Monthly Archives: March 2011

The Spread of Democracy

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

When Kuwaiti citizens enthusiastically celebrated their Golden Independence Anniversary last month together with twenty years of liberation after Saddam Hussein’s invasion and expulsion as well as the present Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah being in power for five years (50-20-5) they … Continue reading →

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Just Moving On

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

But where? Hillary Clinton has denied further ambitions for a second term of President Barack Obama or presidency in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer yesterday. So, she knows that Obama is a one-term president (as the other Nobel laureate … Continue reading →

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The World as it is Today

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

  Fin de Siècle, Pamela J. Crook 1998.   Last modified March 14, 2011.

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Getting Fired by Obama

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

President Barack Obama can’t take jokes, that’s for sure. When his former Commander of the International Security Assistant Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal was forced to resigned after disrespectful comments on Veepee Joe Biden and the Administration … Continue reading →

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Religious Minorities after the Revolution

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

The different Iranian/Persian Empires have ever been home of a large variety of religious dominations, besides Sunni and Shi’a Muslims, in particular Jews (who can be traced for more than 2500 years); Christian Apostolic Armenians, Nestorian Assyrians, Catholic Chaldeans; Buddhists, … Continue reading →

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