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Egypt’s Counter-Revolution: 21 Women and Girls Harshly Sentenced, Liberal Bloggers to be Arrested
The new anti-protest law in Egypt is roiling the country. On Thursday, a student at Cairo University was killed by police using live ammunition against […]
John F. Kennedy’s Thanksgiving Ideals, 1962– How different they are from Ours
The fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has brought forth a flood of books and documentaries. On this Thanksgiving, what strikes […]
Breaking “America’s Last Taboo”
Author(s): Alex Lubin American Zionism has made any serious public discussion of the past or future of Israel — by far the largest recipient ever […]
NSA monitored visits of “Radicalizers” to Chat Rooms, Skin Sites to Discredit Them
Six persons living abroad, one of them a “US person,” were targeted by the National Security Agency for discrediting, according to information leaked by Edward […]
Pope Francis: Why are Deaths of the Homeless not a Headline but a 2-point Dow Jones rise is? (Germanos)
Andrea Germanos writes at Commondreams.org Pope Francis has issued a new document in which he rails against growing inequality, trickle-down economics and the current socioeconomic […]
Brubeck Jazz Classic “Take Five” in Pakistan Style (Video)
Dave Brubeck called the cover of his band’s classic “Take Five” (Paul Desmond) by the Pakistani musical group Sachal the “most original” he had ever […]
The Middle East warmly welcomes Iran Deal, sees it as Step toward Denuclearizing Israel
Israel and Saudi Arabia have loomed large in reporting about the regional reaction to the UN Security Council plus Germany’s preliminary deal with Iran as […]
Does the Road to Mideast Peace Run through Tehran?
The diplomatic breakthrough at Geneva is still only a down payment on a much bigger deal, and it is early to begin speaking of realignments […]
Today’s America is the Real Hunger Games: Why aren’t we Terrified? (Engelhardt)
Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com: . . . gazillions of movie viewers have seen … films with the usual array of sharks, dinosaurs, anacondas, axe […]