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Palestinians Displaced again, to Camps in Lebanon
One of the horrible things about being stateless is that you are a flying Dutchman, never assured of being able to live in your own […]
Videos on the Present and Past of Chechnya
Here are some videos for Saturday viewing that give a sense of the recent tragic history of Chechnya and of Russian policy toward it today. […]
Fathers and Sons and Chechnya
The anger and embarrassment visible in the interviews given on Friday by the uncle and the aunt of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the alleged Boston […]
Report: Highest US Officials Responsible for Use of Torture (Plus Daily Show Video)
The political reality of the United States in the world is that of blowback. Blowback is a term of art in the intelligence community for […]
The New Muslim World: Dictators on Trial
The Muslim world has now witnessed several instances of a former dictator being exiled under threat of prosecution or actually being forced to appear in […]
Small Government: Texas Fertilizer Plant that blew up not inspected for years
The Texas fertilizer plant that suffered a massive explosion had not been subject to an OSHA inspection for many years. The current American obsession with […]
CNN Fail: Imaginary “Dark Males,” “Accents,” and “Arrests” Haunt Reporters
Between about 1:00 pm and 2:40 pm ET on Wednesday, April 17, the CNN news team was at the worst I’ve ever seen them. The […]
Top Ten Ways Islamic Law forbids Terrorism
Erik Rush and others who hastened to scapegoat Muslims for the Boston Marathon bombing are ignorant of the religion. I can’t understand why people who […]
Can the Boston Bombings increase our Sympathy for Iraq and Syria, for all such Victims?
The horrific bombings of the Boston Marathon produced inspiring images of a spirited, brave Boston refusing to be cowed. Some spectators surged forward toward the […]
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