Tag: political
Time To End The Political Name-Calling And Actually Debate The Issues
Joe Friday, the detective in the popular 1950s TV series Dragnet, was famous for prefacing his investigative interviews with, “Just the facts, ma’am.” A badly needed piece of advise for these times. Elections always bring their share of head-turning hyperbole and name-calling. But this segment of What’s Ahead maintains that something has changed in recent …
In primetime address, Biden says US must not go down road of political violence
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden warned Sunday of the risks of political violence in the U.S. after Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, saying, “It’s time to cool it down.” In a prime-time national address from the Oval Office, Biden said political passions can run high but “we must never descend into …
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
A bloodied former U.S. President Donald Trump was whisked away by bodyguards after he was shot in the upper right ear at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday in a dramatic assassination attempt just days ahead of the Republican National Convention. The shooter was killed and at least one attendee was left dead, while …
Busting the RSS myth: It is a political organisation
The biggest lie about the RSS is that it is not a “political organisation” and that Hindutva is not a “political ideology”. So, I was not surprised to read (‘Attack on RSS is a self-goal,’ IE, July 3) Rakesh Sinha’s claim that “Hindutva is not a political ideology”. The RSS was started as an organisation …
Busting the myth: RSS is indeed a political organisation
The biggest lie about the RSS is that it is not a “political organisation” and that Hindutva is not a “political ideology”. So, I was not surprised to read (‘Attack on RSS is a self-goal,’ IE, July 3) Rakesh Sinha’s claim that “Hindutva is not a political ideology”. The RSS was started as an organisation …