Provides the latest RSS feeds for General Editorials. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Arizona Herald.com http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/cat/45d771c7290844e9/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 05:24:19 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:24:19 -0400 30 What a breath of fresh air to read former Sen. Bob Bennett's article regarding John Swallow — something that really makes sense instead of the wild rhetoric to which we are exposed on a daily basis ("Swallow needs administrative leave," May 20). Regardless of whether Swallow is falsely accused or blatantly guilty, Bennett's suggestion that Swallow be placed on the ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214732076/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:30:28 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214732076/scat/45d771c7290844e9 On days when the president is coming, the White House press room, the East Room and even occasionally the Rose Garden are ornamented with dozens of objects that perform the decorative and utilitarian purpose of potted ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214731716/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:30:28 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214731716/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Rich McKeown, spokesman for Count My Vote (CMV) said, "We just think we can do better" (GOP delegates reject changes to nominating system," May 18). A few people believe their ideas on how to improve the process private organizations use to select their representatives. Then when the groups don't agree, these ideas should be imposed on them by force of law. If my friends and ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214732077/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:30:27 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214732077/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Fifteen years ago while serving as mayor of Highland, I sat in meetings with other elected officials where we discussed the possibilities of a trail along the Murdock ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214731719/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:30:27 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214731719/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The following editorial appeared recently in the Philadelphia Daily News: Think back — back before we knew that the IRS was unacceptably targeting right-wing groups for scrutiny or that the Department of Justice was unbelievably searching the phone records of journalists. Think all the way back to February, when all anyone in Washington was talking about was the country's fiscal ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214731720/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:30:26 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214731720/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Looking back 70 years with the sure knowledge that allied forces defeated the Nazis, it's hard to feel the heart-pounding fear of that day as crews loaded their B-17s, revved their engines, took their places behind guns or as navigators or pilots, walked the narrow catwalk above bomb bays and wondered if they had safely touched ground for the last ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214730739/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:46:51 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214730739/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Many Utah voters, however, feel disenfranchised by the process, and some experts cite disillusionment with the caucus system as one of the primary reasons behind Utah's declining voter turnout in recent years. Many feel the decision has already been made for them by a relative handful of people, and, in some cases, that's exactly what happens at the state ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214730738/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:46:50 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214730738/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The refugee burden that Syria’s neighbors are shouldering is heavy and should not be borne alone. But keeping people fleeing for their lives in buffer zones inside Syrian borders risks trapping rather than protecting ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214730101/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:27:53 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214730101/scat/45d771c7290844e9 food stamps (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP), is over how much to cut. But when more than 15% of Americans remain impoverished, slashing food assistance for the poor makes no sense in humanitarian, economic or public health ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214729531/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:43:44 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214729531/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Coursing through vast reaches of Alaskan tundra, glacial lakes and emerald forests, six major river systems converge along the rim of the Bering Sea to form the crystalline waters of Bristol Bay, the richest wild salmon grounds in the ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214729532/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:43:43 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214729532/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Even by the standards of Syria's ever-worsening stream of atrocity and massacre videos, the latest footage from the country cannot fail to shock for its sheer savagery. ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214729533/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:31:05 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214729533/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Washington state’s Opportunity Scholarship program is right to turn to its scholars for help broadening and deepening the program’s ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214728954/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:05:56 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214728954/scat/45d771c7290844e9 As they review lawmakers' performance at the Minnesota Legislature, business advocates have new worries about the impact of higher taxes on the state's competitiveness and job growth. They're worthy worries: Weakening the business climate weakens the jobs climate. "Every Minnesotan will pay more -- in the form of higher taxes, higher prices or higher fees," says the ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214728683/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:38:12 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214728683/scat/45d771c7290844e9 At day’s end Monday, the number killed by a massive tornado was reported to be at least 51, with more expected as rescue workers dug through the wreckage. That was more than twice the number later confirmed dead. A spokeswoman for the examiner’s office blamed it on ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214727201/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:01:06 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214727201/scat/45d771c7290844e9 A sensible, bipartisan solution to the conflicts of interest that too often arise between credit ratings agencies and the firms that hire them to judge their products should be adopted by the Securities and Exchange ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214727200/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:01:05 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214727200/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Apple