Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Oct 20, 2008	The end of American greed?
By CHARLES R. LARSON: If you’ve been attempting to make sense of the American presidential campaign, you are not alone. Weird, unbelievable, out of control -- these are terms that clearly apply to the nastiest election the country has ever encountered. Let me assure you, however,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Sep 3, 2008	A NUCLEAR STRIKE
Reflections of Fidel: IT is not an overstatement. This is the general expression of many compatriots. It was the impression of the Revolutionary Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Alvaro Lopez Miera, an experienced soldier, when he saw the twisted steel towers, the shattered houses...... [view]

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:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 21, 2008	From Kosovo to South Ossetia: in search of a precedent
MOSCOW. (Oksana Antonenko, Senior Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies for RIA Novosti) - When Europe and the US advocated the independence of Kosovo, many experts warned that its impact on the Caucasus would be destabilising. The Allies responded by repeating that Kosovo...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Apr 30, 2008	Yourself Is Simply The Greatest Thing That You Can Be!
The greatest thing you can be: By D. Paul Reilly, For The Guardian - Nassau, Bahamas: I guess, you're already speculating about what I think the greatest thing you can be is. Some will perhaps think it's that the greatest thing a person can be is a medical doctor, because they assist...... [view]

Posted By:  Katea Posted On:  Apr 23, 2008	Reflections on the Think Tank Conference
This conference made my day! I met a lot of intellectuals who are community actors too. Even if there was only one woman speaker from the group, the speakers were the cream of the crop. I am so happy that I attended it despite the late invitation. Anyway, one of the speakers who was a...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Apr 22, 2008	Peace and prosperity
Reflections of Fidel: POPE Benedict XVI outshone Brown, the British Prime Minister, who replaced Blair, whom I met and spoke with for a few minutes during a recess at the WTO Second Conference in Geneva 10 years ago; it was following his speech and I was expressing my disagreement on the...... [view]