Yet another university calls for the marginalization of Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who should be a hero to everyone who respects reason and those who stand up for it, can’t catch a break. First, despite her liberalism, she was forced to get a job with a conservative organization (The American Enterprise Institute) because, given her activism against Islam, no libe ...
Job Interview
"… I've lived in Canada, Barbados, Israel, Spain, Trinidad, Turkey and now Denmark." "Really! How many languages do you speak?" "Well, English is my native language, but I can also speak Danish and Turkish quite comfortably, I've forgotten a lot of Spanish and French, but I could probably get around ...
AD Interviews: Anne Marie Galmstrup
Click here to view the embedded video. Speaking from the newly-opened Istanbul practice of Copenhagen-based Henning Larsen Architects, Anne Marie Galmstrup describes her scandinavian design process in the context of her role as Principal-in-Charge of projects in Turkey. “Architecture is about space ...
Morning Shootaround — Sept. 14
Your browser does not support iframes. VIDEO: Kenneth Faried talks about Sunday’s gold medal match against Serbia NEWS OF THE MORNING U.S., Serbia match up for gold | France beats Lithuania for bronze | Rose makes an A | Melo says players will avoid Atlanta No. 1: U.S., Serbia match up for gold — La ...
MLK Speech Socratic Seminar
On Thursday, the class had a socratic seminar about the MLK speech including questions related to his main argument and what rhetorical strategies he used to get it across. Although we had already annotated the speech and discussed the questions with a partner, this seminar gave me a much deeper und ...
When "Death Squads for Cattle" Saved America
So how did the Dust Bowl end? Three words: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. When FDR ran for president, he seemed an unlikely savior: a rich dilettante with a funny accent, a withered body, and cigarettes he smoked from a holder. But Roosevelt had a message and a cause: the "forgotten man" — the broken fa ...
Turkey seeks behind-scene role in NATO coalition
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey is the big Muslim power that sits atop raging conflicts in Iraq and Syria, so it might be expected to take a leading role in the NATO coalition announced this month to take on the Islamic State group. Instead it has told allies ...
Turkey, main entry point for ISIL: Expert
Press TV has conducted an interview with Zayd al-Isa, Middle East expert from London, about a newly-released footage and confessions by militants showing that Turkey remains the main route for ISIL terrorists to enter Iraq and Syria. What follows is an ...
Turkey to Host International Conference of Silk Road Traders
Over 20 Asian and European countries are expected to take part in the international event slated for October 17-19 in the city of Trabzon, north-eastern Turkey. The Islamic Republic of Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bangladesh, China, India ...
Is Turkey Becoming Irrelevant To NATO?
The victory of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP in Turkey) in the May 30 2014 municipal elections came as no surprise, even among the most optimistic and engaged members of the secular opposition. Simply put, few people ...
Struggling to Starve ISIS of Oil Revenue, U.S. Seeks Assistance From Turkey
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is struggling to cut off the millions of dollars in oil revenue that has made the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria one of the wealthiest terror groups in history, but so far has been unable to persuade Turkey ...
