There has been numerous speculation and talk over the last four-years about whether or not the deadly war which has embroiled Syria will ultimately see to that nation break-up altogether. One recent...
Honduras, also known as the original “Banana Republic,” had been governed by military regimes that obtained power by means of coup d’Etats since the 1950s. Social unrest became rampant and a...
In late January 1995 Russian early-warning radars detected a single rocket launch off the northwestern coast of Norway. The location of its launch coupled with its trajectory appeared to resemble...
Walmart really hates unions. That news doesn’t come as a surprise—the US-based retailing giant has been engaging in unionbusting tactics for years, including when presidential candidate Hillary...
In September 2013 I wrote a rather odd editorial which posited that the Hamas group in Gaza may actually prove to be a force for stability for Israel. Immediately after publication I suspected there...
The words ‘transgender character’ and ‘comedy’ in the same sentence are enough to make most trans people twitch. Comedies typically use transgender characters as the butts of jokes and...
In 1991, news networks the world over showed footage of the various hi-tech weaponry systems deployed by the United States-led coalition in its Desert Storm military campaign against Saddam Hussein's...
Mark your calendars and set your DVRs. If orange is the new black, then Hawaii is the new cool state. Premiering Monday, May 4th on PBS’s Independent Lens is Kumu Hina, Dean Hamer and Joe...
If you go to Mount Herzl in Jerusalem you will find the “Victims of Acts of Terror Memorial”. Erected by Israel in 1998 the monument is, as the name suggests, built to recognize Israelis...
In Turkey as of late there are increasing fears among many Turks that their country is devolving into a police state. In the wake of the 2013 protests which gripped the country and the more recent...
