 Israel and U.S. moving closer to Iran attackAfter a decade of calamitous western wars in the wider Middle East, the signs are becoming ever more ominous that we're heading for another.
And, hard as it is to credit, the same discredited... | |
| Pak Army's putting pressure on US-India ties through Difa-i-Pakistan won't help Islamabad: Editorial Pakistan military's deliberate attempt to put further pressure on the Americans and Indians through Difa-i-Pakistan Council is not going to benefit the country, an editorial has claimed.
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| When There's More To Winning Than Winning February 22, 2012 When last we left the NCAA, it was February madness, colleges were jumping conferences, suing each other, coaches were claiming rivals had cheated in recruiting -- the usual... |
| The Secret Strength Of Beef Soup fan? After a moment, I traded the rudeness of staring for the friendlier intrusiveness of conversation, and asked her what cut of beef it was. "Shenk bun," she said, revealing an... |
| Editorial: Ecuador’s Assault on Free Speech the court upheld a $42 million criminal libel judgment against Emilio Palacio, El Universo’s editorial page editor, and three of the paper’s directors. The ruling also ratified three-year... |
| Healthcare reform's missing link -- nurse practitioners Within the next two years, if federal healthcare reforms proceed as expected, roughly 30 million of the estimated 50 million uninsured people in the United States - 6.9 million in California - will... |
| Editorial: They're 'Serving Our Troops' These St. Paul volunteers give "dinner with the family" a whole new meaning, and they serve it with a big helping of hometown pride. The folks who've been "Serving Our... |
| Arson charged in Hill District apartment fire Fire investigators said a man who was angry that a woman asked him to leave her Hill District apartment flicked open a lighter and set a mattress on fire. Sprinklers doused the fire that began on... |
| Police search for missing 13-year-old Arsenal student Pittsburgh Police Missing Persons Detectives are asking for assistance in locating a missing 13 year old female. Tynesha Wilder was last seen by her mother on Monday... |
| Elderly woman killed in Uniontown crash An 85-year-old woman died when one car cut in front of another in a Fayette County intersection tonight. State police in Uniontown said Wilma Jean McCoy was the passenger in a 2004 Mercury Sable... |
| Bedard hunts for a big season BRADENTON, Fla. -- Erik Bedard had only spent a day and a half in Florida, but he heard some familiar conversation in the Pirates spring training clubhouse. Bedard, a left-handed starter whom the... |
| Now and the future: A benchmark report captures the region's progress How far Pittsburgh has progressed is not revealed simply by old photographs and nostalgia-tinged memories. The way we were -- and are now -- is also written on the solid foundation of annual... |
| Dollar Bank to introduce interactive ATMs Pittsburgh-based Dollar Bank said Tuesday it will be the first bank in the region to install new interactive technology at its automated teller machines that will let customers see and speak with... |
| Fractured Yemen: Its new president is not a harbinger of change It is hard to see how it happened, but the United States has ended up with former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh here for medical treatment, and he's likely to stay. Mr. Saleh, in power... |
| Better cars: Ford and GM make a case to buy American Just when the federal auto bailout is front and center in the Republican debate, a new report shows vehicles made by two American companies becoming more dependable. Released two weeks before... |
| My word, a bloody good upper-crust soap " Why, we could be watching something about Dahntahn Abbey n'at, perhaps set in one of Pittsburgh's superior suburbs such as Fox Chapel. In this show, the valet would inquire:... |
| Philadelphia High School for Girls: my memories 40 years on Contributed by : Carol Gould London I have been reading with great interest Allison... |
| This Heartless British Government Contributed by : Carol Gould I have it up to the eye teeth with Jewish and Zionist friends and correspondents writing in hysterical tones to me... |
| Editorial: A Real 'Doc Fix' In last week's flurry of budget deals, Congress patched together yet another temporary fix for a flawed formula used to calculate the fees paid to doctors by Medicare. It will hold payments flat for... |
| LAMBRO: Defusing Obama tax bomb Congress defused the Social Security payroll-tax cut issue last week, but a much more politically lethal time bomb is set to go off at the end of the year.That’s when the tax cuts signed by... |
| KALLIANIOTIS: Greece should leave the eurozone Greece is agreeing to more austerity measures in exchange for a 130 billion euro loan to avoid default. Unfortunately for the citizens of my native country, I believe this strategy will... |
| KEENE: Time to stop kidding ourselves David A. Keene is the former chairman of the American Conservative Union and a member of the board of the ACU, the National Rifle Association, the Constitution Project and the Center for the National... |
| EDITORIAL: Don't mess with Texas quotas? Abigail Noel Fisher sued the University of Texas in 2008 when her application was rejected when less academically qualified minority students were... |
| MILLER: Cantor's small-business drive Mr. Cantor is planning a floor vote near Tax Day.This relief measure contrasts sharply with President Obama’s call to hike rates on those who make over $200,000 so he can pile on the spending.... |
| MILLOY: Showdown at the EPA corral EPA has conducted a scorched earth campaign against fossil fuel producers and users, especially the coal-fired power industry, with multibillion-dollar rules that provide no meaningful environmental... |
