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Let’s applaud President Obama’s bold and courageous initiative to reach out to the Muslims around the globe. While some right-wing extremists are calling it President’s apology tour of the Middle East, rest of the world is hailing it as the giant leap forward in normalizing the relationship with the Muslim world and creating stability in the war-torn region in the Middle East. Our reckless foreign policy of the past two decades has wreaked havoc in that part of the world with undesirable consequ… Continue

Friday, April 17, 2009
by Sehar Tariq:

Eight years ago I boarded a plane to the United States to come to college. I was 17. As I left, my father hugged me and told me to never come back because he believed that soon Pakistan would not be a country fit for me to live in. I told him he was trying to save money by not having to buy me tickets to come home. We laughed it off. I hugged him goodbye and that day my father and I began our great debate about the fate of Pakistan. Abba told me to stay aw… Continue

It is hard to believe that in this time and age high-seas piracy off the coast of Africa has become a lucrative and thriving business for the handful of thugs who are boldly attacking cargo ships in international waters without fear of any adverse consequences. They are currently holding hundreds of hostages and shipping vessels for ransom and have been emboldened by the fact that shipping companies and their insurers are paying the ransoms to free the hostages and their ships from the clutches… Continue

Dear President Obama,

Your extraordinary ascent to the US Presidency is, to a large part, a reflection of your remarkable ability to mobilize society, particularly the youth, with the message of "change." Indeed, change is what the world is yearning for after eight long and almost endless years of carnage let loose by a group of neo-cons that occupied the White House.
Understandably, your overarching policy focus would be the security and welfare of all US citizens and so it should be. Similarl… Continue

The current dire state of our economy is a great cause of concern for all Americans specially those whose livelihood and jobs are at stake. The ever-deteriorating crisis combined with the rising national debt is a perfect recipe for a depression unlike any other America has ever experienced before. While our government is doling out billions without any accountability or an oversight to the financial sector, the manufacturing sector is facing its biggest challenge and it appears to be in spirali… Continue