The EFCA: Truth and Fiction
In his press conference Tuesday night, Barack Obama took pains to emphasize that comprehensive solutions were needed to the economic crisis, and that working families were suffering and needed help...
Category: Current Affairs
Anger at AIG is boiling over
Populist anger has reached a boiling point in the US with the announcement that American International Group, one of the first companies to get a bailout from the government, paid $220 million in...
John Worboys: serial rapist aided by police neglect
The U.K. has a rape conviction rate of 6%. According to the Campaign to End Rape, in 2003/04 " ver two-thirds of cases dropped out at the police stage and did not make it as far as the courts", "...
Standoff between the Pakistan People’s party and… everyone else
Last night, Lahore waited uncomfortably for the night to pass. The morning would bring the third day of the Long March. Lawyers, students, party workers, activists and ordinary people have been...
Educate yourselves! Finance and real crime
On a typical evening, we are inundated with images of people of color as criminals. While it is true that blacks are overrepresented in the prison population, there are more whites in prison....
Sri Lankan cricket players attacked in Pakistan
Late Tuesday morning, the Sri Lankan cricket team was driving towards Qaddhafi Stadium in the centre of Lahore to continue its test match against Pakistan when gunmen leapt out at them and shot from...
The Price of War: Pentagon Lifts Ban on Flag-Draped Coffins
In his speech to the Congress (and the world) on Tuesday night, Barack Obama outlined many changes that he plans to make going forward. He touched on education and health care reform, and had even...
The Long and the Short of It: John Kay interview and review
John Kay is a leading British economist and columnist for the Financial Times. His latest book is entitled The Long and the Short of it: A Guide to Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent...
Gaza: how Israel killed the spirit of peace
In announcing the ceasefire in Gaza, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stated that Israel had “reached all the goals of the war, and beyond.” It’s an odd choice of words, but I guess the right words...
In memory of Anastasia Baburova and Stanislav Markelov
This is a special edition of this column. Yesterday, in broad daylight, in the center of Moscow, a human rights lawyer and a journalist were gunned down. Lawyer Stanislav Markelov was most famous for...