What we didn't know that we knew about Afghanistan In his book Iraq: The Borrowed Kettle, philosopher Slajov Zizek laid out an ad-hoc taxonomy for various kinds of knowledge, via a reference to then...
The verdict is in. Kaing Guek Eav, aka Comrade Duch (68) of the Khmer Rouge was convicted of war crimes, crimes against humanity and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions by the trial chamber of...
I made the Hunter S. Thompson joke as we circled the Strip in the airport shuttle. If not for the connection to the Good Doctor, Las Vegas would seem an incongruous place for a left-leaning...
“Girls Gone Wild” goes to various campuses and bars where women are partying and encourages them to reveal their bodies and perform for the cameras. In most of the filmed scenes, these women are...
This is the first in a series of posts on Activism in the United States from regular GC contributor Erik Loomis. Let us know what you think! I have an obsession with the state of activism in the...
Earlier this year, The Marmara Manhattan, part of a Turkish hotel chain, began offering a package to expectant mothers. For between $5100 - $15000, visitors got a two-month stay, prenatal...
This is part two of two parts from historian and Global Comment regular contributor Erik Loomis on the history behind the U.S.’s current “Tea Party” movement. Part one is here. Enjoy! Big...
The modern world is filled with scientific innovations that have advanced the quality and longevity of life. There was a time when women who were infertile had two options: adoption or nursing an...
For those of us who read John Le Carré novels and fancy ourselves to be espionage buffs, the FBI's dramatic bust of an alleged Russian spy ring last week provided an opportunity to show off our...
The rise of the Tea Party has shocked the political establishment. Seemingly out of nowhere, the emergence of a grassroots far-right movement overwhelmed the Democratic landslide victory in 2008. The...
