Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Palestinian Ministry of Education released a report this week detailing that 11,923 students in Gaza have been killed by […]
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Omar Khayyam (138) “Don’t throw your precious lives to the wind…”
Don’t fall for this world’s enticements, you amateurs! You know all about its tricks. Don’t throw your precious lives to the wind. Get yourself a […]
What America would be like if it was like Afghanistan (Engelhardt)
Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch [satire alert] It Couldn’t Happen Here, It Does Happen There The Value of American — and Afghan — Lives By […]
Father’s Day (Louis C.K.)
Comedian Louis C.K. on Father’s Day:
Did the Egyptian Generals make their Coup because of a Conspiracy Theory?
The initial reaction of the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood and its Freedom and Justice Party to the high court decision dissolving parliament had been […]
Is the secret war in Yemen and Somalia secret no longer? (Woods)
Chris Woods writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism In what is being viewed by some as a significant move towards greater transparency, President Obama […]
On the Right Way to Vote (W. C. Fields Poster)
Egypt: An Election within a Coup within a Coup
Arab satellite television is showing lines of Egyptian voters at polling stations on Saturday, as some proportion of the 50 million eligible voters makes a […]
Omar Khayyam (137) : … Wounded the Heart…
The one who made the heavens and the earth has wounded the heart of many a mourner; he has put many ruby lips and perfumed […]
The Revenge of the Leftovers in Egypt
The Egyptian constitutional court on Thursday threw the Egyptian Revolution for a loop. There are howls of outrage about a soft coup, or a counter-revolution. […]
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