Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Bill Clinton is a Rhodes scholar and a voracious reader. He is not a stupid man. He is, however, morally […]
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Bush Senior Also Promised Moscow more Flexibility after Election
President Obama was caught by an open mic Monday telling outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he would “have more flexibility” in missile negotiations “after […]
Omar Khayyam (80)
A codger staggered drunk out of the bar, a prayer rug over his shoulder and a wine glass in hand. I said, old man, what’s […]
Basic Facts on Clothing and Murder for American Bigots
Dear American bigots: Basic Fact: Wearing a veil, as Iraqi-American Shaima al-Awady did before she was brutally murdered in her home as part of a […]
Faster than Expected Climate Change means drought, war, famine for Middle East, Africa
A new study just published in Nature Geoscience has found it plausible for the first time that the world’s average surface temperature could rise by […]
Omar Khayyam (78)
You ignoramus! This bodily form is nothing. and this speckled dome of the nine heavens is nothing. Be happy that in the realm of […]
Israeli Peace Marchers Protest Iran War Talk in Tel Aviv
Haaretz reports that hundreds of Israeli peace activists marched in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest all the talk of striking Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities. […]
Western Intelligence Analysts Worry that Iran Sanctions are Hurting West: IRGC
The USG Open Source Center translates an article from Javan, an organ of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC: Iran’s National Guard), analyzing alleged Western […]
Omar Khayyam (71)
Now that the rose of your good fortune is blooming, why are you standing there with no glass in your hand? Have some wine– fate […]
The Arab Revolutions Continue, its Just not Mostly on American TV
Friday is a traditional day of protest in the Arab world, and yesterday did not disappoint. In addition, there were some important developments in the […]