Provides the latest RSS feeds for General Editorials. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Dublin News.com http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/cat/45d771c7290844e9/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 13:28:18 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:28:18 -0400 30 In Moscow, they are "non-Soviet Russians." In New Delhi, they are a "political Goliath" that may soon awaken. In Beijing and Sao Paolo, they are lawyers and other professionals who complain about ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214717841/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:49:38 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214717841/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Contributed by : Carol Gould First published December 12, 2012This has not been a happy few months for me; as soon as Israel is in the news I find myself in the firing line in various fora or having to take an extra aspirin to avoid a fatal heart attack listening to enraged Zionist-haters venting their thinly-disguised Jew-hatred on radio and television. What an irony! My parents never sent ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214717842/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:42:10 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214717842/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Enlarge Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban presents his annual state-of-the-nation speech in Budapest, February 22, 2013. The text reads: Hungary doing ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214717843/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:39:07 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214717843/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Ready or not, computer piracy comes when you least expect it. Patrick Chappatte is an editorial cartoonist for the International Herald Tribune. View more of his work, visit his Web site or follow him on ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214717840/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:25:20 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214717840/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Canadian conservatives, be they mayors, MPs or senators, need to stop blaming alleged media bias for their troubles when scandals arise. In Toronto, Mayor Rob Ford and his brother Doug both claim that reports of a video showing the mayor inhaling from what appears to be a crack pipe are an attempt by a left-of-centre newspaper to undermine him. In Ottawa, Senator Marjory LeBreton claimed in a ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214715181/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:04:48 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214715181/scat/45d771c7290844e9 - The U.S. Congress moved closer here Wednesday to imposing a full trade embargo against Iran and pledged its support to Israel if it felt compelled to attack Tehran's nuclear programme in ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214715296/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:57:33 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214715296/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The economic turmoil of the past several years has pushed Europe toward greater integration, starting with financial stabilization and a banking union that is still a work in progress. Everyone now recognizes that a single currency zone without a common fiscal policy invites the kind of crisis we have all been experiencing. Europe has reached this stage grudgingly and with great strain, ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214715184/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:44:29 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214715184/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Eight years have passed after one of the worst massacres in the former Soviet Union since its collapse. On May 13, 2005, security forces in the city of Andijan, Uzbekistan, opened fire on protesters, the vast majority unarmed, killing hundreds of men, women and children as they tried to flee. No one has been held accountable, and the authoritarian president, Islam Karimov, has defied calls for an ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214715277/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:25:35 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214715277/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results THE RISE OF THE VAMPIREBy Erik ButlerReaktion / University of Chicago Press, $25, 175 pagesFascination with the undead and fear of the supernatural have filtered through the mists of time, and the vampire has become the star of a dark and bloody show still playing in the 21st century.Following the legend’s footprints in the past, Erik Butler notes that the vampire has ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214714782/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:54:16 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214714782/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), left, delivers remarks toward Republican Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), center, while Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) looks on during the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting to work on the legislation "Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act," on Capitol Hill in ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214714784/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:25:32 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214714784/scat/45d771c7290844e9 In downtown Los Angeles, elevated pedestrian walkways - called pedways - slice the air between tall buildings on Bunker Hill, like a 1970s vision of a future metropolis. That's exactly what they were intended to be - the first phase of what would become a mechanized people mover. Those plans were abandoned long ago, but the existing 10 pedways have something of a cult following among the ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214714785/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:25:30 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214714785/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Part of the coast is being invaded this week by termites. Millions swarmed across Harrison County Wednesday night. Several WLOX viewers called our newsroom to tell us about it. One person called ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712109/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:27 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712109/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results A few weeks ago, President Obama advised graduates at Ohio State University that they need not listen to voices warning about tyranny around the corner, because we have self-government in America. He argued that self-government is in and of itself an adequate safeguard against tyranny, because voters can be counted upon to elect democrats (with a lowercase ';d';), not ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712110/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:10 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712110/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results Where are we now in this morass of Obama administration scandals? We