CEO Tim Cook, center, flanked by Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's chief financial officer, left, and Phillip A. Bullock, Apple's head of Tax Operations, are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, prior to testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214728105/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:01:03 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214728105/scat/45d771c7290844e9   President Obama gave a major speech in Washington today on US counterterrorism policy. The speech contained a number of significant announcements, including notice that the administration would resume releases of Guantanamo prisoners "recommended for transfer" to other countries and a pledge to clarify the process and improve transparency with respect to the use of unmanned ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214724609/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:37:06 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214724609/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Contributed by : Carol Gould I thought I would re-publish this article from a year ago as local UK elections loom on 2 May. The present hysteria surrounding the rise and rise of UKIP, the United Kingdom Independence Party, fascinates me as an American because the Tea Party rose from disatisfaction with both Democrats and Republicans. The Tea Party now has six US senators and helped shift the ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214725662/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:59:35 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214725662/scat/45d771c7290844e9 case about whether the U.S. government can require organizations to denounce prostitution as a condition of funding for their international HIV/AIDS work. As those on the ground who work in programs trying to stop the spread of HIV ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214724140/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:41:17 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214724140/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To ensure that gold businesses in Dubai respect and protect rights, due diligence procedures should be made mandatory and include measures to check for child ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214723534/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:41:17 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214723534/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Although the vast majority of black children complete high school, most do not complete college. Many first-generation college students have fewer financial, family and community resources to persist through the more challenging aspects of college, such as dealing with financial obligations, meeting academic requirements and finding opportunities for postbaccalaureate ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214721400/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:05:19 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214721400/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Not so on federal land. The flowers in Washington’s many parks are government property and the feds take just as dim a view of that as trying to drive off in an F-16. (The irony is that when it comes time to replace, say, the tulips, the National Park Service will give away the bulbs to people passing by because it’s cheaper to buy new ones each spring rather than store the old bulbs ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214721401/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:05:17 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214721401/scat/45d771c7290844e9 New York Times columnist Mirza Shahzad Akbar speaks out about the forgotten victims of president Obama's use of drones in the war on ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214721403/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:54:33 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214721403/scat/45d771c7290844e9 ';Like Captain Renault, liberals are now shocked, shocked to discover Obama & Co. have been using intimidating tactics.'; Or at least that’s the claim Peter Wehner makes in his recent piece ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214721402/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:54:33 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214721402/scat/45d771c7290844e9 A person who grows on the spiritual path cannot ignore Gautama because his presence has become so significant. In his own lifetime, he had forty thousand monks who went out to spread the spiritual process. In his own silent way, he changed the world forever. Buddha Pournami has always been significant in the yogic ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214722650/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:49:51 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214722650/scat/45d771c7290844e9 All these cops snooping around are getting too much, i tell you. Just the other day, this bowler puts up his arm and raises one finger and they pounce on him and haul him away to the thana because they thought it was a spot-fixing ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214722651/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:49:49 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214722651/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Millennium Development Goals (MDG) began on April 5. At the end of May, Women Deliver, a Washington-based advocacy group working to reduce maternal mortality and ensure young girls' reproductive health, will hold a conference in Kuala Lumpur, bringing together some of the world's strongest voices on women's ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214722653/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:49:41 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214722653/scat/45d771c7290844e9 It's time to view security as a vital element of the country's infrastructure rather than an entitlement of VIPs alone. But states, especially, are slipping up in this respect. This lack of commitment to internal security is borne out by their reluctance to spend centrally-sponsored assistance, which exposes a mindset seemingly framed around maintaining entitlements rather than ensuring ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214722652/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:49:40 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214722652/scat/45d771c7290844e9 With the two assailants in hospital, the questions now start - and they are legion. The most telling is whether the men were acting alone or were part of a terrorist "cell" supported by others, either here or abroad. But there will also be issues for the security services to address. Although sources suggest that the perpetrators were known to the authorities - and only the ongoing ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214721395/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:46:50 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214721395/scat/45d771c7290844e9 On April 29, just ahead of International Workers' Day, Iranian authorities summoned Behnam Ebrahimzadeh to discuss the terms of his temporary release from Tehran's notorious Evin prison. Ebrahimzadeh, a labor activist and blogger who is almost three years into a five-year prison sentence, was given leave from the prison after many pleas to care for his ailing son, who suffers from a ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214721601/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:23:39 