ParaPunditStepping out of the box to look at events.Nicholas Kristof On Israeli Colonization Of The West Bank- June 30, 2008 Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times says traveling thru the West Bank feels like traveling thru Israeli colonies. Er, this is supposed to be a revelation The security system that Israel is steadily establishing is nowhere more stifling than here in Hebron, the largest city in the southern part of the West Bank. In the heart of a city...http://www.parapundit.com/archives/005323.html Algeria An Intellectual Battleground Between Islam And Secularism- June 30, 2008 The Algerian government is trying to reduce the Islamic content of what the Algerian schools teach. ALGIERS First, Abdel Malek Outass teachers taught him to write math equations in Arabic, and embrace Islam and the Arab world. Then they told him to write in Latin letters that are no longer branded unpatriotic, and open his mind to the West....http://www.parapundit.com/archives/005321.html Child Brides In Yemen Rebel Against Brutal Primitive Custom- June 29, 2008 The little girls in Yemen are not showing enough loyalty to their authentic local non-Western ancient culture. JIBLA, Yemen: One morning last month, Arwa Abdu Muhammad Ali walked out of her husband's house here and ran to a local hospital, where she complained that he had been beating and sexually abusing her for eight months. That alone would be surprising...http://www.parapundit.com/archives/005320.html Americans Do Not Want To Hear About Iraq War- June 29, 2008 The press has reduced coverage of Iraq and think the public does not want to hear about it. According to data compiled by Andrew Tyndall, a television consultant who monitors the three network evening newscasts, coverage of Iraq has been massively scaled back this year. Almost halfway into 2008, the three newscasts have shown 181 weekday minutes of Iraq coverage,...http://www.parapundit.com/archives/005319.html US Airline Industry Set To Shrink- June 29, 2008 Former American Airlines CEO Bob Crandall tells Businessweek some changes that would help the struggling airline industry. --Revising U.S. bankruptcy laws to... ...deprive failed carriers of the right to use lower costs to undercut the fares offered by their more prudent rivals, forcing both management and labor to face the twin specters of liquidation and unemployment. In other words, take...http://www.parapundit.com/archives/005318.html Bill Clinton To Barack Obama: Kiss My Ass- June 29, 2008 Bill Clinton is still very mad at Barack Obama because Obama's supporters painted Bill as racist. It has long been known that Mr Clinton is angry at the way his own reputation was tarnished during the primary battle when several of his comments were interpreted as racist. But his lingering fury has shocked his friends. The Democrat told the Telegraph:...http://www.parapundit.com/archives/005316.html Immigration Supporter Chris Cannon Loses Primary- June 26, 2008 Good riddance. Good decision by Utah voters. Pro-amnesty crusader Chris Cannon, Republican congressman from Utah (motto: "We love immigrants in Utah. And we don't make the distinction very often between legal and illegal."), finally got his comeuppance Tuesday by losing a primary to Jason Chaffetz, who ran on, among other things, a hawkish immigration platform. This comes after two primary...http://www.parapundit.com/archives/005310.html Working Dogs In the Workplace- June 25, 2008 Google and Amazon are two high profile companies with dog friendly workplaces. This is a growing trend. Dog friendly workplaces are draw for prospective employees. "There are more companies that are shifting toward offering dog-friendly work policies because they can use that to attract employees," says Cameron Woo, publisher of Bark magazine. "People are realizing that the button-down white shirt...http://www.parapundit.com/archives/005307.html Religious And Tribal Factions Battle In Yemen- June 24, 2008 Rebel forces of Hashemite Shiites (and I thought Hashemites were Sunni royals like in Jordan) are fighting government forces of Zaidi Shiites and Sunnis in Yemen. Who knew SANAA, Yemen -- The boom of explosions swept across the high-walled compounds and minarets of this ancient Arab capital before dawn one day last week, as Shiite rebels battled for control of...http://www.parapundit.com/archives/005306.html Prosecution Of Illegal Border Crossers Cuts Illegal Immigration- June 23, 2008 Illegal border crossers are being held for prosecution rather than immediately delivered back into Mexico to try again. March prosecutions numbered 9,360. That's small compared to the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants in the US. Nonetheless, "It's working," says Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington think tank that would like immigration levels reduced considerably....http://www.parapundit.com/archives/005304.html |