Bangladesh Genocide Conference at Kean University
[Click image to see all photos from the conference] Last Sunday I attended a conference on the Bangladeshi Genocide. It was organized by the Human Rights Institute and the Bangladesh Genocide Study...
View ArticleBangladesh And The Illusion Of Freedom
A funny thing happened on the way to the exhibition. On Sunday, Bangladeshi police descended upon Drik Gallery in Dhaka to prevent the launch of a photo exhibition on Tibet. BDNews24 reports: Dhaka,...
View ArticleHouse Of Representatives Makes History
The House just reached 218 votes on the final passage of the Health Care Reform bill. Congratulations Madam Speaker for pushing hard to get this done. Final vote tally is 220-215 as the House passes HR...
View ArticlePresident Obama’s Afghanistan Speech Liveblog
8:58:24 PM: There is a reason Afghanistan is referred to as the graveyard of foreign armies. 9:00:48 PM: Obama gettting ready to thread the needle on Afghan policy. 9:01:19 PM: Any Afghan policy that...
View ArticleMy Election Prediction
President Obama with Bill Clinton and Tim Kaine at Bristow, VA yesterday It has been a long long time since I’ve written a blog post. However, it’s time to make election predictions. So here goes mine....
View ArticleA Word About Pennsylvania (Again)
The Romney campaign has decided to make a last minute push into Pennsylvania and the political scribes are now spinning the story that Pennsylvania, long considered to be leaning Obama, may suddenly be...
View ArticleElection Liveblog
7pm: Polls close in Virginia 7:02pm: Virginia too close to call. Not surprising. 7:10pm: Exit polls: Democrats outpacing Republicans and independents in Virginia. 7:10pm: Romney is toast if Virginia...
View ArticleWillard Mitt Romney: Businessman
From NBC News First Read: From the moment Mitt Romney stepped off stage Tuesday night, having just delivered a brief concession speech he wrote only that evening, the massive infrastructure surrounding...
View ArticleElection Predictions: How Did I Do?
I had predicted an electoral landslide for President Obama with a 332-206 win. I had also predicted a popular vote margin for Obama of 51.5% to 48.5% head to head. How did I do? With Florida now in...
View ArticleA Letter To The Ethicist
Months before General David Petraeus resigned as Director of the CIA, an anonymous reader wrote a letter to the New York Times’ Ethicist column complaining about an affair his wife, presumably Paula...
View ArticleFor Trayvon Martin
This evening a six member jury in Florida found George Zimmerman not guilty in the murder of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin. Though a verdict was delivered I can’t say justice was served. A teenager...
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