http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us Today, I read a story -- I think it was in TIME Magazine -- about how Ireland is running out of Catholic priests. Ireland is one of the most religious countries in all of Europe. Europe is mostly secular... but... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4714486 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:16:13 -0800 Call me crazy... but I think that it might just be time for Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, to step down. He has proved himself to be utterly incompetent. He has been a failure. And he... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4700919 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:33:03 -0800 President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt has got to go. He has outlived his usefulness. For a long time, I've been hearing that his son, Gamal Mubarak, would succeed him. If that's true, then I'd like to pre-empt this succession by... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4688079 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:09:19 -0800 As I was going through the news today, I came upon an interesting statement made by Manmohan Singh - the Prime Minister of India. He is currently visiting the United States, and he was speaking before the Council on Foreign... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4681986 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:38:55 -0800 Sometimes, I read interesting headlines. One recent one was "Israel Brushes Off Obama Criticism Over Jerusalem." Another one was "US Increases Pressure on Afghan's Karzai." I started wondering, "If Benjamin Netanyahu gets to "brush off" Obama's criticism, does Hamid Karzai... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4648077 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:13:17 -0800 President Obama has spoken out in support of internet freedom in China. I happen to support internet freedom. China happens to not support it. And Obama? Well, he's kind of on the fence when it comes to that issue. He's... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4638560 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:46:19 -0800 I was heartened to learn that President Obama has apparently rejected all 4 options that were being considered with respect to the war in Afghanistan. All through the Presidential campaign, Obama had referred to the Afghan war as the "good... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4628249 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:12:48 -0800 There is some controversy surrounding the Stupak amendment to the US health care reform bill, and this has put the spotlight on C-Street, and its alleged insidious influence in Washington DC. C-Street is a secret Christian organization that counts several... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4604928 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:15:57 -0800 There are very few people in the US mainstream media asking whether US foreign policy is perhaps partly to blame for the Fort Hood shootings. It is indeed possible that some (even many) who work in the media are afraid... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4589617 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:19:35 -0800 As I'm analyzing the reaction of the Muslim American community to the tragedy at Fort Hood, I feel like they are living in a wholly different universe than the rest of the country. 13 people were murdered, and they did... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4579645 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:21:34 -0800 We've been hearing a lot about Rihanna these days. I've seen parts of her recent interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer. When asked about why she returned to Chris Brown after the incident, Rihanna said that it's normal for a battered... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4577623 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:34:21 -0800 The other day, I was watching CNN. And the crawl at the bottom of the screen said something along the lines of "Emanuel: Obama asking the right questions," and "Emanuel: Bush did not ask the right questions." The crawl was... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4436513 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:44:18 -0700 President Obama has given his supporters very little to which they can point to and say, "This is why I voted for him." He has not brought real health care reform. He has not created jobs. He has not made... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4421919 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:15:32 -0700 I am aware of the fact that US policy analysts monitor Afghan public opinion, but I wonder if US policy makers do so as well. Do the strategists in the Obama administration find comfort in the fact that the majority... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4410464 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:49:09 -0700 I find it surprising to hear so many commentators talk about the need to replace the NATO presence in Afghanistan with a Muslim presence. I'm totally on board with removing the NATO presence. But replacing it with a Muslim presence?... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4391897 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:35:52 -0700 I think that there's way too many foreign policy wonks that focus on worst case scenarios. They've bought into Murphy's Law: "Whatever can go wrong will go wrong." Well, Saad's Law says that "Worse case scenarios almost never happen... so... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4375823 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:23:22 -0700 I just watched Christiane Amanpour interview US Secretary of Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. They talked about Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran. Gates said that he wanted the Iranians to conclude that they would be better off without... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4366173 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:51:23 -0700 The Nobel Committee has zero credibility. Occasionally, the good folks in Oslo get it right (e.g. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, President Jimmy Carter, etc.) And sometimes, they get it wrong... dreadfully wrong. Henry Kissinger butchered countless women and children in Cambodia... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4351313 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:54:57 -0700 As I was walking home from the mosque after the Friday prayer this afternoon, I was thinking about an interesting article that I had read by Robert Kaplan of The Atlantic. The article is titled "Why I Love Al Jazeera."... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4238575 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:50:55 -0700 I was watching a Quentin Tarantino interview a while back, and he mentioned that his favourite movie of all time was Taxi Driver... directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro. And my reaction upon hearing that was, "You... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4213149 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:34:09 -0700