Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Israeli-Occupied Palestinian Territories, reacted forcefully to the complete destruction by the Israeli […]
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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 […]
Rockets in Beirut Target Hizbullah as Violence spreads from Syria to Lebanon
Four persons were wounded by GRAD rockets that fell in south-western Beirut, a Hizbullah stronghold, on Sunday. The strikes come a day after the head […]
Turkey: Kissing Protest in Ankara
After a subway official chastised a young couple in Ankara for kissing in public, internet activists organized a small flashmob at the Kurtuluş metro station […]
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 […]