The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan continued to destabilize the region last week, with Armenian President Armen Sarkissian warning the area could continue to descend into the abyss and become a “new Syria.” Sarkissian said Turkey has emerged as a “bully in the region” and has pushed aside Russia from its role as a mediator...
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THE UNRAVELING OF AMERICA
July 4th: Independence Day. The official celebration of the Declaration of Independence when the Continental Congress declared the 13 American colonies were no longer taking orders from Britain’s King George III. Our “Celebration of Independence” this past weekend, however, took place with the majority of Americans accepting orders of governors and mayors who flaunt the...
LIBYA: ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER
On Sunday, the two leaders of warring Libyan factions met in Berlin along with leaders and officials from Turkey, Russia, Egypt, France, Italy, UK, U.S., United Arab Emirates, Algeria, China, the Republic of the Congo, the United Nations, European Union, and African Union for an international summit in an attempt to stop the ongoing military...
Media: Silent on peace, screams for war
“Either you are with us, or with the terrorists.” And with those presidential words from George W. Bush following 9/11, the media stopped covering war from the outside in. Instead, the Fourth Estate, formerly the people’s voice separate from government, became Uncle Sam’s mouthpiece: War propagandists, swallowing whole the White House lies and getting a...
The walking-dead phenomenon
Rangers at national parks have a new duty: rescuing visitors from life-threatening selfies. An increasing number of park visitors have been trying to photograph themselves in the company of parks’ wild animals. People who would not think of walking into the woods to pet a bear feel no compunction about getting close enough for a...
What can you do?
Some of the most disturbing incidents in recent months of police overreach have fallen under the radar of national media. In the local communities where they occur, drastically depleted reporting resources at local newspapers and televisions stations mean these incidents either go unreported or barely reported. In this media climate, using social media — crowdsourcing information and...