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Media Control [ANALYSIS]  "So we need something to tame the bewildered herd, and that something is this new revolution in the art of democracy: the "manufacture of consent." More
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Long on rhetoric, short on memory [OPINION]  The U.S. is long on rhetoric, long on its wonderfulness, yet its actions within its own history demonstrate the shortcomings of its democracy.More
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To live within our means []  Excessive spending and growing debt prompted President Obama to ask Americans to live within their means ..More
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Secret talks between US and Taliban [ANALYSIS]  Moderate leaders of the Taliban say they have made progress in third-party talks between the active Taliban insurgency and representatives of the Afghan and U.S. governments ..More
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Thank Obama for Engaging Muslims around the World [FEATURE]  Some groups are attacking Obama for taking the position of respect and mutual understanding with Muslims. Please sign this petition to show our appreciation to President Obama.
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Shaping consciousness through Islam [OPINION]  Islam, like Christianity, has witnessed, from the outset, a struggle between a narrow and literalist interpretation in opposition to the intellectual tradition grounded in philosophy and reasoning ..More
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Iran Elections - a Fraud - or wish it was fraud? [ANALYSIS]  While Western reports from Tehran before the elections showed enthusiastic support for Mousavi, polling from Iran's provinces showed Ahmadinejad well ahead ..More
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Causes of conflict between Islam and the West [OPINION]  President Obama is talking about making a new start between the US and the Muslim world. All calls for peace, stability and peaceful coexistence should be taken as respectable calls for engagement ..More
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The Brain - East Versus West [FEATURE]  A psychology professor dares to compare how Asians and Americans think ..More
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Pakistan won't collapse - But it is in trouble [ANALYSIS]  Pakistan's future is uncertain. But a few things can be said with something approaching certainty about what will not happen. The country will not break up; there will not be another military coup ..More
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Middle East - Obama and Bush [ANALYSIS]  In the days since Barack Obama's speech in Cairo last week there has been a desperate search for substance in between the lines of a great performance ..More
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A turn of good faith deserves another in kind [OPINION]  This must be the most historic speech ever given by an American president to the Muslim world. In his address, Barack Obama extended himself to Muslims in an unprecedented sign of good faith. More
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Muslim storekeeper changes robber's mind and religion [ANALYSIS]  A potential victim became a compassionate counselor during a recent robbery attempt, changing the would-be criminal's mind -- and apparently his religion ..More
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A Middle East alliance reshaping the region [ANALYSIS]  While US President Barack Obama made history in Cairo yesterday, a new regional grouping is taking shape in the northern part of the Middle East that could turn out to be equally significant ..More
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Why are Russians Converting to Islam? [ANALYSIS]  The conversion of historically Orthodox Christian ethnic Russians to Islam is one of the most politically sensitive issues in the Russian Federation ..More
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U.S. President Obama reaches out to Muslims - Full Transcript [FEATURE]  As the Holy Koran tells us, "Be conscious of God and speak always the truth." That is what I will try to do today -- to speak the truth as best I can, humbled by the task before us, and firm in my belief that the interests we share as human beings are far more powerful than the forces that drive us apart.More
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Abu Ghraib Abuse Photos and Justice [ANALYSIS]  It is now clear that the Photos of Abu Ghraib are being withheld because they are inhuman and barbaric, reminding people of the dark ages of Europe ..More
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