By Joseph Stiglitz* The bank meltdown marks a turning point in our thinking about how the world works writes the Nobel Laureate. In some ways this is the biggest crisis in 80 years. Make no mistake: we are witnessing the biggest crisis since the Great Depression. In some ways it is worse than the Great [...]

By Anwaar Hussain Pakistan, may the Heavens look kindly upon this blighted country once again, has become a central theme in the gross theatrical entertainment being put up by the McCain and Obama duo on almost daily basis. They spar endlessly with each other on all issues except Pakistan. Before any one can reach the [...]

ScienceDaily Oct. 10, 2008 A culture of neglect and, at some age levels, outright social ostracism, is derailing a generation of students, especially girls, deemed the very best in mathematics, according to a new study. In a report published Oct. 10 in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, a comprehensive analysis of decades of [...]

By Irfan Husain Among the many changes in attitudes that took place in the West in the wake of 9/11, one was in the way people viewed religion. For the evangelical Christians, the attacks on America by people thought to be Muslims were seen as a new offensive in a centuries-old conflict. But for many [...]

by Naomi Wolf  Please understand what you are looking at when you look at Sarah “Evita” Palin. You are looking at the designated muse of the coming American police state. You have to understand how things work in a closing society in order to understand “Palin Power.” A gang or cabal seizes power, usually with [...]

By Anwaar Hussain The Muslim world stayed at the pinnacle of glories in science and technology for about 300 years from 900-1200 AD. Muslims’ scientific skills bloomed in Baghdad, Damascus, Cairo, and Cordoba, among other cities. Momentous progress was made in such areas as medicine, agronomy, botany, mathematics, chemistry, jurisprudence and philosophy. While the Christian [...]

By Chris Floyd Don’t tell Obama and McCain, but the war they are both counting on to make their bones as commander-in-chief — the “good war” in Afghanistan, which both men have pledged to expand — is already lost. Their joint strategy of pouring more troops, tanks, missiles and planes into the roaring fire — [...]