Boycotting Israel.. Historic Withdrawal.. Rodman Needs Big Favor

May 8, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Stephen Hawking Joins Academic Boycott Of Israel JERUSALEM, May 8 (Reuters) - British cosmologist Stephen Hawking has pulled out of an Israeli conference, joining an academic boycott of Israel to protest against its occupation of Palestinian lands, Cambridge University said on Wednesday.  Continue reading... Dennis Rodman Asks Big Favor Of North Korea PKK Rebels Start Withdrawal From Turkey, Officials Says Cargo Ship Crashes Into Genoa Port Tower, Kills 5 Hiker Eaten By Vultures After Fall From Cliff Sub Discovers Possible Evidence Of Long-Lost Continent Off Brazil At Least 20 Dead In Mexico City Truck Explosion Sub Discovers Possible Evidence Of Long-Lost Continent Off Brazil Hiker Eaten By Vultures After Fall From Cliff Sub Discovers Possible Evidence Of Long-Lost Continent Off Brazil An Atheist Muslim's Perspective On The 'Root Causes' Of Islamist Jihadism And The Politics Of Islamophobia Hiker Eaten By Vultures After Fall From Cliff ARIANNA HUFFINGTON Postcard From Tokyo: What Zen, Haiku and Tea Have to Do With Surviving the Financial Crisis Japan's spirit is being tested by the same recession and financial crisis afflicting all industrialized nations. But paradoxically, there are answers to be found to Japan's very modern crises in its most ancient traditions. There are shrines and temples and gardens everywhere. It is common to see monks meditating and easy to join them in meditation. And the latest twist is Buddhist temples using Zen meditation, cold-water ablutions and other traditional ceremonial practices to help young people looking for jobs! By taking its traditions and adapting them to solve new problems, by going both forward and backward, both outward and inward -- juxtapositions that in Japan don't have to be contradictions -- the people of Japan are poised find a new and vibrant balance for the 21st century. Continue reading... NATHAN GARDELS Google's Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen on The New Digital Age Recently, I spoke with Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, and his-coauthor, Jared Cohen, director of Google Ideas, about their new book, The Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business. Continue reading... TOM ENGELHARDT And Then There Was One Could the United States actually be the last empire? Is it possible that there will be no successor because something has profoundly changed in the realm of empire building? Continue reading... ROBERT CREAMER Why GOP Attacks on Obama Foreign Policy Are Shameless You have to assume that by continuing to pursue the Benghazi "scandal" story, the GOP is trying to imply that Obama is "soft on terrorism," when in fact he has done more to destroy the al Qaeda terrorist network than the neo-cons who surrounded Bush could have dreamed. Continue reading... DAVID L. PHILLIPS Safe Areas in Syria While achieving some short-term strategic objectives, safe areas could also tilt the balance on the battlefield, leading to Assad's overthrow. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003