Each day we offer a sample of headlines that appeared in the world press along with our comments.
UK, The Independent: “Israel-Killing Hamas Leader Not Murder”
I assume from the Israel perspective killing a Hamas leader is like killing a non-human. Gee, I heard this argument about sixty years ago when used against Jews.
Denmark, [...]

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President Obama and Admiral Mike Mullen support the proposal of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates that the infamous “don’t Ask, don’t Tell” policy should end and gays and lesbians be allowed to openly serve in the military. At present gays and lesbians are allowed to die for their nation as long as they keep their [...]

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Following are comments thought by individuals but never spoken in public.
RUDY GIULIANI: God, imagine if was elected and had to deal with that economic stuff. Oh well, somehow I would have worked saving New York into something.
MCDONALD’S EXECUTIVE: I got it, we will be the only Kosher fast food place in the world. Blintzes [...]

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Democrats have large majorities in the House and Senate but continue behaving like a minority party. The latest episode was the ridiculous performance of Senator Bunning of Kentucky who refused to allow a vote on needed extension of unemployment. OK, so there is a silly rule that allows one Senator to block the other 99. [...]

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Governor David Patterson of New York is a nice man, a decent person, and among the most ineffectual individuals ever to become governor of the state. He works a 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. day and just try getting him when he is at home in the evening. Several weeks ago a plane crashed in Buffalo, and [...]

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Nations are displaying the best and brightest of their athletes in the Olympics this winter. Each goes wild with joy as an athlete from their country wins a gold or silver or bronze medal. If the cost of the Olympics was added up, it would reach the billions given years of training and expenditures to [...]

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Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared before a group of Saudi students who were asked to pose questions. Mariyam Mavi, a student at a Jeddah college, came to the session with classmates and asked the US leader a question that apparently created a problem for the Secretary of State. She asked Clinton [...]

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The divide between American policy in Afghanistan and nations of Europe apparently is growing wider as witness the collapse of the Netherlands government over this issue. Durch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende declared the end of his coalition government over the issue of whether 2,000 Dutch troops should be evacuated from Afghanistan. Twenty one Dutch [...]

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In 2006, Senator John McCain expressed his views regarding the presence of gays and lesbians in this manner: “The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, ‘Senator, we ought to change the policy, then I think we ought to consider seriously changing it.” OK, the head of the Joint Chiefs [...]

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Each day we offer a sample of headlines that appeared in the world press along with our comments.
Pakistsan, Pakistan Daily Times: “Clinton Says US Has No Interest In Occupying Afghanistan”
We just want to spend a decade or so gazing at the scenery.
Indonesia, Jakarta Post: “Cradle To Grave”
No health [...]

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