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214721601/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Uzbekistan: A Massacre That Should Not Fade Into History Eight years after the Andijan massacre, Uzbekistan remains a human-rights disaster. When will the EU change its strategy towards ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214721665/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:23:39 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214721665/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Enlarge A series of newspaper clippings that a father of two sons has collected over the years. The two sons are listed on the public sex offender registry for offenses committed when they were ages 9 and 11, and they were often publicly named in the local ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214721054/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:07:22 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214721054/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Paul ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214718218/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:20:21 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214718218/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Photo credit: Getty Images While a rebuilt World Trade Center site nears its debut as one of the world's most important and iconic business districts, a critical controversy is brewing. How much security is too much? The tower at 4 World Trade Center should be finished this year, its 72 floors filled mostly with offices and a smattering of retail. And 1 World Trade Center should open in ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214719460/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:16:50 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214719460/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The older undemocratic regimes become, the more mistakes their leaders tend to make. Cutting themselves off from accurate information is one of the most common - and most self-destructive. This problem became particularly relevant earlier this week, when Lev Gudkov - the director of the Levada Center, Russia's preeminent independent polling agency - said he feared he may have to shut down ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214719461/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:02:52 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214719461/scat/45d771c7290844e9 On May 19, African countries will kick off a special summit to celebrate 50 years of unity, first under the Organisation of African Unity and, since 2000, under the African Union. This is an opportune time for the AU to set the record straight on its support for accountability, especially the atrocities during Kenya’s 2007-08 post-election violence. Indeed, Kenyan government sources ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214718365/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:51:39 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214718365/scat/45d771c7290844e9 If Home Secretary Theresa May thinks the Jordanian government can be trusted not to torture its prisoners, she needs to look a little harder at the ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214718370/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:51:39 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214718370/scat/45d771c7290844e9 In Moscow, they are "non-Soviet Russians." In New Delhi, they are a "political Goliath" that may soon awaken. In Beijing and Sao Paolo, they are lawyers and other professionals who complain about ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214717841/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:49:38 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214717841/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Contributed by : Carol Gould First published December 12, 2012This has not been a happy few months for me; as soon as Israel is in the news I find myself in the firing line in various fora or having to take an extra aspirin to avoid a fatal heart attack listening to enraged Zionist-haters venting their thinly-disguised Jew-hatred on radio and television. What an irony! My parents never sent ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214717842/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:42:10 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214717842/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Enlarge Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban presents his annual state-of-the-nation speech in Budapest, February 22, 2013. The text reads: Hungary doing ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214717843/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:39:07 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214717843/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Ready or not, computer piracy comes when you least expect it. Patrick Chappatte is an editorial cartoonist for the International Herald Tribune. View more of his work, visit his Web site or follow him on ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214717840/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:25:20 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214717840/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Canadian conservatives, be they mayors, MPs or senators, need to stop blaming alleged media bias for their troubles when scandals arise. In Toronto, Mayor Rob Ford and his brother Doug both claim that reports of a video showing the mayor inhaling from what appears to be a crack pipe are an attempt by a left-of-centre newspaper to undermine him. In Ottawa, Senator Marjory LeBreton claimed in a ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214715181/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:04:48 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214715181/scat/45d771c7290844e9 is information that they don't want. But it's impossible -- absolutely impossible -- to write about the movie without talking about where they stand and what the premise is. I did my absolute best to spoil as little beyond that as possible. But if it's extremely important to you not to know whether he missed the plane, whether they've seen each other in the last nine years, or ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214716105/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:38 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214716105/scat/45d771c7290844e9 - The U.S. Congress moved closer here Wednesday to imposing a full trade embargo against Iran and pledged its support to Israel if it felt compelled to attack Tehran's nuclear programme in ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214715296/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:57:33 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214715296/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The economic turmoil of the past several years has pushed Europe toward greater integration, starting with financial stabilization and a banking union that is still a work in progress. Everyone now recognizes that a single currency zone without a common fiscal policy invites the kind of crisis we have all been experiencing. Europe has reached this stage grudgingly and with great strain, ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214715184/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:44:29 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214715184/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Eight years have passed after one of the worst massacres in the former Soviet Union since its collapse. On May 13, 2005, security forces in the city of Andijan, Uzbekistan, opened fire on protesters, the vast majority unarmed, killing