The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is so-called because its leader is former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. The party is "struggling for a peaceful world for a humane and socially just society with equal opportunities for all in light of the universal principles of Islam." Here, it expresses that ever-present source…
Words have meaning. If they did not, communication would be impossible. Unfortunately, in our political discourse, words are often sapped of their meaning and reduced to empty rhetoric. This handicaps our capacity for thoughtful deliberation. After all, if you can’t find common ground in the dictionary, what chance is there to find it elsewhere?
As part of our campaign to combat the vicious lies and genocidal agendas of Israeli Apartheid Week, now being held on numerous college campuses, we have commissioned the artist Bosch Fawstin to do a series of posters called Voices of Palestine.
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Epic Fail: America’s Public Education
Some weeks ago I rattled cages here by writing about that peculiar category of ideologue summed up concisely as “libertarian wanker.” I purposely distinguished this type of irresponsible anti-patriot from principled advocates of small government, and at least one commentor caught my point, noting that such libertarians hate the American…
Voters in the battleground state of Florida prove their engagement.
