Author Archive for Sarah Ghulamhussain
New D.C. Sex Scandal Should Not Be About Sex
Is it a Heidi Fleiss re-run or yet another, albeit less intense, Lewinsky scandal? Blogs across the Web and media frenzies are welcoming the opportunity to comically criticize the current lame-duck administration that has already been tainted by so much else. The newest scandal centers on the Deputy Secretary of State, Randall Tobias’ resignation April [...]
New Jersey Takes Step Towards Gay Equality
For centuries people from across the globe have crossed vast lands and waters to partake in the culture of this great nation in which ‘freedom rings’ at every corner. However, it might be more accurate to say that many come here with a notion of grandeur that is quickly swept to the side the way [...]
Bush’s Curtailing of Civil Liberties Unjust
Many people expect a balance between national security and civil liberties from the United States, one of the world’s greatest democracies. However, this balance has been evasive throughout the nation’s history.
Unfortunately, this remains the case today. On Dec. 20, President George W. Bush signed the postal reform bill into law and released a ‘signing statement’ [...]
Iraq Needs to Move Forward
Mixed emotions have swept the globe since Saddam Hussein was found guilty and sentenced to death last Sunday, Nov. 5, by the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal. Many of Iraq’s Shiites and Kurds took to the streets in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad to celebrate the sentence of their longtime oppressor. Meanwhile, several [...]
Cheney Wrong, Waterboarding Is Torture
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