hundreds of men, women and children as they tried to flee. No one has been held accountable, and the authoritarian president, Islam Karimov, has defied calls for an ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214715277/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:25:35 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214715277/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results THE RISE OF THE VAMPIREBy Erik ButlerReaktion / University of Chicago Press, $25, 175 pagesFascination with the undead and fear of the supernatural have filtered through the mists of time, and the vampire has become the star of a dark and bloody show still playing in the 21st century.Following the legend’s footprints in the past, Erik Butler notes that the vampire has ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214714782/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:54:16 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214714782/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), left, delivers remarks toward Republican Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), center, while Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) looks on during the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting to work on the legislation "Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act," on Capitol Hill in ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214714784/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:25:32 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214714784/scat/45d771c7290844e9 In downtown Los Angeles, elevated pedestrian walkways - called pedways - slice the air between tall buildings on Bunker Hill, like a 1970s vision of a future metropolis. That's exactly what they were intended to be - the first phase of what would become a mechanized people mover. Those plans were abandoned long ago, but the existing 10 pedways have something of a cult following among the ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214714785/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:25:30 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214714785/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Part of the coast is being invaded this week by termites. Millions swarmed across Harrison County Wednesday night. Several WLOX viewers called our newsroom to tell us about it. One person called ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712109/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:27 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712109/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results A few weeks ago, President Obama advised graduates at Ohio State University that they need not listen to voices warning about tyranny around the corner, because we have self-government in America. He argued that self-government is in and of itself an adequate safeguard against tyranny, because voters can be counted upon to elect democrats (with a lowercase ';d';), not ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712110/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:10 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712110/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results Where are we now in this morass of Obama administration scandals? We have The Associated Press imbroglio. We have the Benghazi imbroglio. We have the Internal Revenue Service imbroglio. Well, a synonym for imbroglio is confusion, and in all the above cases, replace the word ';imbroglio'; with the word ';confusion'; and you will get a hint of where I am going. We ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712111/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:09 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712111/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results President Obama’s choice of Hyatt hotel heiress Penny Pritzker as secretary of commerce, to be taken up Thursday by the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, puts Democrats on the panel between that famous rock and a hard place.Like the loyal soldiers they are, the panel’s 13 Democrats will fall in line behind the nomination but a senator with acute ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712114/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:08 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712114/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results Bipartisan compromise is tough to find in Washington right now - but when there is opportunity for agreement, we owe it to the American people to take action.In the coming weeks, millions of student-loan borrowers could see their interest rates double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. We’re in this predicament because politicians put themselves in charge of setting interest ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712112/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:08 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712112/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results At this moment of sequestration and belt-tightening, the U.S. government has delivered a reading list on Islam.The National Endowment for the Humanities has joined with two private foundations, Carnegie and Duke, to fund ';Muslim Journeys,'; a project that aims to present ';new and diverse perspectives on the people, places, histories, beliefs, practices and cultures ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712113/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:08 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712113/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The tornado in Oklahoma provides a classic example of how national television network news operates, depending on local reporters and camera operators until the big guns arrive to take over.Moore, Okla., is about 10 miles south of Oklahoma City, where every network has a local station, known as an affiliate, whose reporters headed immediately to the site after the twister ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712117/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:07 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712117/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results Washington is a one-industry town. The nation’s capital has wonderful art museums, concerts and theaters, but they’re only supplements to the big story playing out on the front pages - always the government. We often miss the delicious ironies and insights that the literary and artistic culture can offer with its alternative views into the behavior of our species.Having ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712116/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:07 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712116/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results Since man first rubbed a pair of sticks together to make a fire, we’ve gathered around a campfire to cook food, enjoy good company and bask in the warmth of the glowing embers. Now the green spoilsports in Southern California want to take that all way, sending beach ring fire pits the way of the caveman.The South Coast Air Quality Management District will decide this summer ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712115/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:07 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214712115/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Lt. Gov. Tim Murray yesterday gave the people of Massachusetts his two-week notice, thus drawing a curtain on one of the most underwhelming tenures of a statewide office-holder in recent Massachusetts history. And that’s saying something.Murray is trading the privilege of