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  • Russias Middle Class Is Prosperous but Powerless

    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 ...

  • A deeply disturbing attack on me

    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 ...

  • Response to Hungary is a Test for the EU

    Enlarge Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban presents his annual state-of-the-nation speech in Budapest, February 22, 2013. The text reads: Hungary doing ...

  • Patrick Chappatte Computer Piracy

    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 ...

  • Globe Editorial Note to politicians Stop blaming the media for your problems

    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 ...


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Hoosiers [Blu-Ray]

Hoosiers [Blu-Ray]

Since its release more than 25 years ago, Hoosiers has become one of the most beloved of sports films. From a pure genre standpoint, that shouldnt be surprising since it encompasses everything we love about such films, particularly the romanticizing of an underdog through the filter of he ... ...

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  • U.S. Congress Moves Toward Full Trade Embargo on Iran

    - 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 ...

  • Op-Ed Contributors Democracy Jobs and Growth in Europe

    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, ...

  • Uzbekistan A Massacre That Should Not Fade Into History

    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 ...

  • BOOK REVIEW The Rise of the Vampire

    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 ...

  • Immigration bill a testament to compromise

    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 ...

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