Dive into the archives.
- Caucasus Travelogue
Brian Ulrich of American Footprints recently posted a roundup of entries he made while travelling through the Caucasus. If you are interested in on-the-ground happenings in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in recent months, give Brian’s posts a read. (Here’s looking at you Chirol!)
- Follow Up on Colonizers
A recent article about who created the most colonies that were long term successes created quite a discussion. So to that I ask our readers. Who do you think was the “best” colonizer in the big picture. This includes creating civil society, functioning government, infrastructure, economic prosperity and long term stability? This isn’t limited to [...]
- Sunday News Roundup
*Kim Jong Il tells the Chinese he’s sorry about the nuclear test, while the US says that North Korea is only seeking to escalate the crisis.
*About 13 million Latin American immigrants living in the United States will send home a total of around US$45 billion this year. (Migrants earned an average of $150 dollars [...]
- Who was the best colonizer?
Slate has an article of interest for all you Victorians out there:
Which country is the best colonizer?
By Joel WaldfogelA generation ago, Christopher Columbus was a hero. No longer. Even my preteen kids can tell you that Columbus’ followers brought disease and death to many New World natives. But as the forerunner of European colonization, can [...]
- Debating dual-citizenship
After 30 years, Canada’s federal government is looking to review its dual-citizenship laws. About 90 countries, including the US, officially allow dual or multiple citizenship. Canada has 500,000 dual/multiple citizens within its borders now, and an unknown number living abroad. 200,000 people in Hong Kong alone have Canadian passports.
The debate over dual-citizenship was accelerated during [...]
- They’ll Never Learn
Ok, this is it. Sacha Baron Cohen is paying Kazakhstan for all the publicity right? It’s not possible they are just too stupid to stop giving it to him.
Kazakh invite for Borat creator
A top official from Kazakhstan has invited comedian Sacha Baron Cohen – who pokes fun at the country as his character Borat [...]
- Did you see the FOR SALE sign on the rear fuselage?
Nice promotional video for two models of the Hind attack helo. If you want something with experience in the Ogaden War, the Cambodian-Vietnamese War, the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the Iran-Iraq war, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, Gulf War 1, Croatia, Chechnya, Kosovo, Sudan, Macedonia, the Côte d’Ivoire Civil War, Congo and the War in Iraq this [...]
- CNN Changes Sides
It seems CNN has never heard of 4GW. This is downright sick:
U.S. troops in snipers’ line of fire
Almost 2,800 Americans have been killed so far in Iraq and one of the most dangerous insurgent opponents is the sniper. CNN has obtained graphic video from the Islamic Army of Iraq, one of the most active insurgent [...]
- Torturous survey A BBC world survey asked 27,000 people in 25 countries if torture was acceptable if it could provide information to save innocent lives. Overall 59% were against torture, but 29% would accept some degree to save lives. In the US, the numbers were 58% and 36% respectively. Israel had the closest results: 48% to [...]
- Does America have the will to fight?
Ralph Peters has an article in the New York Post that asks if America has lost the will to win wars—not just in Iraq, but anywhere.
Obsessed with low-level “tactical” morality – war’s inevitable mistakes – the officers in question have lost sight of the strategic morality of winning. Our Army and Marine Corps are about [...]
