Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 22, 2008	A limp iron fist in a velvet glove: Czechoslovakia 40 years ago
MOSCOW. (Anatoly Korolev for RIA Novosti) - Forty years on, the world is remembering the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops. This is what the Pravda, the most influential Soviet newspaper, wrote at the time: "They have come to do their internationalist duty to the fraternal...... [view]

Posted By:  mydemand Posted On:  Jun 3, 2008	EduPunk - Tech or Mindset?
So recently in the education blog scene there’s been a hubbub over the term EduPunk . It was first coined by Jim Groom in his blog Bava Tuesdays , and from what I can understand, EduPunk basically covers two things: The use of Web 2.0 technologies, such as blogs, wikis, podcasts,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  May 21, 2008	Two hungry wolves and a Little Red Riding Hood
Reflections of Fidel: ONE basic idea has been occupying my mind since my old days as a utopian socialist. It came from nowhere, with the simple notions of good and evil inculcated in everybody by the society in which they are born, full of instincts and lacking in values that parents,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Apr 10, 2008	What Is Christianity?
Christianity-Cult or not? By KARAN MINNIS, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter: Nassau, Bahamas: "Jesus was only a man. He was not the Son of God. His mother, Mary, the wife of Joseph, was not a virgin. She got pregnant the normal way." Have you heard this before? If you haven't, what about...... [view]

Posted By:  satisshroff Posted On:  Mar 27, 2008	Dalai Lamas's Realpolitik: A Policy of Appeasement (Satis Shroff)
Commentary on Tibet: Dalai Lama’s Realpolitik: A Policy of Appeasement (Satis Shroff) The Chinese poet Dong Guanfu writes in his blog: “We cannot win the heart of the Tibetans if we only develop their economy. If we cannot manage to understand this, then many other conflicts will...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Feb 24, 2008	Reflections by President Fidel Castro: The Republican Candidate - (Part Five and Last)
THE articles introduced in yesterday’s reflection, on February 14, were written in the last two or three days. More than two weeks ago, on January 27, 2008, the digital publication Tom Dispatch reproduced an article translated for Rebelión by Germán Leyens: "Why the Debt Crisis is Now the...... [view]