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Afghanistan: Weak Appointments Undermine Rights Body

HRW: Afghan President Hamid Karzais appointment of a weakly qualified human rights commission with little public consultation raises concerns about the countrys most important rights body. On June...

"The Testing: The Testing #1" by Joelle Charbonneau (Reviewed by Cindy Hannikman)

"The Testing: The Testing #1" by Joelle Charbonneau (Reviewed by Cindy Hannikman)

OVERVIEW : Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Isnt that what they say? But how close is too close when they may be one in the same? The Seven Stages War left much of the planet a...

Gralien Report Daily News for June 18, 2013

Below are todays Fortean Headlines Is this a Saucer? Army Major snaps photo, may be too good to be true Nick Pope comments on twin-disc UFO photo taken near Bracknell, UK Meanwhile, Parisians may...

Recency effect record?

Recency effect record?

Check out the comment from sportzzzgirl at the link below, Strange development in language , where she is complaining about the use of the verb spell to mean to be relieved at their post, which has...

Could a Man of Steel sequel be released as early as next year? And Justice League to follow?

Could a Man of Steel sequel be released as early as next year? And Justice League to follow?

Although Man of Steel was just released this past weekend, apparently Warner Bros. is happy enough with its three day worldwide gross of $200 million that theyre fast-tracking a sequel to come out...

The Idealism of NYT's Souren Melikian Challenged

. Souren Melikian (provides "unique coverage of the art scene and market from the view of a collector who is also a cultural historian") has written a feelgood article for the New York Times which...

Amsterdam Tropenmuseum Petition

I might get a protest comment from Dr Kwame (depends if they have Benin stuff), but I'll join Peter Tompa in suggesting readers might want to add their name to the Tropenmuseum petition . Having...

Interesting commentary on the Morton/Gould affair

Interesting commentary by the author of a 1988 undergraduate thesis that revolved around re-measuring part of Morton's skulls and concluding (contra Gould) that Morton's measurements were accurate...

Time, Space, and Faith: Religion and Doctor Who (Conference Announcement and Call for Papers)

Time, Space, and Faith: Religion and Doctor Who John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, 2nd November 2013 Doctor Who is a cultural phenomenon in both the UK and the United States...

Interview with M. L. Brennan (Interviewed by Mihir Wanchoo)

Interview with M. L. Brennan (Interviewed by Mihir Wanchoo)

Official Author Website Order the book HERE Read Fantasy Book Critic's review of Generation V Generation V is a debut that I enjoyed because of its characterization, vampire mythology and central...