Review of Allen James Fromherz, The Center of the World: A Global History of the Persian Gulf from the Stone Age to the Present (Berkeley: […]
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Global Earthquake Zones: Western half of Africa looks Safe
If we were smart we’d move to Mali or the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). The world’s earthquake zones according to the US Geological Survey Another […]
Pat Robertson’s Racist Blaming of Haitian Victims; and the Televangelist Misuse of History
h/t Daily Kos: Evangelist Pat Robertson manages to blame Haitians for the earthquake, instead of a shift in tectonic plates: And you know Christy, something […]
Foreign, Afghan Troops Allegedly Kill 6 at Rally against Western Burning of Qur’an
Oh, no. Here we go again. Some 2000 villagers from near Lashkar Gah in Helmand province mounted a demonstration against the alleged desecration of the […]
How Wall Street Could Help Haiti and Partially Redeem those Bonuses
ITN has early video of the earthquake devastation of Port au Prince, Haiti. For a quick overview of the Haitian economy, see this site. It […]
6 Allied Troops Killed in Afghanistan; Poll Shows Afghans Upbeat
Six NATO troops were killed in hostile action in Afghanistan on Monday, three of them Americans. The US troops appear to have been killed in […]
Republicans Reject Reid Half Measures, Embrace Gangsta Rap
Satire Republicans were outraged Monday by two-year-old remarks of Democratic Senate Majority leader Harry Reid about the electability of Barack Obama, in which Reid (an […]
Could the Pakistani Government Fall over Karachi Violence? What would it Mean for Obama’s War on al-Qaeda?
The ongoing political turmoil in a major Pakistani city to which few Americans pay much attention could nevertheless prove pivotal to the Obama administration’s AfPak […]
Ahmad: Shahid Alam on Israeli Exceptionalism
Ahrar Ahmad reviews M. Shahid Alam. Israeli Exceptionalism: The Destabilizing Logic of Zionism (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), 274 pp., for IC Ahrar Ahmad writes: […]
The Other Cartoon Death Threats
Drudge Retort says, “Political cartoonist Mark Fiore wrote on his blog that he’s receiving death threats over a 90-second animated film he created that teaches […]