More from the war on women. KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women’s freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience. The fierce opposition highlights how tenuous women’s rights remain a dozen years after the ouster of the hard-line

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Peter Worthington, R.I.P.

On May 15, 2013, in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, by kalpanaceo

Canadian conservative journalist Peter Worthington passed away on Monday of a staph infection. He was 86. The son of Major General F.F. Worthington of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, the younger Worthington served in the Canadian military in both WWII and Korea. Worthington began his journalism career with

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Unlike the rest of the pompous Royals (his dad being the worst), he’s the only one I have any respect for (two combat tours in Afghanistan). WASHINGTON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Harry saluted America’s war dead in somber remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, pausing, too, to place flowers on the tombstone of John

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