Diplomacy


Satire or Slam?

In case you’ve been living under a rock today, then you’ve missed the latest “scandal” to rock the 2008 Presidential Elections.  The New Yorker magazine ran cover (displayed) this week showing Obama dressed up in Muslim attire, “fist-bumping” with his militant wife, while a picture of Osama Bin Laden displays proudly in the background above [...]

Bringing down the wall (aka Immigration 101)

I know immigration isn’t in the news today, so I thought it would be a good time to bring it up without any media influence. As we all know, the U.S. shares a 1,952-mile border with Mexico; much of it is “unsecured” in the sense that there isn’t a border wall dividing the two nations. [...]

We didn’t start the fire…

I’m sure you have heard today, the Olympic torch was extinguished three times today during protests in France. Pro-Tibet protestors broke security lines to attack the torch, which is carried by honorary relay runners in the around-the-world relay that kicks off the Olympics which will be hosted by China this year. The reason for these [...]

American Hot Shots

During the day, I was torn about what to write about. Like many of you, I was spending the night watching the total eclipse of the moon (and man, isn’t it impressive how it turns red like that). And while watching it, I was wondering if the U.S. Navy’s attempt to shoot down the failed [...]

“A Cuba without Fidel Castro”

By eWorldVu
Cuban President Fidel Castro has outlasted no fewer than nine American presidents during his nearly five decade rule in Cuba. In fact, Castro has ruled Cuba for such a long period of time that more than three quarters of the Cuban people have known no other leader.

The country used to be prosperous and the [...]