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I was shocked when I heard about the verdict against the two journalist in North Korea. Twelve years hard labor sounds horrifying for these journalists and all should know that North Korea’s Gulag style prison system is well capable of endangering a prisoner’s life within months simply from the conditions alone (Although these two innocent women will hopefully receive better treatment, even though it’s only because they are westerners). Then you take a step back and realize they’re going to probably be all right because the Kim dynasty needs these two as bargaining chips in their growing confrontation with the entire world.
Continue reading What Does Guantanamo Bay Have to do with North Korea?
Liz Cheney recently got my attention on CNN. The arguments supporting or castigating Obama’s speech to the Muslim world in Cairo last week have been bubbling up for a few days now and I’ve been satisfied to sit back and watch. It just didn’t seem that hard to figure out that he did the right thing here, but that’s not everyone’s opinion.
Continue reading Is Considering The Opinions of the Muslim World Wrong?
Let me quickly clarify the meaning of “new world order”, which can mean several things depending on your level of sanity. I’m talking about the new economic order of the world that settled into place when the western world’s financial and real estate industries collapsed. You may have been hearing about countries like China, India and Brazil a lot more than usual lately and that’s because they have seats at a lot more tables now. This is a result of what’s being called “The Great Recession” and let’s just simplify things by saying that these countries have a lot more chips in front of them at the global poker table than the west does these days. Metaphors aside, China is still buying up dollars and most economists are praying that they continue to do so as the US gets back on it’s feet.
Continue reading Hope for the New World Order
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