(Istanbul: Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On October 22, Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and an ally of […]
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Media Ignores Climate Change Background of Increased Flooding (Media Matters Short)
As The Scientific American noted a couple of years ago: In a 2011 study published in Nature, “. . . researchers examined daily records of […]
Checkpoint: The Every Day Life of Humiliation for Palestinians (Short Documentary)
Checkpoint – Every Day Life in Palestine Documentary ( Subtitles ) ” Published on Apr 27, 2013 A film showing the day to day reality […]
Taliban Attack UN Agency in Kabul, Wounding 7
The Taliban launched a major attack in the capital of Kabul on Friday, injuring 7 people with a car bomb at the International office of […]
Civil Disobedience and Jail Time for Opposing Big Oil: Tim DeChristopher (Moyers Interview)
Bill Moyers interviews Tim DeChristopher, leader of Peaceful Uprising, who just got out of jail after serving a two-year sentence for peacefully disrupting an oil […]
Nice Speech on Closing Gitmo, Mr. President; but It’s still Open (Schanzer)
David Schanzer writes at Islamicommentary: David Schanzer In his speech at the National Defense University, President Obama made his most impassioned and compelling argument to […]
My Visit to the Iraqi National Museum (Photo Gallery)
Here is a photo gallery from my visit on May 9, 2013, to the Iraqi National Museum, courtesy the Ministry of Culture. Ancient Iraq or […]
“If you Eat a 2000 Hamburgers in the Name of Vegetarianism, You aren’t an Extremist Vegetarian”; Nabil responds to Woolwich Murder
Nabil goes in: A British Muslim responds to the Woolwich murder in which Lee Rigby, 25, of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was […]
When Politicians promise ‘Lower Taxes’ they are promising Collapsed Bridges
The next time you hear politicians campaigning on “lower taxes,” you should realize two things. First, they don’t intend to lower your taxes, which are […]
President Obama and Counter-Terrorism: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Here are the good, the bad and the ugly things in President Obama’s important speech on counter-terrorism Thursday, and in the off-stage steps he has […]