It is Genocide. Say so! Huffington Post President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have until March 17th to issue a determination that ISIS' attacks on Christians in the Mideast are genocide. Time is running out. The foot-dragging and hesitancy of this administration in calling it genocide is inexplicable. Why do they have to be pr...
The Morally Bankrupt EU-Turkey Refugee Deal Aids and Abets Human Rights Violations Huffington Post ISTANBUL -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking advantage of the refugee crisis in Europe to obtain the European Union's support for his own authoritarian regime. The 2.5 million refugees in Turkey are the ultimate trump card for Erdogan. He's the one calling the shots. | A meeting in O...
Letters: Superintendent Avossa’s goals too limited: 100% or nothing Palm Beach Post Avossa’s goals | too limited | Schools Superintendent Robert Avossa’s strategic plan calls for four new educational goals; all are flawed, and each is less than it should be (“Avossa: Plan will teach ‘all students,’” March 5). Any educati...
Hollyoaks: 9 times that John Paul McQueen was the show's secret villain Digital Spy If there's one soap that should have the Villain of the Year category covered at this year's Soap Awards, it's Hollyoaks. They've got sly Sienna, devil child Nico, gangster Grace, tough guy Trevor... and not to mention the most...
CommInsure: How insurers stepped up the spying Sydney Morning Herald Hidden cameras, investigators parked outside the house, 24/7 secret cameras and unannounced home visits sounds like something out of James Bond movie. | Think again. These are some of the surveillance tactics endorsed by the Commonwealth Bank's life ...
Review: 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art Sydney Morning Herald Adelaide has thrown down the gauntlet for this year's Sydney Biennale with a show that sparkles like a revolving disco ball. | I can't recall an exhibition of contemporary Australian art which has opened with more positive energy than the 2016 Adelai...
Anthony Wile: The UN and an environmentally wise path to white market cannabis The Examiner In April, leadership of all 192 UN member nations will gather in New York City for the highly anticipated UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem, UNGASS 2016. Since 1961, when the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs put into mo...
Astronaut Scott Kelly retires from NASA, but is he done with space for good? The Los Angeles Times Little more than a week after he arrived in Houston, fresh from his 340-day stay on the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly says he is retiring from the agency, effective April 1. | The astronaut landed in Kazakhstan on March 1 af...
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NU joins anti-LGBT bandwagon with edict Jakarta Post The country’s largest Islamic outfit, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), has become the latest organization to campaign for the prosecution of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transg...
Women Judge Prostitution More Harshly Than Men, New Poll Says New York Magazine A new poll conducted by YouGov found that 30 percent of American women think prostitution should be legal, compared to 51 percent of men. Even though there's a significant gender gap when it comes to the question of legalizing prostitution, men ...
How Couples Date in 2016 Huffington Post In the world of romance much has changed over the last few decades. For those who are looking to enter into a relationship, expect courtship and protocols for communication to be totally different than they were in the '80s or even the '90s. Nowadays...
At Our House, Swearing Is Not a Big F*ckng Deal Huffington Post For the third time in a month, my daughter's fourth grade teacher has written on the class website about students' unruly behavior and inappropriate language. It seems the children are so preoccupied with an abundance of newly discovered curse words ...
U.N. Condemns Huge ‘Surge’ in Executions In Iran Time Magazine (GENEVA) — A U.N. rapporteur on human rights in Iran has denounced executions of minors there and says tough anti-drugs laws could be behind a “surge” in overall executions in recent years. | Ahmed Shaheed, in a 21-page report released Thursday, cited Iran Human Rights Documentation Center figures showing 966 people were executed ...
Trump refuses to back down from 'Islam hates us' comments The Times Of India MIAMI: Donald Trump refused at a Republican debate in Miami on Thursday to back off his assertion that "Islam hates us", saying amending his words would be surrendering to political correctness. | At a two-hour, televised melee that was striking mostly for its relative civility, the four remaining rivals - also on stage were Senator Ted Cruz of Tex...
