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Now that the House has passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act, Americans are faced with the increasingly real possibility of health care reform.
The Senate’s version of the bill will face extensive changes before it is ultimately made law. Nevertheless, based on the current plan it is possible to predict that, although health care [...]
Read the rest of this article »Global watchdog oversteps bounds
There are a lot of theoretical arguments these days about how much power non-state actors can legitimately wield in a globalized world.
Last week, a panel of French judges made a decision strongly in favor of traditional sovereignty, throwing out a case led by Transparency International and human rights group Sherpa before its first hearing.
Transparency International [...]
Read the rest of this article »Pope makes savvy move to liberalize church
Last week Pope Benedict XVI announced the creation of a new policy, the Apostolic Constitution, which allows Anglicans to enter the Roman Catholic Church while maintaining their traditions. This unprecedented measure caught the world by surprise, sparking much speculation about the policy’s motives and consequences.
The pope’s nuanced strategy will further engrain the church’s current position [...]
Read the rest of this article »British court values human rights over diplomacy
Last week, the British court ruled in favor of releasing US intelligence documents on Guantanamo Bay torture cases, sparking an international uproar. Of course, there are the real-world issues of whether or not releasing the documents could compromise the “special relationship” that Britain enjoys with the United States.
More important in this case, however, is the [...]
Read the rest of this article »Demise of small banks an undervalued threat
It wasn’t so long ago that Washington bailed out the largest banks in the United States, prompting a wave of criticism from many quarters. But today, the banking system is seeing the effects of non-intervention, which has allowed for the collapse of 100 small American banks in 2009 alone. With these developments, the small bank [...]
Read the rest of this article »Fight stereotypes, let feds fight terrorism
Two recent high-profile terror cases have made the chilling reality that terrorism is still a threat all too clear.
The first was an al-Qaida suicide bombing attempt on a Saudi prince. The assailant was able to get close enough to actually blow himself up in the same room as the Saudi leader. His method? Hiding explosives [...]
Read the rest of this article »US would benefit from supporting global tax
France is stepping up again on an issue that is unlikely to be accepted by the United States or Britain. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is pressing for leaders at the upcoming G20 summit to consider a worldwide tax on every financial transaction, the proceeds from which would be used to fund global public goods.
While the [...]
Read the rest of this article »Journalist wages honorable fight for transparency
It feels a little indulgent for one journalist to jump to the defense of another when full disclosure gets a colleague into trouble. Not all journalists exercise good judgment when they choose to release confidential information, and, in some cases, they deserve to face the consequences.
In the past, some journalists have been known to set [...]
Read the rest of this article »Mexican drought a sign of global warming
For Californians, drought is a common nuisance. Expensive cars are washed with less frequency, imported plants are left to the elements in would-be pristine yards and water bills are regarded with a wince. Nevertheless, people are never forced to forgo showering for a few days or wash dishes by hand rather than in the dishwasher. [...]
Read the rest of this article »Death of Shia leader leaves party in limbo
Thousands of mourners lined the streets Saturday morning to pay their respects to Shia leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, who died last week from lung cancer. Although he never chose to take an active political role within the central government, his role as leader of the major Shia group the United Iraqi Alliance, his influence and [...]
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