Month: January 2010

. Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud dead – state television Pakistan’s military trying to verify reports that Taliban leader, who had been targeted by drone attacks, has been killed. An elder in the Mamuzai...

During World War Two, Edward R. Murrow flew twenty-five combat missions as a broadcast journalist. His first combat mission involved 500 planes, of which 50 were lost, but the novelty of his reporting won him even more fame and...

This is a really feel-bad story.

[This excerpt crossposted from http://www.consortiumnews.com/2010/013010a.html ] America’s Sorry History with Haiti By Lisa Pease January 30, 2010 With all the talk of America taking charge of Haiti for a while, it would...

There’s a strange procedural gap in the rules of the Hawai’i House of Representatives. Normally, representatives have the right to demand a roll call vote after a voice vote. But, in Hawai’i, the Vice Speaker...