News International 10/31/2007 By Michael Shank Brand America has taken some knocks of late. Apparently, the not-so-burnished brand is hurting business sales abroad (so much so that ad execs met in New York last month to troubleshoot) and eroding our reputation as a positive force in world affairs. The tide […]

News International 08/06/2007 By Michael Shank United States Presidential Candidate and Senator Barack Obama’s speech on August 1, 2007 at the Wilson Center, a think tank in Washington D.C., confirmed what many feared: the Democrats will continue, unabated, a war on terror that bears exact resemblance to the one waged […]

News International 06/30/2007 By Michael Shank A disconcerting trend is making its rounds among democratic nations. Countries are closing their doors to one of democracy’s key tenets, that of free speech. The United States paved the way in Iraq by closing newspapers that failed to report favourably. Now US allies […]

The News International 02/03/2007 By Michael Shank “O Pathans! Your house has fallen into ruin. Arise and rebuild it, and remember to what race you belong,” uttered by one of Islam’s exemplary non-violent leaders. This quote is relevant now more than ever before, one-hundred years after Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan […]