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Washington’s Inconsistent Stance on Territorial Integrity
By Ted Galen Carpenter U.S. officials scarcely miss any opportunity to denounce Russia for severing Crimea from Ukraine and then annexing the peninsula. Yet Washington’s own track record regarding respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of countries is inconsistent, to say the least. Critics have noted that the position the United States and its […]
President Obama Offers Easter and Passover Greetings
THE WHITE HOUSE – Office of the Press Secretary – SATURDAY, April 19, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC – In this week’s address, the President offered his warmest greetings as millions of Americans celebrate Easter this Sunday and recounted the Passover Seder he hosted at the White House earlier this week, joining Jewish families around the world […]
My Spiritual Greek Easter!
By Justine Frangouli-Argyris The Greek Orthodox celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus as the ultimate celebration of Christianity. The Resurrection, Jesus’ return to life following his crucifixion, symbolizes the purification of the soul and a spiritual uplifting, consistent with the onset of nature’s spring. Throughout Holy Week, Orthodoxy is in grieving for Christ’s ascent to Calvary […]
The Greeks of Quebec: Against a Referendum
By Justine Frangouli-Argyris I watched the Quebec provincial election very closely even though I was in Europe during a major part of the course of the campaign. The race evolved into an incredible thriller, with the voters of Quebec eventually showing their preference of a strong Quebec within a unified Canada. The Parti Quebecois, which, […]
Menendez and Royce Lead Capitol Hill Armenian Genocide Commemoration
WASHINGTON, DC—The leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee—the two Congressional panels that conduct oversight of U.S. foreign policy—joined with more than two dozen of their legislative colleagues on April 9 at a Capitol Hill remembrance of the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). The […]
Readout of the President’s Call with Presidents Putin of Russia and Hollande of France
Readout of the President’s Call with President Putin At Moscow’s request, President Obama spoke with Russian President Putin today about the situation in Ukraine. The President expressed grave concern about Russian government support for the actions of armed, pro-Russian separatists who threaten to undermine and destabilize the government of Ukraine. The President emphasized that all […]
CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou, in Latest ‘Letter from Loretto,’ Describes Work in Prison Chapel
Former CIA officer and whistleblower John Kiriakou, who is currently in the middle of serving a thirty-month prison sentence at the federal correctional institution of Loretto, Pennsylvania, has written another “Letter from Loretto.” And, in this letter, he shares what it has been like to work in the prison’s chapel. Since August of last year, […]
What does Erdogan’s AKP election victory say about Turkish society?
By Ariel Ben Solomon – The Jerusalem Post The Turkish people gave Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party a victory in local elections on Sunday, throwing their support behind a man who has increasingly become dictatorial. Erdogan has clamped down on the press and the Internet, and weeded out his opponents in the police and the […]
Επίθεση της AJC εναντίον του Μπαλτάκου και της Χ.Α.
Επίθεση εναντίον του κ. Μπαλτάκου, για τη συνάντησή του με τον Ηλία. Κασιδιάρη και τα υποστηρικτικά σχόλιά του για τη Χρυσή Αυγή, εξαπέλυσε η Αμερικανο-Εβραϊκή Επιτροπή (American Jewish Committee), η οποία χαρακτηρίζει εντελώς δικαιολογημένη την παραίτηση του πρώην γενικού γραμματέα του υπουργικού συμβουλίου.
Quebec crucial elections: How Parti Quebecois Fell Into Its Own Trap!
By Justine Frangouli – Argyris Pauline Marois, the premier of Quebec and leader of the Parti Québécois, had a carefully prepared recipe whose ingredients entailed calling early elections, handily winning the race and creating her party’s first majority government in over a decade. Buoyed by positive poll numbers showing her in a commanding position, she […]