have The Associated Press imbroglio. We have the Benghazi imbroglio. We have the Internal Revenue Service imbroglio. Well, a synonym for imbroglio is confusion, and in all the above cases, replace the word ';imbroglio'; with the word ';confusion'; and you will get a hint of where I am going. We ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712111/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:09 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712111/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results President Obama’s choice of Hyatt hotel heiress Penny Pritzker as secretary of commerce, to be taken up Thursday by the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, puts Democrats on the panel between that famous rock and a hard place.Like the loyal soldiers they are, the panel’s 13 Democrats will fall in line behind the nomination but a senator with acute ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712114/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:08 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712114/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results Bipartisan compromise is tough to find in Washington right now - but when there is opportunity for agreement, we owe it to the American people to take action.In the coming weeks, millions of student-loan borrowers could see their interest rates double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. We’re in this predicament because politicians put themselves in charge of setting interest ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712112/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:08 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712112/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results At this moment of sequestration and belt-tightening, the U.S. government has delivered a reading list on Islam.The National Endowment for the Humanities has joined with two private foundations, Carnegie and Duke, to fund ';Muslim Journeys,'; a project that aims to present ';new and diverse perspectives on the people, places, histories, beliefs, practices and cultures ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712113/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:08 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712113/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The tornado in Oklahoma provides a classic example of how national television network news operates, depending on local reporters and camera operators until the big guns arrive to take over.Moore, Okla., is about 10 miles south of Oklahoma City, where every network has a local station, known as an affiliate, whose reporters headed immediately to the site after the twister ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712117/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:07 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712117/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results Washington is a one-industry town. The nation’s capital has wonderful art museums, concerts and theaters, but they’re only supplements to the big story playing out on the front pages - always the government. We often miss the delicious ironies and insights that the literary and artistic culture can offer with its alternative views into the behavior of our species.Having ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712116/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:07 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712116/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results Since man first rubbed a pair of sticks together to make a fire, we’ve gathered around a campfire to cook food, enjoy good company and bask in the warmth of the glowing embers. Now the green spoilsports in Southern California want to take that all way, sending beach ring fire pits the way of the caveman.The South Coast Air Quality Management District will decide this summer ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712115/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:07 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712115/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Lt. Gov. Tim Murray yesterday gave the people of Massachusetts his two-week notice, thus drawing a curtain on one of the most underwhelming tenures of a statewide office-holder in recent Massachusetts history. And that’s saying something.Murray is trading the privilege of elected office for what amounts to a bigger salary and a shorter commute, resigning with nearly two years left in his ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214711304/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:02:21 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214711304/scat/45d771c7290844e9 1976, then army chief Videla led the junta made up of the commanders of the three military forces after the coup d'etat that overthrew the democratic government of Isabel Peron. Videla, who died on May 17, may be physically no more, the 25-year-old Parodi told the audience in her acceptance speech, but Argentina is still trying to correct the historical wrongs of the regime he led for ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214711073/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:42:53 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214711073/scat/45d771c7290844e9 By Walden Bello The words were so brazen that they have created a firestorm globally. Characterized as "outspoken" and "brash" in the international media, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto has claimed that "comfort women" - the thousands of Asian women who were forced to serve as prostitutes during World War II - were "necessary" for the morale of Japanese ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214710498/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:39:13 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214710498/scat/45d771c7290844e9 By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI - Pakistan and China on Wednesday agreed to jointly work on an economic corridor for enhanced connectivity, with the two countries signing a series of agreements related to energy, technology and space during the first visit to Pakistan by China's premier Li Keqiang since he took office in March. Even so, local critics claimed Pakistan was of little ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214710499/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:39:13 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214710499/scat/45d771c7290844e9 if you are interested in contributing. North Korea's nuclear weapons program is undermining regional stability in Northeast Asia, with the present crisis on the Korean Peninsula again prompting the neighboring states into seriously reconsidering their national security policies. This is particularly the case for Japan, against which North Korea has deployed, ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214710642/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:39:13 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214710642/scat/45d771c7290844e9 By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON - The US Congress moved closer on Wednesday to imposing a full trade embargo against Iran and pledged its support to Israel if it felt compelled to attack Tehran's nuclear program in self-defense. The senate voted 99-0 to adopt a