Taxes seem to be an inescapable evil of life. Everyone seems to hate them, and most people would prefer to not pay them. This persistent opposition to taxation suggests that there may a problem in our approach. Are taxes really that bad? And could they be fixed?
Source: guardian.co.uk
Timothy Ash twrites about the similarities between Europe and Canada while taking a look at breaking American hegemony.
Source: news.scotsman.com
New tones emerging from the White House, as US persistently fails to produce more global security or even a reasonable level of alignment in policies relating to the issue.
Source: cnn.com
The U.S. should have assistance in Cuba within weeks of President Fidel Castro's death to support a transitional government and help move the country toward democracy, a government report recommends.
Source: Foreign Policy
"God is winning in global politics. And modernization, democratization, and globalization have only made him stronger. "
Source: salon.com
Mark Goodman: Wartime leaders have always demanded docility. But if the press had revealed the hideous truth about WWI, millions might have lived.
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Source: time.com
When the press runs a story the White House claims is harmful to security, the word disloyalty inevitably creeps into the conversation. The line between dissent and disloyalty, between harmful revelations and vital ones, is murky. Often we never really know.
Source: arabnews.com
This article is about as must-read as they come.
Source: economist.com
The Islamist surge has frightened not only the region's governments, but also foreign promoters of democracy. In particular, the quandary posed by Hamas has chilled American enthusiasm for change.
Source: antiwar.com
John Pilger reports on Australian involvement in disempowerment of Timor Leste's overwhelmingly democratically-supported Fretilin government; is this about Australian control of oil and gas reserves?
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
A senior Cuban official has sharply criticised a US report on the future of Cuba after Fidel Castro leaves office. A draft of the report calls for a "democracy fund" to boost opposition to Cuba's communist government.
Source: edition.cnn.com
Go Hong Kong people! Never a strong group that refuse to bow to oppressive power.
Source: commondreams.org
Maud Schaafsma: The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this week in Vermont’s campaign finance reform case (Randall v. Sorrell) further tightens the hegemonic grip that corporations already have around the neck of democracy.
Source: english.aljazeera.net
Kuwaitis braved blistering temperatures to queue up to vote in the first parliamentary ballot involving women in the northern Gulf state.
In his essay on civil disobedience, Henry David Thoreau said, “The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich,” (Gage 164).
Source: project-syndicate.org
Minxin Pei writes:
Continued from part 1 and part 2.
French Rule
Source: u4ya.ca
The Global Voting System is a way to bring democracy to the world, giving everyone a voice... and it uses a ranking system just like Newsvine!
Source: khaleejtimes.com
The lack of democracy, political freedom, human rights and free media in the Middle East and Muslim world are to blame for extremist violence. And many in the Muslim world agreed with Bush and his vision promising democracy and freedom for everyone.
Source: themercury.co.za
SAfm radio presenter John Perlman's on-air revelation that the SABC has blacklisted certain commentators who cannot be relied upon to sing the praises of the ANC government is sadly not surprising.
Source: Associated Press
The Senate Judiciary Committee is opening hearings this week into what has become the White House's favorite tool for overriding Congress in the name of wartime national security.
Source: turkishdailynews.com.tr
A group of U.S. neo-conservatives known for their earlier criticism of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused him and his ruling party of having a secret Islamist agenda and seeking to overthrow Turkey's secular regime.
Source: voanews.com
In commentary, published in several state-run newspapers, including the New Light of Myanmar, the United States is referred to as a "notorious power" that has been following the old pattern of trying to topple Burma's ruling military government.
Source: Comment is Free: Guardian Blog
US Republicans are planning to change the law to stop black, Hispanic, and Native American voters from going to the polls in 2008.
Source: Guardian Comment is free
LaShawn Warren: renewal of key Minorities voting legislation under threat from anti-democratic US Right; comment: US also anti-democratic in Iraq where 82% say "Go!" and 100% want "Right to Life" for their born infants.
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