Notionalism

Head bangin' and a lost cup. My dear niece loves soccer; she played for years, but 2 knees injuries ended her passion for the sport -- ...

For the whole month of July, I was on Holiday with my son -- it was truly wonderful.

BBC News reports alarms bells are sounding in Japan, for they have just overtaken Italy as the country with the highest percentage of popu...

Today, in the London Times , Anatole Kaletsky tells us Prime Minister Tony Blair final hour draws nigh. Kaletsky is uncertain whether ...

Earlier today, I did an unwise thing. I posted BooMan's thoughts contained in an email without first getting his permission. When my t...

On June 3rd, 4 Russian diplomats were abducted near their embassy in Baghdad. On June 26th, the hostages were butchered . Today, Russian...

Today, Der Spiegel's headline is: Israeli Forces Push into Gaza Strip . The story continues, A hostage crisis has plunged relations be...

On June 26th, Martin Longman ( BooMan ) responded to Michael Barone's editorial, " The New York Times at War With America ." ...

Today, The Japan Times' lead editorial is about the realignment of American forces. Japan government was concerned with reducing thei...

Der Spiegel reports Bruno the Bear (Codename: JJ1) met a "tragic end." In the early hours of Monday morning, the brazen outlaw...

The BBC News is reporting German authorities have issued a fatwa regarding legendary terrorist, Bruno the Bear . Elite German paratrooper...

During the jubilation of the Games , German Chancellor Angela Murkel called Germany an " economic basket case ." Not surprisingl...

A young Chinese man was betrayed by his wife. The man told his neighbors about his wife's unfaithfulness. Virtual sleuths discovered t...

In July 2000, William Greider, writing in The Nation , heaped scorn on the NY Times ("bell cow for the media") and in particular...

As John Locke taught us, our knowledge comes from our experience. The mayhem of war is something I do not understand, for I have not experi...

Turkish Daily News reports Prime Minister Erdoğan said, ... he remains the same man he was yesterday and had not, and couldn't have, ch...

China Daily reports Iraq insurgents say they "[have] decided to kill four kidnapped Russian Embassy workers after a deadline for meet...

As Europe plunged into the First World War, Great Britain's Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey observed, “The lamps are going out all ove...

Today, Paul Reynolds, writing for the BBC News, discusses "issues" that will be raised during tomorrow's US-EU annual summit ...

Today, Taipei Times has 2 interesting editorials: Martin Jacques and Richard Halloran see the world differently. Jacques tells us our toug...

They're building roads in Ghana; they're discussing "cooperation " in the Congo. They've formalized security arran...

The Japan Times reports , Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi warned, "If North Korea does not listen to us and launches a missile, the Ja...

The Washington Times reports , The Pentagon activated its new U.S. ground-based interceptor missile defense system, and officials announced ...

Today, CEIP is seized by a potential threat to our nation. Indeed, CEIP provides a link ("Warnings of North Korean Missile Test"...

Today, the NY Times and Washington Times woke up, for both papers are reporting on their front page North Korea's plan to launch an in...

Deutsche Welle reports the Unionists are having a tough row. After a 2 day summit, the European Union member states (25) have decided they...

It was really quite comical. In 1998, Secretary of Defense William Cohen was testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Cohen ...

Alexandra van Maltzan discusses the questionable "sanity" of many in the Democratic party, for their seeming disregard of our nat...

NATO forces are being dispatched to the mountainous region of Bavaria to capture the elusive, terrorist mastermind: Bruno the Bear . Germans...

Palestinian diplomats leave their country and go shopping for dough; one chap just brought back 12 exquisite Tumi suitcases full of money (...

Just days after Zarqawi was blown to kingdom come, the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) gives us the low-down on "Zarqawi's Myst...

Our blindness is staggering. We look half way around the world for scoundrels, villains, and tyrants, yet we chose to ignore the tyrants c...

Today, we find two interesting developments: The Statesmen reports that former South Korea President, and Nobel Peace Prize laurete, Kim Da...

Carved in stone above the entrance to the dungeon of Bodrum Castle, where once the Knights of St. John tortured their victims, one reads : ...

Der Spiegel has an interesting interview with Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Hayineh. Throughout the tough questioning, Hayineh stayed o...

Machiavelli studied Titus Livy's Early History of Rome . Machiavelli told us, he who would foresee what has to be, should reflect on wh...

The other day I came across a discussion on TigerHawk's blog, "Notes on American nationalism." He was reading a book by a co...

From Iraq, Pat Dollard tells a very different story. His documentary reflects the cultural heritage of the young men and women fighting and...

NY Times' ubergreen meta-intellectual crawled over the Select's wall to pass gas taxes. Pecksniff Tom tells us he enjoys the freed...

Dateline - Paris French authorities have arrested several men for smuggling frogs , not citizens, the species. When questioned, one victim ...

German newspapers are perplexing to read. Case in point, reading in the Deutsche Welle, we find this : News | 10.06.2006 | 22:00 Far-right ...

Sudanese tribal leader, Muwad Jalalabin , declared "If a UN force is sent here, I will call for jihad." Secretary-General Kofi Ann...

Anthony Cordesman and his fellow travelers (Kofi Annan, Jacques Chirac, Vladmir Putin, Dennis Kucinich, and Scott Ritter) were all opposed ...

Years ago, I worked with Naseem; he was wise, gracious, and a gifted engineer. A few years ago, I worked with Raz; he was young, dynamic, a...