Maybe. In a speech to the UN yesterday, Chinese premiere Hu Jintao promised China would reduce carbon emissions by “a notable margin by 2020 from 2005 levels” but attached no specific number to the goal, saying a target will be…
Iran can add another dubious distinction to its long line of abuses as of late. Iran now holds 33 journalists in prison, 25 of which were arrested amidst the recent protests that have occurred in the country, a testament…
Last week the United States Congress and other municipalities throughout the country considered something called the “bag tax”. But, opposition to the bag tax from the petroleum industry has been virulent. Chalk one loss for democracy. China, in a…
Earlier this week on this blog I wrote about Euna Lee and Laura Ling, two American journalists sentenced to 12 years in North Korean labor camps. Since then, no movements have been made to secure the release of the two…
While Mahmoud Ahmadinejad loved to stir up controversy about the reality of the Holocaust, he is overseeing a Holocaust of his own in his own country. Thousands of homosexuals have been persecuted since 1979 in the conservative regime. In a…
Hillary Clinton weighed in on our top story today on ABC’s This Week yesterday drawing a line between the politics of international issues and the “humanitarian” issue involving the American journalists sentenced earlier to twelve years in labor camps. She…
One of the student leaders of the pro-democracy movement in 1989 is now seeking to surrender to Chinese authorities this week on the 20th anniversary of the crackdown. Mr. Wu wants to return so that he can see his family …
North Korea continues to provoke the world this week as it tests additional missles, including a purported long-range missle that has the capability of reaching Alaska. Kim Jong Il, alleged to be ill by some analysts, does not seem ill…