| EDITORIAL: Signs of hypocrisy federal government has poured millions of tax dollars into digital signs that inform drivers of highway traffic conditions. These multimillion-dollar efforts are styled as ';intelligent... |
| Hide, conservatives are coming! Mr. Kabaservice indicates that he holds to an ill-defined idea of conservatism as a militaristic, nativist, tight-fisted ';ideology'; that is embraced by very bad people.His view of... |
| JOHNSON: Obama promises fuel but produces hot air Obama called for more domestic oil and natural gas development. More development of our own oil and natural gas supplies could create vast numbers of new American jobs, enhance our energy security,... |
| How the automaker bailout looks from the middle of the road A Chrysler assembly line in Sterling Heights, Mich., in 2011: How the bailout looks to the candidates depends on their proximity to... |
| Michele Bachmann talks with Star Tribune Editorial Board The Opinion section is produced by the Editorial Department to foster discussion about key issues. The Editorial Board represents the institutional voice of the Star Tribune and operates... |
| A principled stand against class disruption Aaron Benner, a fifth-grade teacher in St. Paul, has spoken against addressing disruptive student behavior as "cultural... |
| Editorial: Credit judges for fair representation Stillwater has been divorced from St. Cloud and attached to St. Paul. The south-suburban Second Congressional District is now the southeast-suburban and exurban Second. Mankato and Rochester remain... |
| Key test for Bachmann: Bridge bill needs House passage Michele Bachmann highlighted her Iowa roots until her presidential fortunes faded after the Hawkeye State's caucuses. The three-term Minnesota Republican representative now appears to be putting... |
| Editorial cartoon: Bachmann's new district The Opinion section is produced by the Editorial Department to foster discussion about key issues. The Editorial Board represents the institutional voice of the Star Tribune and operates... |
| Romney struggles to inspire In terms of sizzle, Sen. Rob Portman makes Mitt Romney look like Lady Gaga. So when the two men shared a stage in suburban Cincinnati on Monday afternoon, the result was pure and unadulterated ennui... |
| U.S.: To Arm or Not to Arm Syrian Rebels, That Is the Question WASHINGTON, Feb 21, 2012 (IPS) - Just days before the opening meeting of the new international "Friends of Syria" in Tunis Friday, the debate over whether the United States should provide... |
| In praise of … Earth rising | Editorial status wars with the Soviet Union . But it wasn't the moment when the space age changed the world. That was six years later, when astronauts on the Apollo 8 mission became the first humans to... |
| Socialist Ideas Seminar: From Revolt to Revolution about GLW - the need for alternative media In these days of growing media concentration, Green Left Weekly is a proudly independent voice committed to human and civil rights, global peace and... |
| Sydney Socialist Alliance Branch Conference The tasks of building movements, left-green unity and Socialist Alliance today, youth revolts and coordinating committee elections. Dinner available from 6pm. Resistance Centre 22 Mountain St,... |
| International Women's Day event with Colectivo Mujer Colectivo Mujer (Women's Collective) are searching for women from Latin American or Spanish cultural backgrounds or women who strongly identify with these cultures to help organise an event for... |
| F-Word: A Day of Global Feminist Debate Sydney Opera House will present an afternoon of feisty, full-on, free flowing debate on feminism as part of their Ideas at the House program. Join two of the world's most fearless feminist icons... |
| Book launch and party: The Road to Rainbow Liberation Celebrate the launch of the new pamphlet 'The Road to Rainbow Liberation - Marriage, sex and gender rights today' with authors Rev. Karl Hand and Rachel Evans, 1978er activists and queer... |
| Should Heparin be used in Cancer Treatment? UB researcher co-authors NEJM editorial To better characterize how heparin benefits cancer patients, UB's Akl and Dr. Schunemann plan a sophisticated analysis of the published... |
| 'India and Brazil have no possibility of conflict at all' BRIC nations - Brazil, Russia, India and China - is frequent. But visiting India recently, Brazilian defence minister Celso Amorim spoke with Josy Joseph about the importance of strengthening... |
| Eurozone's Greece deal: debt and delusions at dawn | Editorial asked Pulp . "Or just 20,000 people standing in a field?" As dawn broke in Brussels, it was not E-fuelled but EUR-fuelled delusions which slowly gave way to an EUR-fuelled comedown. The... |
| Pitt coach meets the press Pitt football coach Paul Chryst met with the media Tuesday to discuss a variety of topics ranging from coaching changes and recruiting to how he has settled into his first head coaching job. But the... |
| WPIAL meets on Monessen-Brentwood racial flap The WPIAL Board of Control met Tuesday to discuss possible action on the allegations of racial slurs from Brentwood students and players during a Feb. 3 game between Monessen and Brentwood. Monessen... |
| Mother of baby mauled by dog cited for pet law violations The McKeesport woman whose infant son died after being bitten by her husky last week now faces summary offenses for violating dog laws, police said today. McKeesport police Capt. Tim Hanna said he... |
| Monologuist Mike Daisey takes on technology and a corporate giant in 'The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs' Mike Daisey's "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" is a story of love, loss and discovery. Technophiles, prepare to be both fascinated and disheartened. Mr. Daisey will be... |
