Democracy Takes A Step Backwards

In 1964, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Reynolds vs. Sims, that “Especially since the right to exercise the franchise in a free an unimpaired manner is preservative of other basic civil and political rights, any alleged infringement of the rights of citizens to vote must be carefully and meticulously scrutinized.”
The present court [...]

From His Cold Dead Hands

In 1980, after white minority rule was ended in Rhodesia, Robert Mugabe, like Nelson Mandela in South Africa, pledged to work for conciliation and racial harmony. Unlike Mandela, however, mere weeks after gaining political power, he unleashed a military campaign to destroy his rival revolutionary parties in Matabeleland and create a one party state. [...]

To B(oycott) or not to B

Protests, mainly in Western Countries, have already marred the traditional Olympic torch relay ceremonies in San Francisco, Paris, and London. Ostensibly, the ill timed Chinese crackdown in Tibet and the Chinese government’s support for the murderous regime in the Sudan are the proximate cause of the objection against the 2008 Olympics. As a worldwide spectacle, [...]

Demand For Biofuel Will Starve The World

Ethanol is touted as one of the the silver bullets that will save us from oil dependency and the vagaries of Middle Eastern politics, not to mention sticking it to Hugo Chavez whose Venezuela is the fourth largest supplier of oil to the U.S., but who has been a constant thorn in the side [...]