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Why Is Bill Richardson Going to Be Secretary of Commerce?

Earlier this week, President-Elect Barack Obama nominated Democratic New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson to be the next Secretary of Commerce. Richardson has one of the most extensive resumes in...

Donny Osmond, after equating gays with wife beating, child abuse, and possibly incest and pedophili

I'm gonna guess not any more.You see, Donny decided to write about gays on his Web site. He kind of equated us with men who beat their wives and children, or perhaps men who have sex with their own...

Pointless Cluster Bomb Ban Signed

92 nations signed a ban on cluster bombs yesterday, a move that is more or less meaningless as the largest producers and users of such munitions—including Russia, China, and the United...

Obama, climate change, "greenfare" and economics

In a bit of a welcome to president-elect Obama those gathered in Poland at a climate change conference have made it clear that the US must make much more drastic cuts in it’s emissions that it...

Nations Sign Cluster Bomb Treaty-United States, Russia, China Ab

By: Bree Shirvell Dozens of countries became the first of more than a 100 to sign a treaty that bans cluster bombers Wednesday. The treaty, which was first developed in May, bans current models...

For the first time, jeans to be made in North Korea

While unique, locally produced goods distinguish many nations in world markets, notable exceptions include North Korea, whose self-imposed isolation keeps it conspicuously absent from the global...

German spies are everywhere ...

This is kind of funny, especially if you have ever had long arguments with your German war college classmates over some fine point of doctrine.I would bet that this is some German at some NATO staff...

For the first time, jeans to be made in North Korea

While unique, locally produced goods distinguish many nations in world markets, notable exceptions include North Korea, whose self-imposed isolation keeps it conspicuously absent from the global...

U.N. concerned over care of Iraqi detainees

BAGHDAD -- The United Nations expressed concern Tuesday about overcrowding and "grave human rights violations" of detainees in Iraqi custody -- in one case, 123 men crammed into a single...

Vatican wants gays to be criminals -- and apparently think it's okay when nations execute gays

There is no level of gay-bashing to which the Catholic Church will not stoop. Via Think Progress, we learn that the Vatican opposes a U.N. resolution that would urge nations to de-criminalize...