resolution that urged President Barack Obama to fully enforce existing economic sanctions against Iran and to "provide diplomatic, ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214710524/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:39:13 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214710524/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mexican white girl doesn't speak Spanish ." Like many others who have written to The Race Card Project, she grew up in bilingual household but never learned the language of her elders. O'Brien says she often feels like she has a foot in two worlds, but is never fully accepted in either. Whites often assume she is Greek or Mediterranean because her face is slightly angular and her ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214709205/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:09:16 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214709205/scat/45d771c7290844e9 By Gulnura Toralieva As the Kyrgyz government prepared for a rough ride when it reports to parliament on Thursday on its economic performance over the past year, First Deputy Prime Minister Joomart Otorbaev is accentuating the positive. In an interview for International War and Peace Reporting ahead of the May 23 parliamentary hearing, Otorbaev pointed out that the economy had grown, ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214709356/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:26:35 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214709356/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Find out about the 31st Southern Cross Brigade to Cuba (an annual trip organised through the Australia Cuba Friendship Societies), 29 Dec 2013 - 20 Jan 2014. Lotteries House, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth Are you interested in: Agricultural sustainability? Food security? Global social justice? Universal health care? Education? Organic Gardening? Socialism in practice? The brigade offers the ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708345/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:18 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708345/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Dr Mona El Farra is a physician now working as a public health advocate in Gaza. Her particular focus is on women and children. 6pm. RMIT, Building 80, Swanston St, Level 2, Room 7. Sponsored by the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network & Australians for Palestine. For more info ph Michael Shaik 0431 573 ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708280/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:17 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708280/scat/45d771c7290844e9 June 1 marks the beginning of whistleblower Private Bradley Manning's 4th year in prison and the beginning of his trial for revealing USA war crimes and abuses to the world via WikiLeaks. 2pm. Old GPO, cnr Bourke & Elizabeth Sts, ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708969/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:17 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708969/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Saturday, June 1 Original Nation Passports will be issued by Robert Thorpe and Uncle Larry Walsh, West Papua visa stamps issued by Jacob Rumbiak, foreign affairs minister of the Federated Republic of West Papua, authorising participants on the Freedom Flotilla to West Papua to enter West Papuan lands. 10am. Trades Hall, cnr Lygon & Victoria sts, Carlton ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708968/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:17 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708968/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The fabulous Miss Dolly Diamond, debating the ins and outs of marriage equality with a panel of weird and wonderful guests, all of them extremely well-versed on the issue. 8:30pm. Eureka Hotel, 1 Church St, Richmond. $25 ($10 per person will be donated to Equal Love). We depend on you, our lovely supporters so come along, have a drink and a laugh and maybe even learn something. Organised by Equal ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708967/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:17 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708967/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The first Palestinian film to be nominated for an Oscar, '5 Broken Cameras' is an extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism. '5 Broken Cameras' highlights the type of atrocities that relationships like this contribute to and raises awareness about the struggles of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation, which is often omitted or falsified by the ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708481/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:17 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708481/scat/45d771c7290844e9 It was upsetting to see so many of my fellow delegates at the Republican convention vote to keep the status quo. The caucus system is not representative of the voters, and the delegates, endowed with so much power, have no incentive to change and dilute their voting ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708251/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:31 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708251/scat/45d771c7290844e9 A disturbing aspect of the advent of Common Core that I have not seen yet in the media is the way it was implemented. A short time ago I got an audience with the assistant superintendent for curriculum in our district. The first question I asked was when Common Core had been approved in the state. She stated it was three years ago. I stated my puzzlement that I had not seen any publicity or ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708250/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:31 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708250/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tea Party supporters gather for a rally outside the IRS headquarter in Washington, May 21, 2013. A few dozen tea party activists and their supporters have gathered outside the IRS headquarters in Washington to protest extra scrutiny of their organizations. