Despite the failures and the successes, the victims and the victors, the ancient and the modern, the celebrated and the secret, the fatal and the deceptive, covert action has played an important role in U.S. national security. READ

The importance of education to nation-building has been known since time immemorial, but in many African countries, this is still a novel idea to be sold and bought by leaders who remain unmoved by all positive correlations between education and development. READ

Tolerance may have been an enlightening idea in the context of the prevailing conditions in the early modern period. It is certainly not in the twenty first century. READ

Repugnance, despair and darkness exist within human nature. We learn nothing if we do not examine this part of our psyche. Jacob's Courage is a novel exploring the complex relationships between humans during the Holocaust. READ

In Österreich ist das geltende Prinzip im Staatsbürgerschaftsrecht das Ius Sanguinis, das Abstammungsprinzip. Dieses schreibt vor, dass diejenigen StaatsbürgerInnen werden, deren Eltern auch österreichische. LESEN

Restrictive immigration policies applying to Latin Americans dovetail with other U.S. measures harmful to poor people in the region, and elsewhere, among them free trade agreements, U.S. aid to the region’s repressive military and police forces, a green light for multi-national corporations, and alliances with wealthy classes of many countries. MORE

In a speech in Michigan in 2005, President Bush linked lawsuits with job losses: "Frivolous and junk lawsuits cost the economy about $250 billion a year." MORE

Clients should be advised from the beginning that attempts to bequeath their iTunes Library may be futile under current copyright laws and Apple’s terms. MORE