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Haiti Earthquake One Year Later

Friday, January 14, 2011 at 5:26 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

With the media still focused, almost obsessively, on last Saturday’s shooting rampage in Arizona, which killed 6 and wounded 14, one would have been hard-pressed to find any mention on Wednesday of  the one-year anniversary of the horrific Haitian earthquake, which killed 316,000 and wounded hundreds of thousands more. But lack of media attention has… Read more.

WikiLeaker Assange Fears Guantanamo … and Assassination

Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 5:40 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Remember when WikiLeaks was dominating news coverage a few weeks ago the way the Arizona shooting rampage is today? Back then I got a lot of flak from my liberal friends for writing the following about what the U.S. should do to WikiLeaks’s founder, Julian Assange: [I]f these leaks pose (or have caused) the kind… Read more.

Arizona Shooting Rampage

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 12:03 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

[Author’s note: I am truly amazed at how coverage of this tragedy is still dominating all media.  It also seems to be the only thing most people, including friends and colleagues in Africa, Europe and the Caribbean, want to talk about these days.  This focus will only be heightened today when President Obama leads a federal delegation to Arizona for a… Read more.

Floods Over Australia

Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 5:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Tropical rains continue to exacerbate the worst floods Australia has experienced in some 50 years.   Reports are that some areas of Queensland have been hit with over 13 inches in just the past 24 hours – complete with raging waters overturning cars and downing trees with tornado-like force. Since the downpour began in late November,… Read more.