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708252/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:30 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708252/scat/45d771c7290844e9 This contrast is increasingly evident in the debate over the Common Core State Standards. To ideological conservatives, it is the "Obamacore"; an "unprecedented federal intervention into education"; a "threat to the American tradition of individual liberty and limited ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708254/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:29 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708254/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The real truths that have not been addressed are that it is not mercury or preservatives in vaccines that cause autism in children, but the composition of the vaccine itself, specifically the rubella (German measles) portion of the vaccine. Rubella causes brain damage in developing brains, either in the womb or in infancy. The vaccine is manufactured from the virus that causes the ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708253/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:29 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708253/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Washington state lawmakers could face a fine for missing a June 1 deadline for a state budget, but the consequences to government and families would be much ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708097/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:45:05 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708097/scat/45d771c7290844e9 "No nation has more opportunity to advance the cause of democracy, " said then-Sen. John Kerry at his recent confirmation hearing to become U.S. secretary of state. "And no nation is as committed to the cause of human rights as we are." This weekend, ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214707412/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:17:36 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214707412/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Paper Edition | Page: 7 It's not every day that a world leader whose country frequently makes the news for sectarian violence wins a religious freedom award. But on May 30, the Appeal of Conscience Foundation in New York City will honor Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono with its World Statesman Award, given annually to an individual who supports "religious freedom and human ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214706373/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:46:35 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214706373/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: It's time now for your letters, and we got many about our coverage of the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma. Several were praise for our story yesterday about survivors who lost most of their possessions but considered themselves lucky. ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214706242/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:42:03 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214706242/scat/45d771c7290844e9 She suggested she only found out about the possible targeting of Tea Party groups from press reports in February and March of 2012. That turned out to be a complete fabrication. She was briefed on the "Be On the Look Out" list on June 29, 2011.And two days before her ABA "apology," she appeared before Congress and was asked about the status of the investigation into tax-exempt ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214706245/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:37 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214706245/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Lt. Gov. Tim Murray yesterday gave the people of Massachusetts his two-week notice, thus drawing a curtain on one of the most underwhelming tenures of a statewide office-holder in recent Massachusetts history. And that’s saying something.Murray is trading the privilege of elected office for what amounts to a bigger salary and a shorter commute, resigning with nearly two years left in his ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214707176/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:35 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214707176/scat/45d771c7290844e9 I spent two innings in the Gulag. The Saints tied the game in the bottom of the ninth, only to lose it in the 10th. Despite the loss, I had hope in the Gulag that the ship would crash deeper into center ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214704226/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:24:33 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214704226/scat/45d771c7290844e9 After several years in absentia, bipartisanship returned to the Minnesota Legislature in 2013, in varying degrees. As a result, the common good was served. It wasn’t always pretty, but in the end it ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214704225/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:24:33 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214704225/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Attorney General Eric Holder is questioned about the Justice Department secretly obtaining two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214704227/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:24:31 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214704227/scat/45d771c7290844e9 As usual, there is no good news to share in the case of Susan Cox Powell's disappearance. The only glimmer is that the West Valley City Police Department finally has decided to release tens of thousands of pages of reports and related documents, while declaring that the investigation now will be considered a cold case. Police work is difficult. It involves more than accusations based on ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214704228/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:14:28 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214704228/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Among the many things Tim Cook apparently learned at the knee of Steve Jobs, during his long tenure as ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708966/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:26:32 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708966/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Throughout months of Republican ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708965/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:23:13 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708965/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Securing justice for victims of the brutal civil war in Guatemala that lasted from 1960 to 1996 was always going to be tough. But the ruling by the ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708349/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:21:51 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708349/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Britain is experiencing serious outbreaks of measles that look to be a delayed consequence of a failure to vaccinate infants and young children more than a decade ago. A prime cause of that failure was ill-founded fears among parents that a widely used vaccine to combat measles, mumps and rubella might cause autism. Because they shunned the vaccine, their children, now in their teens, are ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214707361/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:21:49 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214707361/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708274/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:20:08 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708274/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: In ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708962/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:19:50 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708962/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: In the last week, you published two articles about serious challenges to the health of our country and its economy ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214711072/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:19:41 