War, Financial Crisis in Q2 & Gold Prices Going Up
Published on Dec 29, 2013 http://usawatchdog.com/2014-middle-ea… Gerald Celente, Publisher of The Trends Journal, predicts, “Absent the war card, I think we will see a financial crisis before the end of the second quarter of 2014.” Celente sums up what he sees in 2014 as “a year of extremes.” Join Greg Hunter as […]
Dr. Daud Rahbar-Tribute to a great scholar and writer
Excluded genius Ahmad Khan TFT Issue: 10 Jan 2014 TheFridaytimes.com Ahmed Khan pays tribute to the recently deceased Daud Rahbar, the great scholar and writer who was exiled from Pakistan for speaking his mind Daud Rahbar This year, on 31 December 2013, as Zia Mohyeddin read from the letters […]
One-way mission to Mars
75 Canadians in the running for a one-way mission to Mars The Globe & Mail: Dozens of star-struck Canadians are surprised, excited and brimming with confidence after reaching the next […]
More of the jobless are giving up on finding work
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The unemployment rate fell to 6.7% in December — the first time it’s been below 7% in five years. But the drop was for all the wrong reasons. The rate fell because many people got fed up, stopped looking for work and dropped out of the labor […]
Survey reveals how people in Muslim nations believe women should dress
CTV: A chart illustrating what people in Muslim countries think women should wear in public is being met with both fascination and derision. The chart was created by the Pew […]
Obama solicits views on NSA changes
Source: USA Today President Obama heard from congressional lawmakers Thursday about possible changes to government surveillance programs, and he’s on track to unveil his plan in the next two and […]
York University student refuses to study with female classmates
York University professor who refused student’s request to be separated from female classmates broke ‘obligation to accommodate’: officials Republish Reprint- National Post Toronto Tristin Hopper | January 8, 2014 | Last Updated: Jan 9 7:40 AM ET More from Tristin Hopper | @TristinHopper http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/01/08/york-university-professor-who-refused-students-request-to-be-separated-from-female-classmates-broke-obligation-to-accommodate-officials/ After refusing to honour a male student’s […]