elected office for what amounts to a bigger salary and a shorter commute, resigning with nearly two years left in his ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214711304/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:02:21 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214711304/scat/45d771c7290844e9 1976, then army chief Videla led the junta made up of the commanders of the three military forces after the coup d'etat that overthrew the democratic government of Isabel Peron. Videla, who died on May 17, may be physically no more, the 25-year-old Parodi told the audience in her acceptance speech, but Argentina is still trying to correct the historical wrongs of the regime he led for ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214711073/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:42:53 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214711073/scat/45d771c7290844e9 By Walden Bello The words were so brazen that they have created a firestorm globally. Characterized as "outspoken" and "brash" in the international media, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto has claimed that "comfort women" - the thousands of Asian women who were forced to serve as prostitutes during World War II - were "necessary" for the morale of Japanese ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214710498/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:39:13 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214710498/scat/45d771c7290844e9 By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI - Pakistan and China on Wednesday agreed to jointly work on an economic corridor for enhanced connectivity, with the two countries signing a series of agreements related to energy, technology and space during the first visit to Pakistan by China's premier Li Keqiang since he took office in March. Even so, local critics claimed Pakistan was of little ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214710499/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:39:13 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214710499/scat/45d771c7290844e9 if you are interested in contributing. North Korea's nuclear weapons program is undermining regional stability in Northeast Asia, with the present crisis on the Korean Peninsula again prompting the neighboring states into seriously reconsidering their national security policies. This is particularly the case for Japan, against which North Korea has deployed, ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214710642/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:39:13 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214710642/scat/45d771c7290844e9 By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON - The US Congress moved closer on Wednesday to imposing a full trade embargo against Iran and pledged its support to Israel if it felt compelled to attack Tehran's nuclear program in self-defense. The senate voted 99-0 to adopt a resolution that urged President Barack Obama to fully enforce existing economic sanctions against Iran and to "provide diplomatic, ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214710524/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:39:13 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214710524/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mexican white girl doesn't speak Spanish ." Like many others who have written to The Race Card Project, she grew up in bilingual household but never learned the language of her elders. O'Brien says she often feels like she has a foot in two worlds, but is never fully accepted in either. Whites often assume she is Greek or Mediterranean because her face is slightly angular and her ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214709205/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:09:16 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214709205/scat/45d771c7290844e9 By Gulnura Toralieva As the Kyrgyz government prepared for a rough ride when it reports to parliament on Thursday on its economic performance over the past year, First Deputy Prime Minister Joomart Otorbaev is accentuating the positive. In an interview for International War and Peace Reporting ahead of the May 23 parliamentary hearing, Otorbaev pointed out that the economy had grown, ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214709356/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:26:35 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214709356/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Find out about the 31st Southern Cross Brigade to Cuba (an annual trip organised through the Australia Cuba Friendship Societies), 29 Dec 2013 - 20 Jan 2014. Lotteries House, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth Are you interested in: Agricultural sustainability? Food security? Global social justice? Universal health care? Education? Organic Gardening? Socialism in practice? The brigade offers the ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708345/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:18 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708345/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Dr Mona El Farra is a physician now working as a public health advocate in Gaza. Her particular focus is on women and children. 6pm. RMIT, Building 80, Swanston St, Level 2, Room 7. Sponsored by the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network & Australians for Palestine. For more info ph Michael Shaik 0431 573 ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708280/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:17 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708280/scat/45d771c7290844e9 June 1 marks the beginning of whistleblower Private Bradley Manning's 4th year in prison and the beginning of his trial for revealing USA war crimes and abuses to the world via WikiLeaks. 2pm. Old GPO, cnr Bourke & Elizabeth Sts, ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708969/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:17 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708969/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Saturday, June 1 Original Nation Passports will be issued by Robert Thorpe and Uncle Larry Walsh, West Papua visa stamps issued by Jacob Rumbiak, foreign affairs minister of the Federated Republic of West Papua, authorising participants on the Freedom Flotilla to West Papua to enter West Papuan lands. 10am. Trades Hall, cnr Lygon & Victoria sts, Carlton ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708968/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:17 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708968/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The fabulous Miss Dolly Diamond, debating the ins and outs of marriage equality with a panel of weird and wonderful guests, all of them extremely well-versed on the issue. 