Ten days ago, the 2013 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize was announced. This year featured a record number of nominations for the award, and the committee was no doubt hard-pressed to choose a winner among so many deserving people and organizations. When the decision was announced, many were shocked to hear that the winner of the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize was the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). While it is hard to say that this award wasn’t deserved, it is equally difficult to see the justice in giving an award to an organization that is literally…
Continue readingBy the time this article is in your hands, I sincerely hope the impending US crisis will be over. It will have been almost a week since the Government of the United States shut down over Republican refusal to allow…
Continue readingThere was once a time when the use of photography and video recording was exclusive to media outlets. This day has come and gone. We live in a society where virtually everyone has access to at least one recording device,…
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