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Numerous people have argued that one potential benefit from the death of Osama bin Laden is that it will enable the U.S. Government to diminish its war commitments in that part of the world and finally arrest the steady erosion of civil liberties perpetrated in the name of the War on Terror (as though any of that is the government's goal).  By contrast, I've argued from the start that the bin Laden killing is likely to change nothing of any significance, except that -- if anything -- the resulting nationalistic pride, the vicarious sensations of power and strength, the substantial political benefits for the President, and the renewed faith in military force would be more likely to intensify rather than arrest these trends.  But that was definitely a minority opinion.

By executive order on Aug. 4, President Barack Obama refused entry to the United States of war criminals and human-rights violators (jurist.org, Aug. 4). He ignored, as he often does, the deeply documented factual evidence of war crimes committed by the Bush-Cheney administration along with grim proof that the Obama administration also violates our anti-torture laws and the U.N. Convention Against Torture we signed. Take, for example, right now under Obama, "The CIA Secret Sites in Somalia" (the nation.com, July 12).

Syed Naveed Qamir PPP, Hanif Abbasi PML-N, Marrvi Meman PML-Q, Raja Riaz PPP, in fresh episode of Second Opinion & Discusses Currant Issue With Asma Sherazi.

Dr. Rafit Hussain, Gen. (R) Jamshaid Ayaz, Hameed Gul, Maria Sultan, in fresh episode of Second Opinion & Discusses Currant Issue With Asma Sherazi.

Zahid Hussain Analyst, Raja Sanaullah PML-N, Mian Ifrikhar Hussain Provincial Minister, in fresh episode of Second Opinion & Discusses Currant Issue With Asma Sherazi.

Aftab Ahmed Sherpao PPP and Raja Zafar-ul-Haq in fresh episode of Second Opinion & discusses current issue with Asma Sherazi.

Qamar Zaman Kaira Info. Minister PPP, Ch. Aitzaz Ahsan PPP and Dr. Asam Hussain in fresh episode of Second Opinion & discusses current issues with Asma Sherazi.

Good opinion piece on Farouk Hosny's controversial candidacy to head UNESCO.

Ayaz Sadaq PML-N, Iefarn Siddiqui, Noor Alam Khan PPP, Rana Qasir, in fresh episode of Second Opinion & Discusses Currant Issue With Asma Sherazi.

Sardar Khalid Saleem, Nazeer Naji Analyst, Farah Saleem, in fresh episode of Second Opinion & Discusses Currant Issue With Asma Sherazi.

By now, you probably think your opinion of Goldman Sachs and its swarm of Wall Street allies has rock-bottomed at raw loathing. You're wrong. There's more. It turns out that the most destructive of all their recent acts has barely been discussed at all. Here's the rest. This is the story of how some of the richest people in the world - Goldman, Deutsche Bank, the traders at Merrill Lynch, and more - have caused the starvation of some of the poorest people in the world. It starts with an apparent mystery. At the end of 2006, food prices across the world started to rise, suddenly and stratospherically. Within a year, the price of wheat had shot up by 80 per cent, maize by 90 per cent, rice by 320 per cent. In a global jolt of hunger, 200 million people - mostly children - couldn't afford to get food any more, and sank into malnutrition or starvation. There were riots in more than 30 countries, and at least one government was violently overthrown. Then, in spring 2008, prices just as mysteriously fell back to their previous level. Jean Ziegler, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, calls it "a silent mass murder", entirely due to "man-made actions."

Islam is an Abrahamic religion, monotheistic, founded in the seventh century in the Arab peninsula, the territory of modern Saudi Arabia, by the prophet Muhammad and based on religious text known as the Qur'an. Over time a large spread on a territory that stretches across Europe, Asia and North Africa. Religious center is in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. Most people do not know the exact rules imposed by Islam, but have formed an opinion based on rumors heard. Unfortunately, most of them are wrong, so this is why you have to learn tajweed.

Even stupid, self-centered Republican men have the right to their beliefs, I just don't want them imposed on me. Besides, I respect the opinions of people who speak from experience and have a stake in the outcome of the problem they seek to resolve. To my way of thinking, if Republican men really want to have credibility about the abortion issue, then they should get knocked up. Until then, I for one would appreciate it if they would just shut the f**k up.