Our marriages often provoke us to throw the china and utter the unforgivables. The context is usually personal, not political, but either way, passions run high.
The Battle Over Gay Marriage
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Getting Smart at Being Good…Are Companies Better Off for It?
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Embracing the Enemy is Good Business
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China Cracks Down After ‘Jasmine Revolution’ Protest Call
The anonymous call for a “jasmine revolution” in China’s major cities was made online, first on a website run by overseas dissidents, then on Twitter, which despite being blocked is still widely used by activists in China. But unlike what happened in Tunisia and Egypt, where such efforts prompted massive street protests that eventually toppled both governments, the biggest response in China was from the state.
What’s Behind Thailand’s Lèse Majesté Crackdown?
In Thailand it’s often referred to, usually in hushed tones, as “the institution.” In a land where the holy trinity consists of nation, religion and king, talking about the monarchy, except in terms of adulation, can be risky business. Political activists, university professors, webmasters and now even a U.S
Syria Critical of Obama’s Middle East Speech Warning Assad
Damascus, it seems, does not care for Barack Obama’s advice. In a much anticipated policy speech on Thursday, May 19, the U.S
The Revolution Will Be YouTubed: Syria’s Video Rebels
At first you might think you are in the office of a Silicon Valley tech company. There are flip cameras everywhere
A Brief History of: Gay Marriage
When Marcia Hams and Susan Shepherd cut into their wedding cake at city hall in Cambridge, Mass., on May 17, 2004, after becoming the first same-sex couple in the U.S.
Mohamed ElBaradei: The Next President of Egypt?
Egyptian activists, most of them young, were out in force in the midday sun on Friday, Feb.
Is Nothing Sacred?
International animal-rights activists accuse India of showing uncharacteristic cruelty toward its cows By MASEEH RAHMAN New Delhi Mahatma Gandhi believed that a nation could be judged by the way it treats its animals. If that yardstick were applied to his own country today, India would be in the doghouse.