On Christmas Day, I like to recall the significance of Jesus and the nativity for Muslims. I’ve talked about Rumi, Attar, and other mystics. Today […]
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The Coming Israeli-Russian War?
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon bluntly threatened the Russian Federation on Tuesday, saying that if Moscow followed through on its plan to send the S-300 […]
A Forever War that Dares not Speak its Name (Bacevich)
Andrew J. Bacevich writes at Tomdispatch.com For well over a decade now the United States has been “a nation at war.” Does that war have […]
The Survival of Earth Depends on Frogs… and Frogs are in Trouble
Herbicides and pesticides threaten to wipe out one third of amphibian species in the coming decades. A new study finds that frogs, toads and salamanders […]
CIA Whistleblower who revealed Torture is still in Jail; Torturers walk Free
Just a reminder that President Obama has not yet pardoned John Kiriakou, the CIA whistleblower who revealed the agency’s torture practices Kiriakou went to jail […]
Could Ulra-Orthodox Conscription issue bring down the Israeli Government?
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid, leader of the centrist, secular Yesh Atid party, has threatened to withdraw from the government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu […]
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Should Memorial Day include Commemoration of Thoreau?
Memorial Day began as a commemoration for the dead in the US Civil War, and especially for the Northern dead. Southern states for the most […]
Help Build a Hospital in Karbala, Iraq!
Karbala, Iraq, doesn’t have enough good medical care. The number one killer is heart attacks, but a whole range of ailments are not being effectively […]
Who’s the Threat? Western Powers have invaded and Killed Millions of Muslims
Listening to Newt Gingrich, the great bloviator, go on this morning on the alleged Muslim threat, set me off. Gingrich did his dissertation on Belgian […]