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Tomgram: Bill McKibben, How You Subsidize the Energy Giants to Wreck the Planet
Bill McKibben writes at Tomdispatch.com Payola for the Most Profitable Corporations in History And Why Taxpayers Shouldn’t Stand for It Any More By Bill McKibben […]
The Paradox of Israeli Politics: Sternfeld
Lior Sternfeld writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment Israel’s center-right Kadima Party has just elected an Iranian-Israeli, Shaul Mofaz, as its leader, in […]
Life of Omar Khayyam pt 5 (Documentary)
Fifth and final part of “The Genius of Omar Khayyam” — the continuing appeal of his poetry and philosophy, and the question of how much […]
Rafsanjani: Iran does not Want Nukes, Should improve relations with US, Saudi
Former Iranian president Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, gave an interview in a security studies journal recently, and I thought it might be important to share […]
Arab spring brings steep rise in US attacks in Yemen (Woods & Slater)
Christ Woods and Emma Slater write at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Arab spring brings steep rise in US attacks in Yemen by Chris Woods […]
Omar Khayyam (85)
A cup full of rose-colored wine is beautiful; the tunes of the lute are lovely. As for the prude who knows nothing of wine, it […]
Life of Omar Khayyam, pt 4 (Documentary)
Part 4 of the “Genius of Omar Khayyam”— how Edward Fitzgerald’s translation became a Western publishing sensation:
Why Romney is Lying about the Causes of high Prices at the Pump
After his wins on Tuesday, Mitt Romney is clearly the Republican standard bearer in the 2012 election, and he is already flailing about attempting to […]
Omar Khayyam (86)
The life of this world without wine and bartender is not happy; without the airs of the Iraqi flute, it is not happy; Whenever I […]
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