Month: June 2014

Sorry, I’ve been slacking, watching the World Cup. I couldn’t decide who I wanted to win the Brazil-Chile match. I usually root for the underdog, but I didn’t really want to see all those Brazilian fans...

I have only seen it here: 28th June: Admiral John Kirby, the spokesperson of the US Department of Defense has stated that the United States is in a position to deploy 30000 troops to Iraq if the need arises and the President so...

. Only witness to murder of Libyan women rights activist, also assassinated (Dutch TV) – The only witness to the murder of the Libyan human rights activist Salwa Bugaighis was also murdered. His body, covered with...

One hundred years ago, today, the course of history was badly disrupted: “It is not to be supposed,” wrote a correspondent for the Manchester Guardian analysing the significance of the assassination 100 years ago on...

Tom Keane is a liberal, a Democrat, and a former Boston city councilor.  He went to good schools (Catholic Memorial, Harvard, University of Virginia) and writes opinion columns for the Boston Globe.  He’s an...