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A century of dependency Foreign intervention did not come to an end with the 1979 revolution. No, as shown by Yassamine Mather, Iran’s Islamic rulers are more than willing to do the bidding of US-controlled international institutions At the end of World War I the British empire was forced to assess the situation in the Middle East, given the dramatic changes in the international order: the fall of the German and Ottoman empires, the overthrow of the Russian tsar and the coming to power of t...

A Library survey was launched College-wide today seeking feedback from all staff and students on their experience of using the Library. The Library is at the heart of the University, providing services, resources, training and space. Its important role within the College community has been further highlighted over the past year during Covid-19. This is an opportunity for you to have your say in relation to your Library and how it can best support you currently, and in its future development. T...

  Nicaragua’s Foreign Agents Law Drives Nicaragua Toward Dictatorship, Silencing Independent Voices   8 February State Department The United States is deeply concerned about the escalating crackdown by the Government of President Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua.  The regime’s actions under the so-called “Foreign Agents Law” forced the closure last week of two bastions of free expression: the Nicaragua chapter of PEN International and the Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation.  These...

Architecture news & editorial desk New Zealand’s favourite shopping destination just got bigger and better with the $277-million expansion of Auckland’s Sylvia Park designed by reputed architecture studio Buchan opening in October 2020. Buchan’s signature architectural work in the retail and hospitality space is evident at the 20,000-square-metre Level One development called Galleria. Featuring a carefully curated selection of 57 stores, the new addition not only increases the total retai...

Becoming Bowie: Johnny Flynn On Stardust

THE photographs in this week’s trip down West Fife’s Memory Lane look back at one of the worst mining disasters in Fife. It happened early on the morning of October 28, 1939, in the Diamond Section of Valleyfield Colliery. In all, 35 men lost their lives. An explosion of fire damp took place in the section in which all the 33 men who were employed there must have been killed almost simultaneously. In the Culross Five Feet Section some distance away from the scene of the explosion, abo...

by Thomas E. Simmons A tenured professor at the University of South Dakota School of Law, Thomas Simmons concentrates on trusts, estate administration, and the estate tax. Prior to joining the legal academy, he was a partner with the law firm of Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP Released in November, The Reagans is a four-part documentary produced by Showtime. It is comprised of film clips of President Reagan and others close to him along with an assortment of journalists, activists, bio...

Trump has convinced his supporters the election was stolen The transfer of executive power in the US is often dicey and usually not an administration’s finest hours. Students of the presidency consider the transition from Herbert Hoover to Franklin Roosevelt following the 1932 election as the most troubling since Abraham Lincoln replaced James Buchanan in 1861. With the Great Depression deepening by the day, Roosevelt, the Democratic governor of New York, soundly defeated Hoover, the Republic...

Trump pardons sparked controversy but have been the fewest in more than 100 years President Trumps pardons have included servicemembers charged with murder and a former national security adviser accused of lying to the FBI Jim Sergent, Savannah Behrmann and George Petras, USA TODAY Published 3:00 pm UTC Jan. 5, 2021 President Donald Trump, like many of his predecessors, is using his final days in the White House to increase his use of pardons and commutations, including some that have sparked...

No time like the present: A last-minute Clark County gift guide Published: December 18, 2020, 6:02am Share: 30 Photos The French Door, tucked inside one of downtown Vancouvers historical buildings on Mill Plain Blvd., beckons shoppers inside for fabulous finds. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery Keeping the doors open at independently owned retail stores this year has required a combination of innovation, flexibility and sheer grit. With only six days left until Christmas, her...