All Global News on One Page

As a candidate for a job, boost your success rate by figuring out who and what the interviewer is seeking. Give up the idea that an interview is a test where “right answers” are the ones given by experts and “wrong answers” cause you to fail. There is no perfect score and, surprisingly, it is not a competition for the smartest or most expert employee. Don’t misguide yourself by depending only on your own past expertise and

Earlier this week, we reflected on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. This iconic figure is, was, and is still a figurehead of civil rights around the globe. Dr. King taught us how to make change in a nonviolent, peaceful way; how to break barriers without hurting one

For those of you losing sleep at night worrying about foreign agents infiltrating your country’s territory, I’ve got bad news for you. They’re already here.
That’s right. Deep within our domain. Perhaps even inside our most sensitive installations: nuclear power plants, electric grids, air traffic control, and our food supply.
A well-executed attack on any one of these systems, or dozens of others (even the sewage system!) could lead to

By Rachael Marcus, iWatch NewsSouth Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a key supporter of Mitt Romney, received $62,500 in campaign contributions since 2008 from state and federal political committees set up by supporters of Mitt Romney, records show.Funds came from so-called “leadership PACs” in five different states and the nation’s capital. By spreading the funds around, Romney’s supporters were able to give far more than the state limit of $3,500 per election.The contributions came from “Free & Strong America” leadership PACs, run by Romney supporters, a Center for Public Integrity analysis of campaign finance records found.Leadership PACs are separate from campaign committees and are established by “candidate sponsors” to help other candidates win elections. Presidential candidates have used these PACs to contribute money to elected officials in order to gain clout and possibly win endorsements.Such PACs basically acts as subsidiary campaign committees, said Tara Malloy of the Campaign Legal Center.Haley endorsed Romney in

By Michael Hudson and E. Scott Reckard, iWatch NewsFederal authorities are investigating possible fraud at General Electric Co.’s former subprime mortgage arm amid increased public pressure to hold Wall Street accountable for its role in the financial crisis.The FBI and the U.S. Justice Department are looking into potentially criminal business practices at Burbank, Calif.-based WMC Mortgage Corp. during the home-loan boom, according to four people with knowledge of the

by guest blogger Maya Rodale,writer of historicaltales of true love and adventure.
We all know squash is good for us, but cooking it can be such a bother (or rather, chopping it is). However, I’ve been making it a lot lately because of a recipe I’ve adapted from an absolutely gorgeous appetizer at ABC Kitchen, a restaurant featuring tons of local and organic offerings.
It’s simple: roasted squash, with a touch of lemon, salt and Parmesan.
Serves 1-2 people
Ingredients:
Squash (I like acorn the best)
1 teaspoon (or less!) ground Parmesan
1 sliver lemon
Cumin, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, and/or other spices, to taste
Olive oil and salt
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Prepare the squash by cutting it in half, reserving the seeds in a

When I was diagnosed with leukemia last May, I couldn’t imagine what lay ahead for me. The last eight months may have well been eight years. It’s been a blur of blood tests and bone marrow biopsies, fevers and infections. Any cancer patient can tell you that the disease turns you into an ersatz medical student, whether you like it or

The first step in making meaningful changes in your life involves gaining a better understanding of yourself in essential areas that impact your life. This self-knowledge can provide you with direction as you try to maximize your efforts at change. Self-knowledge can also help you be more efficient and focused — and more effective — in producing change because you’ll know precisely what you need to work on.
Now, Discover Your Weaknesses
In developing greater self-understanding, you must recognize both your strengths and your

When an older family member needs help, many people struggle to find the time to provide assistance to their relative amidst the many other commitments crowding their lives. Often, it is hard to figure out just how much help is really necessary. Some caregivers try to give too much time to their older relative and end up feeling resentful. Disliking this feeling, they cut back on their assistance and hold to the limit for a while, until they start to feel guilty about all they are not doing on behalf of their

It’s been interesting to hear George Lucas complaining about the lack of attention being paid to the black-themed film from his production company, Red Tails.
The conventional wisdom is that Lucas himself had to put his money and his influence behind the movie to get it made and released because the studios aren’t interested in movies about black characters. Without a white sidekick, or a white hero of some sort to mitigate the rest of the film’s ethnicity, the studios don’t think something like Red Tails will find an audience.
Well, I personally don’t imagine the film will find an audience, but not because it’s about black people. I think people will avoid it because it’s not very good.
Despite what no doubt were state-of-the-art visual effects thanks to the involvement of LucasFilm, Red Tails is further proof that visual tricks and flashily edited action sequences aren’t enough to make a movie interesting. You also have to have a story that’s exciting and characters you want to care about.
Red Tails, however, is mostly a lengthy pastiche of cliches from World War II combat

by guest blogger Maya Rodale,writer of historicaltales of true love and adventure.
We all know squash is good for us, but cooking it can be such a bother (or rather, chopping it is). However, I’ve been making it a lot lately because of a recipe I’ve adapted from an absolutely gorgeous appetizer at ABC Kitchen, a restaurant featuring tons of local and organic offerings.
It’s simple: roasted squash, with a touch of lemon, salt and Parmesan.
Serves 1-2 people
Ingredients:
Squash (I like acorn the best)
1 teaspoon (or less!) ground Parmesan
1 sliver lemon
Cumin, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, and/or other spices, to taste
Olive oil and salt
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Prepare the squash by cutting it in half, reserving the seeds in a

