Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera reports that Hezbollah escalated its rocket attacks on northern Israel and Syria’s Golan Heights occupied by Israel. Some […]
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“Crazy:” Egyptian Version (Video)
Egyptian version of “Crazy,” the 2006 Gnarls Barkley single (a collaboration of Danger Mouse and Cee Lo Green):
Cyclone Threatens Rohingya Refugees in Myanmar/ Burma: 80 Dead at Sea
The Rohingya Muslim refugees in Myanmar [Burma], having been menaced by hatred of foreigners and Buddhist chauvinism, are now threatened by a powerful cyclone. Monday […]
Guatamala’s Montt guilty of Atrocity; but what about Ronald Reagan? (Democracy Now!)
A Guatamalan court has sentenced former dictator Efrain Rios Montt to 80 years in prison for his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,771 members […]
Belize Construction company Destroys Mayan Pyramid in Latest Refutation of Libertarianism
A construction company in Belize gradually hollowed out and ultimately destroyed a 60-foot, 2300-year-old Mayan pyramid to get gravel for paving roads, National Geographic reports. […]
Solar Impulse sun-powered Plane flies from California to Phoenix, AZ on way across America (Video)
Bertrand Piccard is piloting the sun-powered plane, ‘Solar Impulse,’ across America in legs. This video is of his flight from California up to San Francisco […]
Is it Racism? Why did we Ignore New Orleans but obsess about Boston?
I got back from my trip to Baghdad on Sunday evening, and noticed when I checked the news that there seemed to have been a […]
Understanding the Palestinians’ Dilemma: From al-Araqib to Susiya (Video)
From Al-Araqib to Susiya (English) , a film by al-Adalah (Justice) : ” Two Villages – One Story An Interactive Dialogue on Forced Displacement In […]
Iraqi Folklore Performances (Cole Videos)
Iraqi Sword Dance: Here are some folklore performances put on for us by a troupe in Baghdad on May 8, 2013, at the Ministry of […]
Department of Justice Spying on AP Reporters’ Telephone Contacts Threatens Democracy
The Associated Press has been the victim of massive secret surveillance of its reporters’ telephone traffic (not the substance but to whom they were talking) […]