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Michelle Obama today faced a fresh wave of attacks over her lavish break in Spain with 40 friends, which could easily cost U.S. taxpayers a staggering £50,000 a day. The First Lady has been lambasted for her extravagance at a time when the economy is still struggling. One blogger went so far as to brand…
By Alexander Hotz Why WikiLeaks and the Mainstream Media Still Need Each Other Alexander Hotz is a freelance multimedia journalist and public radio junkie based in New York City. Currently he teaches digital media at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Follow Alex on Twitter at @hotzington. The July 25th release of 92,000 military documents…
Losing hearts and minds they never had By Clayton Swisher in Asia 82nd Airborne soldiers in Arghandab Photo by Tom Nicholson Fighting the Taliban in Arghandab – where much of its history is based – is like taking on the Italian Mafia in Sicily. As far as war goes in Afghanistan, it remains one of…
Neocons Hoping Israel Will Start a Fire the U.S. Will Be Forced to Put Out Justifying an Israeli bombing attack on Iran coincides with the opening of the new Israel lobby campaign marked by the introduction of House resolution 1553 expressing full support for such an Israeli attack. What is important to understand about this…
A Palestinian woman sits outside houses damaged in an explosion in the central Gaza Strip Aug. 2, 2010. Hamas blamed Israel for the explosion, though the Israeli military denied involvement Militants allegedly in Egypt, launched several missiles into Israel Monday morning, joining a wave of violence between Israel and Gaza over the weekend that has…
Pablo Escobar liked to relax at Hacienda Napoles. Now it’s a tourist attraction
The Institute for Justice has launched a new economic liberties program called “The Power of One Entrepreneur.” They have five detailed reports produced by successful local writers, highlighting five individual entrepreneurs. The power of one entrepreneur, the reports explain, is the key to helping our nation recover from this economic slump and to restoring our inner cities and countless lives…
Engineering grad returns to Mexico, now waits to become legal College degree, but no papers STORY HIGHLIGHTS * Oscar Vazquez’s mother brought him to the United States illegally when he was 12 * He became a star student, earning an engineering degree at Arizona State University * Vazquez and his wife agreed he would turn…
The educational worm turns Thursday July 8, 2010 | 20:25 by Jonathan T. D. Neil in New York City | permalink | Art Salon As someone who as taken an interest in what I have called the art world’s ‘pedagogical impulse’ and what others have dubbed its ‘educational turn’, I was of course tickled to…