Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Here are the first few paragraphs of my long essay for The New Lines Institute on the Israeli use of […]
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“Material things kill us painlessly but love revives through torments” (Kahlil Gibran Poster)
From Kahlil Gibran, “The Vision,” available at Amazon.com.
Palestinian Hunger Games
Some 2000 of the estimated 4600 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons are now hunger striking. Three hundred of them have been deprived of the right […]
Omar Khayyam (103) The sword of fate is sharp
Take care, for the age is in an uproar. Don’t be assured, since the sword of fate is sharp. If destiny puts candy in your […]
On the Consequences of Oppression (Simone de Beauvoir Poster)
Military-Salafi Clashes in Egypt Injured hundreds, Kill 1 Soldier
The Egyptian military pushed back Friday against largely Salafi protesters, who insisted on attempting to get near to the Ministry of Defense in the al-Abbasiya […]
“Democracy becomes a government of bullies . . .” (Ralph Waldo Emerson Poster)
Romney v. Carter (Jamiol Cartoon)
Courtesy Paul Jamiol
No, Virginia, Iran isn’t in Bed with Al-Qaeda (Abbotabad Trove)
The al-Qaeda documents released by West Point’s Center for Combatting Terrorism (which needs to be better funded by Congress) show that the whole warmonger meme […]
Omar Khayyam (128): Lovers are at home in heaven and in hell
Seekers of the truth look at the lovely and the ugly as the same. Lovers are at home in heaven and in hell. Those who’ve […]