8:30pm. Eureka Hotel, 1 Church St, Richmond. $25 ($10 per person will be donated to Equal Love). We depend on you, our lovely supporters so come along, have a drink and a laugh and maybe even learn something. Organised by Equal ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708967/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:17 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708967/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The first Palestinian film to be nominated for an Oscar, '5 Broken Cameras' is an extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism. '5 Broken Cameras' highlights the type of atrocities that relationships like this contribute to and raises awareness about the struggles of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation, which is often omitted or falsified by the ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708481/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:17 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708481/scat/45d771c7290844e9 It was upsetting to see so many of my fellow delegates at the Republican convention vote to keep the status quo. The caucus system is not representative of the voters, and the delegates, endowed with so much power, have no incentive to change and dilute their voting ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708251/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:31 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708251/scat/45d771c7290844e9 A disturbing aspect of the advent of Common Core that I have not seen yet in the media is the way it was implemented. A short time ago I got an audience with the assistant superintendent for curriculum in our district. The first question I asked was when Common Core had been approved in the state. She stated it was three years ago. I stated my puzzlement that I had not seen any publicity or ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708250/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:31 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708250/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tea Party supporters gather for a rally outside the IRS headquarter in Washington, May 21, 2013. A few dozen tea party activists and their supporters have gathered outside the IRS headquarters in Washington to protest extra scrutiny of their organizations. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708252/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:30 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708252/scat/45d771c7290844e9 This contrast is increasingly evident in the debate over the Common Core State Standards. To ideological conservatives, it is the "Obamacore"; an "unprecedented federal intervention into education"; a "threat to the American tradition of individual liberty and limited ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708254/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:29 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708254/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The real truths that have not been addressed are that it is not mercury or preservatives in vaccines that cause autism in children, but the composition of the vaccine itself, specifically the rubella (German measles) portion of the vaccine. Rubella causes brain damage in developing brains, either in the womb or in infancy. The vaccine is manufactured from the virus that causes the ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708253/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:29 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708253/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Washington state lawmakers could face a fine for missing a June 1 deadline for a state budget, but the consequences to government and families would be much ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708097/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:45:05 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214708097/scat/45d771c7290844e9 "No nation has more opportunity to advance the cause of democracy, " said then-Sen. John Kerry at his recent confirmation hearing to become U.S. secretary of state. "And no nation is as committed to the cause of human rights as we are." This weekend, ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214707412/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:17:36 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214707412/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Paper Edition | Page: 7 It's not every day that a world leader whose country frequently makes the news for sectarian violence wins a religious freedom award. But on May 30, the Appeal of Conscience Foundation in New York City will honor Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono with its World Statesman Award, given annually to an individual who supports "religious freedom and human ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214706373/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:46:35 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214706373/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: It's time now for your letters, and we got many about our coverage of the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma. Several were praise for our story yesterday about survivors who lost most of their possessions but considered themselves lucky. ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214706242/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:42:03 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214706242/scat/45d771c7290844e9 She suggested she only found out about the possible targeting of Tea Party groups from press reports in February and March of 2012. That turned out to be a complete fabrication. She was briefed on the "Be On the Look Out" list on June 29, 2011.And two days before her ABA "apology," she appeared before Congress and was asked about the status of the investigation into tax-exempt ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214706245/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:37 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214706245/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Lt. Gov. Tim Murray yesterday gave the people of Massachusetts his two-week notice, thus drawing a curtain on one of the most underwhelming tenures of a statewide office-holder in recent Massachusetts history. And that’s saying something.Murray is trading the privilege of elected office for what amounts to a bigger salary and a shorter commute, resigning with nearly two years left in his ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214707176/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:35 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214707176/scat/45d771c7290844e9 I spent two innings in the Gulag. The Saints tied the game in the bottom of the ninth, only to lose it in the 10th. Despite the loss, I had hope in the Gulag that the ship would crash deeper into center ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214704226/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:24:33 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214704226/scat/45d771c7290844e9 After several years in absentia, bipartisanship returned to the Minnesota Legislature in 2013, in varying degrees. As a result, the common good was served. It wasn’t always pretty, but in the end it ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214704225/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:24:33 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214704225/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Attorney General Eric Holder is questioned about the Justice Department secretly obtaining two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214704227/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:24:31 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214704227/scat/45d771c7290844e9 As usual, there is no good news to share in the case of Susan Cox Powell's disappearance. The only glimmer is that the West Valley City Police Department finally has decided to release tens of thousands of pages of reports and related documents, while declaring that the investigation now will be considered a cold case. Police work is difficult. It involves more than accusations based on ... http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214704228/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:14:28 -0400 http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/sid/214704228/scat/45d771c7290844e9