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214711072/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: In the last week, you published two articles about serious challenges to the health of our country and its economy ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214714783/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:19:41 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214714783/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: In the last week, you published two articles about serious challenges to the health of our country and its economy ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214713457/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:19:41 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214713457/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: In the last week, you published two articles about serious challenges to the health of our country and its economy ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712118/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:19:41 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214712118/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: In the last week, you published two articles about serious challenges to the health of our country and its economy ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214717839/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:19:41 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214717839/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: In the last week, you published two articles about serious challenges to the health of our country and its economy ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214710146/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:19:41 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214710146/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: In the last week, you published two articles about serious challenges to the health of our country and its economy ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708963/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:19:41 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708963/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: In the last week, you published two articles about serious challenges to the health of our country and its economy ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214716254/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:19:41 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214716254/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708964/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:19:27 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708964/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708359/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:19:12 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708359/scat/45d771c7290844e9 One of the most remarkable public health achievements over the past 30 years has been the sharp decline in the number of Americans dying each year because of drunken ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214703096/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:14:54 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214703096/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Why do Republicans keep endorsing the most extreme and hyperbolic African-American voices ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708961/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:13:38 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708961/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Whenever the world of Washington seems hopeless, someone will point out that the Senate Judiciary Committee did a good job on immigration reform. ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708960/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:13:33 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214708960/scat/45d771c7290844e9 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214704318/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:03:38 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214704318/scat/45d771c7290844e9 According to the Federal Communications Commission, the price for basic cable has grown by an average of 6.1% a year over the last 16 years three times the rate of inflation and far outpacing the average American's paycheck. Cable bills are projected to continue rising to an average of $200 a month by ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214703999/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:49:20 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214703999/scat/45d771c7290844e9 President Obama is seen delivering his address on Libya at the National Defense University in Washington on March 28, 2011. On Thursday, he will speak at the university to address the issue of ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214703998/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:49:20 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214703998/scat/45d771c7290844e9 TOKYO - As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is making waves. Known for his aggressive efforts to revive Japan’s economy, his nationalist rhetoric and his openness to military strength, he is also pushing Japan toward a new assertiveness on human rights. Despite a vibrant democracy at home, the diplomats who guide Japan’s foreign policy ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214704000/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:37:07 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214704000/scat/45d771c7290844e9 At his inauguration on April 9, Kenya's new president, Uhuru Kenyatta, promised to uphold "international obligations". This was most likely a reference to the International Criminal Court. Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto, are to stand trial before the ICC for crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the country's election-related violence in 2007 and 2008. ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214703154/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:37:07 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214703154/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wendy Greuel has been a high-profile public servant who believes in Los Angeles and has devoted much of her career to improving it. But boy, did she run a lousy campaign for ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214702943/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:40:25 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214702943/scat/45d771c7290844e9 George Osborne that the UK remains a "long way from ... recovery"; that "persistent slow growth could permanently damage medium-term growth prospects"; that, six years on from the collapse of Northern Rock, British banks are still not back to "healthy functionality"; and that the centrepiece of the chancellor's last budget - the help-to-buy scheme aimed at ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214702944/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:39:57 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214702944/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Whether it concerns training the Malian Army in the laws of war (an aspect included in the European Union's training program to be extended to four battalions of the Army), or the fight against corruption (which played a significant role in giving rise to the current crisis and deprives the country of resources required for respecting social rights), or the setting up of a "truth, ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214702027/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:28:59 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214702027/scat/45d771c7290844e9 -- When the European Union recently lifted economic sanctions on Myanmar, it closed a decades-long chapter designed to encourage democratic reform in the country. Although an arms embargo remains in place, the action will send an unequivocal message of "mission accomplished." But while the EU is celebrating the "new Myanmar," Rohingya Muslims in the western part of the ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214702080/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:28:59 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214702080/scat/45d771c7290844e9 After more than a decade of less than it expected, an increase in "local government aid" to St. Paul from the Minnesota Legislature is "a welcome change of pace," according to Mayor Chris Coleman. LGA is disbursed according to a complicated formula, based on need, to help provide for basic city services. Next year St. Paul expects an additional $10.1 million -- the largest ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214701436/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:23:27 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214701436/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Ask a great inventor to invent, and that's exactly what he'll do. Sometimes the ideas pop out like cannon bursts: "consider this ... " or "maybe this?" or "Wait! How about THIS!" Ben Franklin did that with balloons. In the 1780s, Franklin was America's ambassador to France, living in Paris, where all over town, people were experimenting with balloon ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214699158/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:44:49 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214699158/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) was founded in 2003 with the goal of strengthening governance by increasing transparency over revenues from the oil, gas, and mining sectors. EITI has contributed to much greater disclosures of information and helped spur dialogue in many countries. But EITI has not made progress toward its ultimate purpose of enhancing accountability in ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214700277/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:11:06 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214700277/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Donald Gale has dreams, big dreams, dreams so big they can only be properly expressed by writing about this super serious dreams to change society with an ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214698875/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:27:55 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214698875/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Yesterday Apple Inc. CEO was called before a congressional hearing as to why Apple failed to pay $30 billion in taxes last year. But did they do anything wrong? Legaly, no, most opinions from around the web ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214697718/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:27:54 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214697718/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The nation’s biggest banks are waging an outrageous fight against a bipartisan Senate bill seeking to protect taxpayers from bailing them out. Renewed interest in curtailing reckless financial practices was sparked by Attorney General Eric Holder’s admission earlier this year that he is afraid to prosecute the banks that brought about the worst downturn since the Great Depression. ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214696279/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:26:46 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214696279/scat/45d771c7290844e9 I am glad the Utah Department of Transportation made a thorough decision and listened to the many people behind the huge public outcry supporting the Glover's Lane option over the Shepard Lane option for the West Davis Corridor. The current decision ensures that homes are saved from unnecessary destruction when an alternative through unpopulated areas is ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214696281/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:57 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214696281/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The problem of widespread evil and other troubling issues can be aptly overcome by adopting the path of the Buddha. Evil arises from myopic vision. It cannot be curbed by stringent laws, severe punishment or exhaustive moral lessons but by transforming awareness of the working of the universe, law of karma, dependent origin of things and unending suffering caused by indiscriminate craving. Proper ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214697427/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:11:24 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214697427/scat/45d771c7290844e9 China's visiting premier, Li Keqiang, since taking over office in March this year, had stated that India would be his first stop overseas on a trip that would also take him to Pakistan, Germany and Switzerland. The priority Li placed on the India visit surprised many -- as also with President Xi Jinping's maiden visit to Moscow two months ago. This indicates that the new Xi-Li ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214697428/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:11:22 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214697428/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The received wisdom is that it is the junior member of a coalition - and, in particular, its leader - who pays the heaviest price for collaboration with the political enemy. But shared government is far from easy for the senior partner either, as David Cameron is finding ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214696273/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:08:35 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214696273/scat/45d771c7290844e9 For the college students who will be paying for a four-year bachelor’s degree long after graduation day, here’s some consolation: At least it didn’t take you six or eight years. College is expensive, yet unpredictably so. Some students pay little for degrees from elite private institutions, after tuition discounts and financial aid. Many of their peers, however, will pay far ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214694596/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:13:19 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214694596/scat/45d771c7290844e9 which writer Raj Ranade says has set a high bar for other contenders at this year's Cannes Film Festival. It's true enough that ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214694991/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:10:08 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214694991/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Intellectual property theft