Obama-White Man ‘08
By Masoud Shafaee - Aug 19th, 2008 at 11:45 amIn the search for Barack Obama’s running mate, several names have been floated and are rumored to be on the Senator’s “short list.” Each is…
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By the Numbers: Pastor Warren’s Presidential Forum
By Masoud Shafaee - Aug 18th, 2008 at 11:28 am5 - Number of times Barack Obama was interrupted by applause during Saturday’s presidential forum hosted by Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church, an evangelical…
By the Numbers: South Ossetia and Public Perception
By Masoud Shafaee - Aug 14th, 2008 at 1:02 pm90 - Percentage of South Ossetians who hold a Russian passport.
99 - Percentage of South Ossetians who voted for independence from Georgia in a…
Whitening the Good, Darkening the Bad
By Masoud Shafaee - Aug 14th, 2008 at 9:49 amIn the September issue of Elle, cosmetics behemoth L’Oréal is running a new advertisement featuring pop culture sensation Beyoncé Knowles. The singer has become a…
Is Blackwater Going Domestic?
By Masoud Shafaee - Aug 12th, 2008 at 4:49 pmThe DEA’s raid of a medicinal marijuana cooperative in California last week at first seemed like nothing out of the ordinary. Ever since Californians passed…
By the Numbers: Global Disparities in the Distribution of Wealth
By Masoud Shafaee - Aug 6th, 2008 at 4:24 pm66,514,506 - Population of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
486,006 - Population of Luxembourg.
9,700 - Number of telephone lines in use in the Democratic…
Injustice at Justice
By Masoud Shafaee - Aug 6th, 2008 at 1:27 pmLast week’s federal district court ruling that Congress indeed can subpoena current and former top White House aides was welcome news. In the grand scheme…
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By Masoud Shafaee - Jul 29th, 2008 at 6:02 pmHere’s a first peak at Oliver Stone’s next presidential biopic. This is sure to cause a stir once it is released in October.
By the Numbers: Squandered Fortunes and Democratic Apathy
By Masoud Shafaee - Jul 29th, 2008 at 12:00 pm$76 billion - United States budget surplus for the 1999 fiscal year.
$490 billion - Projected United States budget deficit for the 2009 fiscal year.…
Internet Censorship: Subtle, Non-Governmental, and Totally Legal
By Masoud Shafaee - Jul 22nd, 2008 at 3:57 pmA new trend is emerging in which Internet service providers (ISPs) and other network operators are taking voluntary measures to enforce copyright laws and combat…
This Week on The McCain Funny Hour: Killing Iranians!
By Masoud Shafaee - Jul 10th, 2008 at 8:41 amAfter singing “Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran” to the tune of “Barbara Ann,” joking about “beating [his] wife,” and stating that he “hates Gooks”…
The GOP and the Texas Blues
By Masoud Shafaee - Jul 8th, 2008 at 12:48 pmAn excellent and in-depth Nation article talks about how Texas could soon turn Democratic. Says Cal Jillson, a Southern Methodist University professor and the author…
From China to Guantánamo, With Love
By Masoud Shafaee - Jul 7th, 2008 at 9:15 amIt emerged last week that harsh interrogation tactics being used by U.S. military and CIA personnel in Guantánamo Bay were copied, verbatim, from a 1957…
BREAKING: Iran Reportedly Agrees to Suspend Uranium Enrichment
By Masoud Shafaee - Jul 2nd, 2008 at 5:23 pmFollowing yesterday’s statement of a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Iran should be careful to not make “provocative remarks” over…
Get Ready for the Next Round of Blowback
By Masoud Shafaee - Jul 1st, 2008 at 10:08 amThe MEK logo
The United Kingdom is setting a dangerous and irresponsible precedent by lifting a “terrorist” ban on the exiled Iranian opposition group Mujahedin-e…
