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A Tale of Two Democracies: New Hampshire to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe has been in power since 1980. During the same period, Story Country, Iowa, has held nine caucuses and the U.S. has had five presidents. Writing for…
U.S. in Africa: Kony Has 100 Special Forces on His Trail
U.S. President Barack Obama has sent 100 U.S. Army Special Forces to Uganda, ostensibly to hunt down rebel leader Joseph Kony, head of Uganda's notorious Lord's Resistance Army. …
Guide to U.S. Campaign Finance: ProPublica
Super-PACs and Dark Money: ProPublica’s Guide to the New World of Campaign Finance by Kim Barker and Marian Wang ProPublica, July 11, 2011, 1:38 p.m. The nation is gearing up…
Financial Giants Put New York City Cops On Their Payroll
The NYPD's Paid Detail Unit allows the New York Stock Exchange and Wall Street corporations, including those repeatedly charged with crimes, to order up a flank of New York’s finest…
Putin Promises “Evolutionary” Political Reforms: Can The Kremlin Weather a “Russian Spring”?
This picture of mass movements of energetic and frustrated young people staging protests for several weeks and crippling economies in countries that have some of the most seasoned militaries…
Occupy Wall Street vs. Kingian Methods
The Occupy Wall Street demonstrations now spreading across the country are encouraging to be sure. It is stated that the Tahrir Square and other demonstrations in the Middle East and…
Youth Led Uprisings: A Symbol of Africa’s Transformation?
African youths are transforming themselves from passive 'tweeters' to active contributors to the rebuilding of African economies ruined by decades of mismanagement and corruption. Across the continent, there seems to…
Jacob Zuma’s Malema Problem – What it Means for the 2012 Elective Conference at Mangaung
AS firebrand ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema awaits his fate, we look at whether his rise through the ranks – thanks to chaotic populism – and the seeming…
The Gaddafi I Know: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni
By the time Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi came to power in 1969, I was a third-year university student at Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania. We welcomed his rise because he was a leader…
Is Africa ready for nuclear energy?
Southern Africa is facing energy shortages as climatic changes intermittently turn off the switch on hydroelectric power generation and oil prices remain exorbitantly high. …
Why US COIN Will Not Work
Sun Tzu, Boyd, Svechin, Creveld, Clausewitz, Luttwak, Dayan, and Alexander are just a few of the heavyweights cited by US military/political strategists these days as they attempt to redesign national…
Obama’s Middle East Speech
I want to thank Hillary Clinton, who has traveled so much these last six months that she is approaching a new landmark – one million frequent flyer miles. I count…
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September 11 Commemorative Air Show, Kirksville MO.
Aerostars 3 Ship YAK 52TW Formation Aerobatic Team at the Kirksville Air Show, 9-11-2011 – Photos Tawanda Kanhema