by Piper Bayard | Jan 8, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes Since I published my last update on Syria in late November, the conflict remains in overtime, waiting for a tie breaker. It’s easy enough to watch the events play out from this safe distance, but for the 22.5 million people living in Syria, things...
by Piper Bayard | Dec 22, 2011 | Foreign Affairs
By HOLMES This week, we have been treated to odd bits of news from the North Korean state media machine. According them, Kim Jong Il died of a heart attack on Saturday, December 17, 2011. The “news” that has been broadcast from North Korea has been rather...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 8, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes In 1970, the last US base in Libya closed. The American troops were happy to let oil tycoon Armand Hammer work his deals without them having to hang out in a place filled with sand, heat, more sand, more heat, and little water. Moammar Gadhafi had just...
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