Social activist Anna Hazare took a more aggressive stand against the government on Wednesday as he observed his one-day fast against the police eviction of Baba Ramdev and his supporters from Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan festival grounds. Speaking at Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial to an assembly of mostly urban elites Mr. Hazare first condemned the incident on […]
Rep. Anthony Weiner struggled to explain how a picture of somebody’s bulging underwear briefly appeared on his Twitter account, claiming in a back-to-back string of interviews that he was clearly hacked – but hinting the photograph could have been an image of him. “I have photographs. I don’t know what photographs are out there in […]
Now that it is official that Mike Huckabee will not be running for President in 2012. What is going on “behind the scenes” well it looks like The Donald and Mike are more than just acquaintances. They are developing into a political heavyweight combo. At every opportunity on the stump Donald Trump is waxing lyrical […]
Former Sixth District Georgia Congressman Newt Gingrich announced his candidacy Wednesday via Twitter, as anticipated, and followed up with an appearance on Fox’s The Sean Hannity Show, during which he said President Barrack Obama will say whatever it takes to become president again because he can’t win on the truth, abcnews.com reports. “He can’t afford […]
Herman Cain emerged from the first GOP Presidential Debate as a statesman, a man of courage, and a leader who is in charge. Herman Cain commanded the debate stage with poise, confidence, and an articulate delivery. Herman Cain entered the debate on Thursday night as a dark horse candidate with little name recognition and virtually […]
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Freedom Riders campaign – white activists who were determined to strike a blow for civil rights. On May 4, 1961, they boarded buses bound for New Orleans, intent on challenging segregation laws along the way. At the time, a federal law mandated that all […]
I am revolted by the religious and political bigotry at work in this country. An example of this is the Republican-proposed provision in the House budget that would deny federal money to Planned Parenthood. It was recently tacked on to legislation that was approved almost six weeks ago. Proponents hoped that Democrats would sign off […]
The dark shadow of a government shutdown is hanging over Capitol Hill and congressional offices are planning for the worst – like what to do with the more than one million government-issued BlackBerry cell phones. Memos are starting to go out informing staffers if they are ‘essential’ or not, and rumors of collection bins for […]
The Koran-burning fixation of Florida pastor Terry Jones is so deranged and irresponsible that he stands as a one-man excuse for contemplating the downsides of the First Amendment. Jones has turned freedom of speech into a provocation for murder. He has done so knowingly and with reckless disregard for human life. He shares responsibility for […]
In his first comments, Aristide mostly avoided overtly political issues but stressed the importance of including all Haitians in national life. He did mention the ‘exclusion’ of his Fanmi Lavalas party, Haiti’s biggest, which was barred from registering its own candidate for the elections. “We condemn all kinds of violence so that the education of […]