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Syria: The Iron Hand of Injustice

When Kofi Annan, the former Secretary General of the United Nations and Special Envoy to Syria, recently embarked on his peacemaking mission to Syria, most Syria watchers dubbed his task …

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Manufactured Misery and Global Suffering

During the 1980s, longtime activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. popularized the expression “misery index” in response to President Ronald Reagan’s domestic fiscal philosophy of trickle-down economics and the resulting suffering …

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Defining True Success

What is the image of a successful person? A well-educated, knowledgeable person, who has surplus earnings, well-known for expertise in his/her chosen specialty/trade, and carries with him/her a great deal …