is a growing problem that the government needs to crack down on for the good of American companies, says Huntsman and ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214694598/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:03:24 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214694598/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The continuing examples of the Obama administration’s targeting of journalists is advancing a new front in the war on journalism, according to Jonathan S. Tobin ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214695935/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:03:24 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214695935/scat/45d771c7290844e9 and several diplomats in Rangoon suggested that the central orders for the offensive did not come from the president's office, and some Western observers have told me in private conversations that a "rogue commander" was at work, out of the control of the president and commander-in-chief. Continued army operations were cast as "defensive actions," interpreted liberally ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214694886/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:35:27 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214694886/scat/45d771c7290844e9 President Barack Obama finally broke his long silence on Tuesday on the need to close Guantanamo. Echoing comments he made four years ago -- when, on his second day in office he promised to close the facility within a year ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214695936/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:35:27 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214695936/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Five and a half years after the Urewera raids, the Independent Police Conduct Authority has issued a report that is surely the last verdict on that strange operation. The authority has found "the police were entitled, on the information they had, to view the threat posed as real and potentially serious, necessitating investigation". Everything else the police did that day has to be judged in the ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214695061/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214695061/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The video for Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's newly released song starts by re-creating the conditions of his captivity during the 81 days he was held in police detention in 2011, later dissolving into a dystopian ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214693197/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:56:35 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214693197/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The Florida Legislature should not spend its time trying to craftily dodge a Supreme Court ruling. It should tackle this difficult issue directly and fairly. Next year, Florida has the chance to get it ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214693859/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:21:05 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214693859/scat/45d771c7290844e9 ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214693034/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:17:30 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214693034/scat/45d771c7290844e9 returning via Netflix? Just another old-media brand reviving itself on new media. The TV show, which originally ran on Fox from 2003 to 2006 and unveils new episodes on Netflix next weekend, finds itself in splendid company. Radiohead, Louis ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214691398/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:43:50 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214691398/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Must religion be embodied in a god or gods, such as Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture? We all know how the battle lines shake out: evangelical vs. scientist, believer vs. atheist. The culture war defined as science vs. religion is so overheated that it seems to be more of a caricature than a coherent, useful discussion. Unless, that is, someone is trying to stretch beyond the ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214691399/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:43:49 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214691399/scat/45d771c7290844e9 In the war of businessmen against the people, the businessmen seem to have won the battle for collecting sales tax on products purchased from out-of-state ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214691400/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:37:10 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214691400/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The spy scandal involving U.S. diplomat Ryan Fogle reveals some interesting points about relations between the U.S. and Russia. First, Fogle supposedly offered a Federal Security Service officer $100,000 for the first meeting and $1 million annually, plus bonuses, if he agreed to share classified information with the U.S. This is much more than informants have been paid in the past. By ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214692691/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:19:21 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214692691/scat/45d771c7290844e9 In this photo supplied by the Government Communications and Information Services (GCIS) South African President Jacob Zuma, right, and Governor General of Canada, David Johnston attend a welcoming ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (Elmond ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214689892/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:35:26 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214689892/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Director Steven Soderbergh had been looking for a way to frame a film about the extravagant entertainer Liberace for years when a friend recommended the ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214689813/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:30:55 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214689813/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Just days after voters go to the municipal polls Oct. 21, Stephen Mandel will step down as mayor of Edmonton. And nearly everyone in this city will wish him well.Edmonton has enjoyed quite a ride with Mandel, and as the mayor prepares to leave public office, those who will soon jockey to succeed him must know they have a tough act to follow.The capital is a better, bolder and more sophisticated ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214690990/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:14:59 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214690990/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Konstantin Sonin Judging by the current debate on education in Russia's schools and universities, it might seem that the most pressing problems are the need for a mandatory reading list and a uniform history textbook for schools, along with the personality traits of the education minister. I admit that these questions are interesting to discuss, but as a university professor who also ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214690991/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:05:53 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214690991/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Whenever talk turns to the Cold War, it calls up memories of the superpower standoff, the arms race, regional conflicts, the constant threat of enemy missile launches and, of course, the way the Soviet Union lost the Cold War when its economy and technological prowess collapsed in 1991. But at the same time that the Soviet Union was engaged in a Cold War with the West, it was fighting an even ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214690992/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:05:50 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214690992/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Martha White Tilbury House, $22.95, 178 pages, illustratedSince the first dog warily entered the first cave, the relationship between man and beast has been intriguing to man, and perhaps to beast as well. A key to the relationship has been a dog’s dependence on its master for food and board, in return for which it is expected to provide companionship, admiration and occasionally other ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214689382/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:19:19 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214689382/scat/45d771c7290844e9 In the not-too-distant future, video calling is likely to be a standard feature in Web browsers, potentially turning every website into a virtual phone booth or party ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214689394/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:49:00 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214689394/scat/45d771c7290844e9 A new government report singles out Los Angeles County's Twin Towers as having one of the worst rates of inmate-on-inmate sexual assault of any men's jail in the nation. One in 20 inmates held there reported that he had been victimized by another inmate while in custody, far higher than the national average of 1 in 60, according to the Department of ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214689395/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:48:59 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214689395/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Treasury Department 's inspector general asked that latter question of the IRS brass, and they said no - but he didn't demand their emails and phone ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214689396/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:48:58 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214689396/scat/45d771c7290844e9 At a demonstration near the Spanish parliament on April 18, a housing rights activist joked that the crowd should divide up with terrorists on one side and Nazis on the other. Everyone laughed, but there is a dark side to his sarcasm. Since March, local and national politicians have used every name in the book to delegitimize the Platform for Mortgage Victims, a grass-roots movement that has ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214688487/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:37:27 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214688487/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The 50th-anniversary celebration of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and its successor, the African Union (AU), at the biannual heads-of-state summit next week is an important milestone. But, while they are celebrating, Africa's leaders should also do some serious reflection on why they haven't made sufficient progress on human rights. The AU should use this gathering to call on ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214687921/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:27:34 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214687921/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Breitbart ,'; which was released digitally and in theaters last week across the United States, I had the distinct and unique privilege of ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214686570/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:59:14 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214686570/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results ';Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.';This ancient admonition, commonly attributed to William Shakespeare but actually the work of Sir Walter Scott, now applies to how Barack Obama’s White House has been in a full cover-up mode over the widening Internal Revenue Service scandal.One week after the bombshell story broke that the tax ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214686569/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:59:13 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214686569/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results Protecting U.S. diplomats from terrorists on foreign soil is one thing. Protecting terrorism-sponsoring diplomats on U.S. soil quite another. The U.S. State Department is under heavy fire for failing at the job abroad.A diplomat from a nation that the United States officially classifies as a state sponsor of terrorism, however, has no complaints against the State Department’s ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214686568/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:59:13 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214686568/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results Every four years, the Islamic Republic of Iran engages in a closely choreographed farce of elections, aimed at maintaining the illusion that the Iranian people have a say in how their country is governed.By all accounts, the farce has been successful - with Americans, if not with Iranians themselves. On June 14, the election show is set for another replay.In February 2003, Deputy ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214686571/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:59:12 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214686571/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results Anyone who reads a daily newspaper such as The Washington Times will regularly see references to public opinion polls. The polling data gathered from trends and insights has historically provided helpful guidance for consumers, academics and businesses.Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to be the case quite as much with politics. Today’s polls are becoming increasingly ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214686573/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:59:11 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214686573/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results The Obama administration has an enemies list, and John Dodson was on it. The special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) infuriated his superiors by alerting Congress and everyone else about the government’s gunrunning scheme called Fast and Furious. He had to pay for his act of good citizenship.The Justice Department’s inspector ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214686572/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:59:11 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214686572/scat/45d771c7290844e9