Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 29, 2009
The confusion of the health care system in the USA
Promises made during elections campaigns have a way of changing once the politician is elected. It has happened with many US presidents and is happening again with President Obama. In several of his promised reforms and changes. That is why the overhauling of the health care system is already causing so much ink running and so many problems. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 22, 2009
Banning the burqa
At the beginning of June, President Barack Obama made an apparent dig at France’s headscarf ban -after a law enacted in 2004 banning the Islamic headscarf and other conspicuous religious symbols from public schools- in a speech aimed at healing rifts with the Islamic world. Obama defended the choice of some Muslim women to don the headscarf Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 17, 2009
An ambitious and encouraging solar project
On November 28, 2007, his Royal Highness Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan, former president of The Club of Rome, presented a White Book about the DESERTEC Concept to the European Parliament. This is part of what he said: “More than 40 years ago the Apollo Space Program was launched to fulfill the old dream of taking man into outer space. Today, we have a bigger dream, to restore balance between man and his home planet, Earth. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 14, 2009
Four more Uighurs out of Guantanamo
As I wrote last Wednesday, 17 of the Uighur Guantanamo detainees were to be taken to Palau, a place the majority of the Americans if they are interested at all, would have to look in an atlas to locate… It does not matter, as long as no detainees are taking to US land, everybody is happy. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 14, 2009
Ahmadinejad’s re-election
According to what we read, the unrest continues in Iran after the results of the elections last Friday gave a markedly victory to the incumbent President Ahmadinejad. While the Iranians were going to the urns, in Washington President Obama said the “robust debate” during the campaign suggested a possibility of change in Iran. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 11, 2009
Ruling about the chocolate bunny
Forget about North Korea, Iran, Afghanistan, foreclosures, … It is the chocolate bunny’s turn in the EU’s court of justice. A rule was handed there today at the request of Swiss chocolate maker Lindt on whether a chocolate bunny can be trademarked. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 10, 2009
A solution for the Guantanamo Uighurs detainees?
In the continuing saga of what to do with the Guantanamo detainees still left in the detention center in Cuba, the resettling of the 17 Uighurs Chinese Muslims now held there has attracted a lot of attention. The U.S. would not send the Uighurs back to China as it is feared that they will be tortured or executed. Read the rest of this entry »
