Charges filed against ex-dictator Jean-Claude `Baby Doc’ Duvalier THONY BELIZAIRE / STAFF Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier is arrested January 18 2011 by police in the Karibe Hotel in Port-au-Prince. Police took Duvalier from his hotel Tuesday and headed to the prosecutor’s office, witnesses said Tuesday. The ousted president, who made a surprise…
It is not that we need more proof that editorial cartooning (with the exception of Reason.com’s Bok, Payne, and Stantis) is the lowest of all art forms, but here you go, a week’s worth of doodling by the Arizona Republic’s Steve Benson, who is, of course, a Pulitzer Prize winner. On January 9, the day after the horrifying…
The First WikiLeaks Revolution Tunisians didn’t need any more reasons to protest when they took to the streets these past weeks — food prices were rising, corruption was rampant, and unemployment was staggering. But we might also count Tunisia as the first time that WikiLeaks pushed people over the brink. These protests are also about…
Brazil, and not the U.S., is the main cop on the beat.
Sarkozy has the Dollar on his mind
Giffords Certain to Survive and holding her own, Says Doc Gabrielle Giffords’ doctor said on Tuesday that her chances for survival are 100 percent and that it’s likely that “she’s not going to be in a vegetative state.” She’s currently breathing on her own and is “progressing as expected” with “no issues or problems.” She…
“Failures of the humanitarian relief system to stem cholera epidemic deaths in Haiti”
The Palestine-Israel conflict is no pesky regional skirmish. This century-long battle over territory threatens to draw the entire global community into its bowels if it is not dealt with soon, and the only way out of the current paralysis is to kill the “peace process” once and for all. There is no other way to…