“Government is a relation of give and take, a contract…rulers were accorded power and the people consented to that power on consideration that they be accorded certain rights”. ~ Presidential nominee Franklin
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At the close of many an evening at the Episcopal church camp I attended in Rhode Island in the late 1950s, we gathered in a barn chapel for vespers, prayers of thanks for
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President Emmanuel Macron’s appointment of Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister on Sept. 5 has put an end to two months of political deadlock and disarray triggered by the Jul. 7
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On the 23rd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Special Rapporteur Ben Saul called for renewed efforts to achieve justice for the victims and their families. In a statement marking
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“We learned today that officers of the United States’ CIA operated as consultants to Anatoly Chubais. But it is even funnier that upon returning to the US, they were prosecuted for violating
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News reports tying China to Brazil are fairly rare from a military perspective. Generally speaking, Brazil holds no great interest for China other than run-of-the-mill resource acquisition and U.S. irritation. So the
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Editorial Switzerland’s recent call for an investigation into alleged human rights abuses in Sri Lanka is a glaring example of its hypocrisy. The Swiss ambassador to the UN, Jürg Lauber, has voiced
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Editor’s Note: Yuval Noah Harari’s latest book, NEXUS: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, arrives in September 2024. This new work delves into how information flow
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Trump supporters have ignited controversy by claiming that Vice President Kamala Harris wore high-tech Nova H1 earphones disguised as pearl earrings during the ABC News presidential debate. The allegation has sparked heated
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Prabhakaran decided on an election boycott in the 2005 presidential election to defeat Ranil, knowing that Ranil was responsible for breaking Karuna Amman, who was a significant ally for Prabhakaran. The biggest
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Time passes. An entire generation has grown up since that day when a few Saudi Arabians armed only with box cutters caused airport safety to fail four times on the same morning,
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Philadelphia — ABC News’s presidential debate moderators, David Muir and Linsey Davis, are facing significant backlash following their handling of the inaugural debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala
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The 2024 presidential race took a heated turn as former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris faced off in their first debate, held at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
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Editor’s Note: This week’s global news dispatches highlighted escalating tensions at the Jordan-Israel border after a Jordanian truck driver killed three Israeli soldiers, prompting joint investigations. In Belgium, ManiFiesta 2024 inspired international
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In August 2024, due to a $4 million budget shortfall, Idaho’s Caldwell School District terminated its $296,807 contract with the local police department, opting instead for armed guards from Eagle Eye Security.
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