This year the University at Albany’s (SUNY) Department of Educational Administration and Policy Studies created a new organization focused on global higher education. The Cross-Border Education Research Team (C-BERT) is co-directed by faculty members Jason Lane and Kevin Kinser. Here is what they say about their mission and focus: Over the past two decades, there […]
Several UK aid workers/activitsts have had their ship, part of the Road to Hope effort to deliver aid to Gaza, “seized” by Greek Commandos. While the aid workers remain in questionably safe surroundings (they have access to a couch and water, but “not drinking” water), it’s worth pointing out several interesting aspects of this hijacking: 1) […]
The winner of the recycled-vuvuzela competition in South Africa has been announced: earrings! I actually think they look quite nice.
Want to save the planet? I do. Want to save money, the public health, energy and not be reliant on Big Oil? Me too. Okay, here’s the equation then: Internal combustion engines are inherently inefficient – losing as much as 85% of the power that goes into the gas tank along the way to moving […]
The Epoch Times will host an evening with Ashley Gilbertson, an award-winning war photographer and VII Network photojournalist who spent several years photographing Iraq. He will discuss his recent projects documenting the affects of PTSD on soldiers returning home. The event will be moderated by Chris Hondros, senior staff photographer for Getty Images. This is […]
The story of how Bolivian President Evo Morales came to power is an intriguing one. Director Alejandro Landes follows Morales during the campaign that brought Morales to power in 2006, showing the candidate as a charming, ideologically fervent man. Morales is the leader of the party Movement for Socialism, the acronym in Spanish being MAS, […]
On Tuesday, President Obama officially endorsed India’s potential bid to join the P5 with a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. While realists may view the UNSC as the only arguably substantive body within the United Nations, an article this week in Time Magazine provides excellent commentary as to precisely why India should not […]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won the George McGovern Leadership Award given by the World Food Program USA on October 5th, 2010. Secretary Clinton received the award for establishing the U.S. government program Feed the Future (FTF). According to the press release, Feed the Future will be a “comprehensive approach to food security that increases […]
Let Niall Ferguson tell you the stakes: Let Mike Mullen expand on Ferguson’s point: Let Roger Hickey tell you why the debt commission isn’t the way to go about solving the problem: Let Paul Krugman tell you why the U.S. should take a cue from St. Augustine: “Lord, give me chastity and temperance, but not […]
by Lilia Shevtsova Russia continues to drift through the zone of uncertainty. The global financial crisis forced the Russian elite to realize that the Russian petrostate would pose obstacles to economic revival and even stability. This elite understands today that reforms are the only way to stimulate economic growth and prevent the social turmoil. “Renewal […]
The issue of bullying is not one that is new in the slightest bit, however it has taken on a new shape and form over the years and has become increasingly hard to prevent. I have previously written on the issues of bullying, however recently it has become more prevalent in the media recently as […]
A briefing on the major global economic issues that will confront world leaders as they gather for the upcoming 2010 Seoul G-20 Summit.
I’ve been lauding the good folks of California for their progressive views – expressed at the polls last Tuesday – on climate and energy. I should toot the horn for my own state, New York, too. I worked for 11 years for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and came to have a […]
Tablet and Pen edited by Reza Aslan For anyone who is interested, Reza Aslan, who wrote “Beyond Fundamentalism” which I wrote about in my last entry, is currently on tour for his new book “Tablet and Pen.” He will be in Washington, DC tomorrow (Thursday November 11th) and in New York City from November 15th […]
The execution of crusader “Reynald Krak” by Saladin On October 29th two packages containing explosive devices were sent from Yemen to the United States. They were addressed to synagogues in Chicago, Illinois and are now believed to be the work of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). One detail of the plot which we would never have known […]