Tag Archives: Russia
P.I.D. Radio 5/7/12: The Nostradamus Effect
IN WHICH we briefly discuss the recent wave of TV programming that elevates the 16th century mystic to the status of prophet. Why are so many people drawn to these …
P.I.D. Radio 12/11/11: Arab Spring, European Winter
WE NOTE with some sadness that what many thought would be the beginning of democratic reform in Egypt, Libya, and elsewhere in the Middle East is turning out to be …
P.I.D. Radio 9/25/11: Palestine Rising
TOMORROW IS an historic day. The UN Security Council takes up the issue of Palestinian statehood. The Obama administration faces a delicate choice: Veto the Palestinian bid, approve it, or …
P.I.D. Radio 8/15/11: Going Polar
WHILE MOST of America fixates on the opening of presidential campaign season, the big news is quietly bubbling up north in the Arctic. Russia is laying claim to about 380,000 …
P.I.D. Radio 5/15/11: Goodbye, Fourth Amendment
THE SUPREME Court of Indiana ruled last week that “a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth …
P.I.D. Radio 1/24/11: Rumors of War
WHILE RUSSIA deals with the horrific aftermath of what looks like a terrorist bombing at its largest airport, tensions in the Middle East rise with news of Iranian warships on …
P.I.D. Radio 10/19/10: Homer Sweet Home
HOMER SIMPSON finds himself in the news twice today: first in connection with the largest drug bust in Mexican history, and second as a Jesuit theologian declares him a Catholic. …
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