Doug Bandow
Politics, United States
He's creating space for those who challenge a failed prowar consensus.
When the Berlin Wall fell, Warsaw Pact dissolved and Soviet Union split apart, U.S. foreign policy became obsolete almost overnight. For a brief moment advocates of a quasi-imperial foreign policy seemed worried.
For instance, NATO advocates were reduced to talking about having the anti-Soviet military compact promote student exchanges and battle drug smuggling. Читать дальше...
Employers are struggling to find workers who can pass a pre-employment drug test, The New York Times reports.
Personal Shopper divides critics at Cannes
Michael Strahan made his first appearance on Good Morning America Tuesday since leaving Live! With Kelly and Michael (now Live! With Kelly), and it was business as usual. The former NFL...
Sears Holdings and J.C.
WINTERSWIJK - Oeps, dat ging niet helemaal goed! Een aannemer heeft bij de reconstructie van de Rondweg West in Winterswijk enkele haaientanden verkeerd om geplaatst. Dat gebeurde bij de rotonde nabij de Europalaan, meldt RTV Slingeland. De punt is nu gericht naar het fietspad, maar moet naar de bromfietsstrook gericht zijn.
Allocations into U.K. stocks have plunged to the lowest level since November 2008, as fund managers shun British assets over fears a U.K. exit from the European Union will wreck the country’s economy.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Nine years ago Father Amado Picardal helped bury a teenager from a slum family who was gunned down by motorcycle-riding assassins in the southern Philippine city of Davao. The death was among hundreds in the large…
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Nine years ago Father Amado Picardal helped bury a teenager from a slum family who was gunned down by motorcycle-riding assassins in the southern Philippine city of Davao. The death was among hundreds in the large…
Daniel J. Graeber
NEW YORK, May 17 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices moved lower in early Tuesday trading after U.S. data showed the consumer price index increased at its fastest pace in more than three years.
Jason Derulo at last year's Much Music Video Awards.
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“It’s always great doing intimate venues like this because I can look into your eyes,” said Jason Derulo. The venue was the the iHeartRadio Theater, a weird tiny stage inside an office building in Tribeca that I assume is mostly used for promotional radio contest winner performances, like this one. If I were Jason (which I’m not, because I am far less talented), I’d be more excited about doing performances to larger crowds... Читать дальше...
The Canadian Prime Minister must have known that his own spouse would have to stay silent if she was to avoid the clucking tongues of the most boring capital city in the world
As a recurring feature, our team combs the Web and shares some amazing Amazon deals we’ve turned up. Here’s what caught our eye today, May 17.
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When you are communicating with someone electronically and lose touch, that moment is often crystallized by your phone's memory. The last message sits there, waiting, until the next time you decide to make contact — if you ever do. This can be particularly heartbreaking when someone leaves your life.
Late last year, Emily Trunko, a teenager from a small town in Ohio, started a blog called "The Last Message Received." The aim was to show these final messages. Читать дальше...
The battle is not won against unemployment, and driving through labor reforms aimed at delivering jobs is more important than presidential popularity, French President François Hollande said on Tuesday. Hollande is deeply unpopular with the French electorate as his government pushes through labor reforms aimed at making hiring and firing people easier. The reforms have split his Socialist Party and drawn protesters onto the streets.
According to reports, Russian Trade Representative to Egypt expressed hope Tuesday that the ban on flights from Russia to Egypt would be lifted this fall.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting, too, has supported U-19 India coach and current Delhi Daredevils mentor Dravid as the right guy for the India job.
Twilight star Kristen Stewart on her love-in with Cannes
It's been a rough month for the women of the Seattle City Council. They've gotten vicious online abuse from trolls inviting "those BITCHES" to "BURN IN HELL," or speculating that their "cycles must have synced up."
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Following in-depth dialog with industry contacts, Billboard is altering the name of our Folk Albums chart to Americana/Folk Albums. The change will...
