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Bush asks Pakistan to keep Musharraf despite election route

And to think many find Bush's democratic ideas to be rubbish. Why bother to even hold elections if you are not prepared to live with the results? Musharraf was routed but in the Bush world, that...

That Didn't Take Long At All: $89 Million Australian Internet Filters Called A Failure

Last August the Australian Prime Minister announced plans to spend many millions of dollars to offer free internet filters that parents could use to keep their kids from surfing porn. The filters...

Howard Covitz - McCain, Iraq and South Korea

Reader Howard Covitz sends me this e-mail:Given McCain's comparison of Iraq to Korea, I think it would be prudent for voters to familiarize themselves with the 20th century history of that country. ...

Good News in Pakistan?

Possibly. While it is true that Pervez Musharraf has been an ally of the US (albeit, not the strongest of allies) and much of the world is going to view this as a defeat for the US, in reality the...

Keeping Up Appearances: Belgium Launches International PR Campaign

Leading newspapers in Britain, France and Spain, as well as the BBC, are collaborating with the Belgian authorities to improve the international image of Belgium. Last month, Belgium’s interim...

Cutting Taxes and Spending? Huh.

A wonder from Down Under:A new left-wing government in Australia has begun with a decidedly unliberal approach to economic policy - proposing a budget based on deep cuts in spending and taxes.More,...

Is Geert Wilders on a Suicide Mission?

Holland is a country of political, religious and cultural fervour. The Dutch are a nation of puritans, attracted to the ‘purity’ of extremisms. In the first half of the last century the country was...

Throwing Out the Baby with the Bath Water

Seems like most of those railing against the private health care system (and health insurance) want to scrap what is working and start all over. Many favor a "Medicare for all" approach without...

NCTV-G broadcasts first live meeting

NCTV-G, the new government channel aired by Nevada County Television, will broadcast its first live meeting today.

Oz gets the government it elected and gets it good and hard

That’s a real bad paraphrase of a HL Mencken quote that is actually "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard."However it fits in...