A former CIA spy admits that his tip led to Nelson Mandela’s arrest and long imprisonment. The Sunday Times, the largest selling British national Sunday newspaper, reports that a former CIA spy has admitted that his tip led to the arrest of Nelson Mandela, leading to the future South African president’s trial and imprisonment for […]
Frank Zappa nails the problems associated with mixing religion and politics. In 1986, Frank Zappa engaged in a fiery debate about dirty lyrics and censorship based on religious morality in this classic clip from CNN’s “Crossfire.” Debating with John Lofton, conservative columnist for the Washington Times, Zappa noted that: The biggest threat to America today […]
The world’s most distinguished living specialist in international human rights law predicts Dick Cheney will be tried as a war criminal at the Hague. Thomas Buergenthal, who served as a judge at the International Court of Justice at the Hague for ten years until his retirement in 2010, is considered by many the world’s most […]
Ted, I see that NBC News asked you to list your favorite presidents in observation of Presidents Day and, as expected, Ronald Reagan headed that list. You spoke of his “moral clarity and vision” of how he “expanded freedom,” and how he “lifted millions to prosperity.” But here’s the problem. If one actually takes the […]
Republicans have a near god-like reverence for Ronald Reagan, yet they have no clue about his approach to politics. Ronald Reagan is considered by the ultra-conservative right as their champion. But as history shows, he never would never have made it in today’s GOP. It’s about time they quit rewriting history in an effort to […]