It’s no wonder Secretary of State John Kerry has been walking on eggshells when discussing potential US support to the Syrian rebels. As The Washington Post reported earlier in the week, a renewed discussion to supply the rebels with body...
Please welcome the newest contributor to Democracy Arsenal: Homa Hassan. Homa is a Scoville Fellow at the National Security Network. Before coming to NSN, she co-hosted a nationally syndicated radio show on domestic and international politics, worked in Congress and...
Minnesota Cup #11: Biathlon Race & Novice Race Hosted by Mt.Itasca Nordic Ski Association Date: Saturday, March 9, 2013 Place: Mt.Itasca, Coleraine Race Format: Mass Start (PPSS) Distance: B, G, YW: 7.5km, YM, JW: 10km; JM, SM, SW, MM: 12.5km; … Continue reading →
Are you a gadget-loving homemaker? From stylish toasters to the latest steam cleaners, David Phelan picks the top labour-saving technology for an easy life
With immigration reform once again on Congress’s near horizon, many proposals take as a given that there should be “internal enforcement” of immigration law through federal background checks on all workers. But the E-Verify system and proposals for a national E-Verify mandate are shot through with complications and challenges. Costs to businesses and workers will mount. Citizens, both natural-born and naturalized, will have to appeal to the federal government for the right to work. And identity fraud... Читать дальше...
Tennis Now’s Blair Henley talks Ernests Gulbis’ quotable quotes, bizarre forehand, and racket-smashing abilities. Also, compare Maria Sharapova’s Oscar looks, and hear her take on Oscar day 2013. Finally, get Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal’s opinion on the announcement of positive doping tests
Singers Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell perform "Chase the Feeling" from their new album, "Old Yellow Moon," in the Wall Street Journal's studio in New York
Singers Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell perform "Dreaming My Dreams" from their new album, "Old Yellow Moon," in the Wall Street Journal's studio in New York
In all aviation the pilot is usually the weakest link… The purpose of a weak link is solely to prevent the tow force from increasing to a point that the glider can be stressed close to or beyond its structural limits. Lockouts can and do occur without increasing tow tension up until the point where […]
Читать дальше...“Hava Nagila” is perhaps the best-known Jewish song in the United States. Jewish and non-Jewish wedding and bar/bat mitzvah attendees alike know that its first few notes are our cue to link arms on the dance floor and drag or be dragged through a never-ending and increasingly chaotic hora. But how many people know that […]
When Bruce Tomb realized that flying cars weren’t on the imminent horizon, he decided to make his own.
NEW ZEALANDERS are increasingly choosing to swipe their eftpos cards rather than fumbling with coins, and more so than overseas purchasers. According to Statistics New Zealand, Kiwis racked up 92 million eftpos transactions in the retail sector in January, an increase of 0.4 percent since December. “Approximately two-thirds of total spending in New Zealand is done […]