BY PETER SCHEER
Successful technology firms pride themselves on their capacity to disrupt the established order. The reference is usually to a technological advance that poses an existential threat to an entrenched industry or way of doing business. Think of Apple Computer’s impact on the cellphone and music industries, Google on the sale and delivery of advertising, or Amazon on book publishing-to name just a few.
But in their recent protests against anti-piracy legislation pending in Congress — the Stop Online Piracy Act, “SOPA,” and companion legislation in the Senate — high-tech firms demonstrated, for the first time, their awesome capacity for “creative destruction” of a political establishment that they see as hostile to their interests.
Literally within hours of Wikipedia going dark and Google covering its logo with the black band of censorship, members of Congress were running for the exits, disavowing their previously pledged support for

January 22 marks the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the United States. That decision has been called the most significant of the 20th century. Certainly it was the most significant for women.
The case was argued by a 27-year-old female lawyer from Texas — Sarah Weddington, in her first appearance before the

My last post addressed to the atheists who frequent the HuffPost Religion section triggered nearly 800 comments, many of them properly taking me to task for seeming to suggest that all atheists share certain less-than-congenial traits that some exhibit. But one put forth a query that I now address: “So, Eliot, what do you believe?” Okay, here goes:
First, it’s not about “beliefs” for me. It is about experiencing God. For many, beliefs are somebody else’s statements about the purported actions of God and/or the agents of God that “believers” now apparently adopt as their

No part of a woman’s body is more iconic and multi-tasking than her breasts. They’re utilitarian silos for babies and objects of desire for lovers. They’re public, “out there,” and on display no matter what their size. They’re a source of pride, shame, obsession, and

Inspired by one professor’s infectious enthusiasm for Emily Dickinson, Obsessed is a new HuffPost Culture series exploring the idiosyncratic, all-consuming passions of public figures and unknowns alike. Through a mix of blogs and interviews, these pieces will highlight the elusiveness of whatever it is you just can’t live without — whether it’s blue jays, Renaissance fairs or fan fiction — or, as in the case of David Lynch, coffee. If you have an obsession to share, drop us a line at culture@huffingtonpost.com.
I am pretty much obsessed with coffee. I’ve been drinking coffee on a regular basis since I was in the ninth

To be authentic, according to most authorities on authenticity, is to be true to one’s own self, to one’s own nature. I suppose Paula Deen, while instructing viewers to add butter, sugar, and more butter and sugar (and then deep frying everything in more butter) to her recipes — allegedly based on her “Grandmama Paul’s Southern cooking” — was being authentic even as she was, perhaps not knowingly, helping to lead millions of Americans on the path towards obesity.
Of course, there is such a thing as free will. We could watch — as many of us do —

One of the richest, and simultaneously most difficult, teachings of the Islamic tradition is that the path to the Divine presence goes not through an institution, or a creed, or a location, but through humanity.
This close connection between God and humanity goes back to the very foundation of Islam. The Quran records the creation of humanity as a conversation between God and the angels. Unlike the angels made of light, and the Jinn made of fire, the human would be a composite being, made of both clay and

I had just come from my undergraduate partial differential equations class and was in serious need of caffeine. We had completed our fourth straight day of lectures on the equations of a vibrating membrane. My head hurt and my hands where cramped from taking notes. Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) appear everywhere in mathematical

I recently spoke with a friend who discovered that her husband had been cheating on her. But he wasn’t betraying her with another woman — he’d been sneaking around with their joint bank account, surreptitiously purchasing sports equipment to feed his triathlon habit. When she found a receipt for an expensive bike they’d agreed they couldn’t afford, she was furious. “It felt like financial infidelity!” she said.
Does her story sound familiar? Has your spouse or partner made purchases outside your budget and then lied about it or covered up the evidence? Have you shopped without mentioning the purchased items to your loved one or brushed them off as things you’d already owned? Or have you simply been tempted and bought something beyond your means without consulting the other person in your life with whom you share your finances?
If you or your partner commits a financial indiscretion that sets your mutual savings or budget goals back, it can create real trust problems and wreak havoc on your

Remember that “If They Mated” segment on Conan O’Brien’s talk show?
Well, imagine what mild-mannered Nashville singer-songwriters Trent Dabbs and Amy Stroup are capable of producing when they get together, though not in that way. After all, Dabbs already has a lovely wife, Kristen, and two young children, Veda and Cohen.
Dabbs and Stroup call Sugar + the Hi-lows their musical baby, and like any proud parents, they are downright giddy to watch it develop over the next few months and, perhaps, years.
While they might treat Sugar + the Hi-lows like their offspring, Dabbs and Stroup actually are embodied by these adventurous alter egos, the performing opposites of two “normal acoustic, introspective” solo artists (his words). That metamorphosis will occur when they go on tour next week to support the

This piece was co-authored with George Yeo.
The Chinese government recently issued new rules to strengthen Internet regulations. Most notable is the real-name requirement for micro-blog (Weibo) accounts — China’s equivalent of Twitter. Some Weibo users have attested to an increase in government monitoring and self-censorship by hosting

Question: What do algebra and online learning have in common?
Answer: Most kids would not experience either if not required.
Graduation requirements translate society’s expectations to the young. It’s our collective best guess at the knowledge and skills they will need to participate in the society they will inherit. If we did not require algebra, not many students would take

Sometimes a story comes across my desk that demands a response.
This week a Yahoo blogger posted “College Majors That Are Useless,” with agriculture topping the list of five majors, followed by horticulture and animal science.
Really?
While I’m hesitant to give the list more credibility than it deserves — it’s based almost entirely on U.S. Labor Department projections and one author’s opinions — this blog post is so far off base it has to be refuted.
Let’s take a closer look at the Labor Department projections for agricultural