Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – UNICEF Deputy Representative to Lebanon Ettie Higgins reported from Lebanon on the effects of Monday’s massive attack by Israeli war […]
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Gaza Aftermath Raises Question of War Crimes: Obama Must Overcome Initial Muslim Distrust
The Israeli assault on Gaza has drawn to an end, now that its Great Enabler (W.) is no longer in the cockpit of the Calamity […]
Obama’s Pledge to Withdraw from Iraq and the Iraqi Reality; 2 US Soldiers Wounded; 7 Dead, 22 Injured in Bombings
President Barack Obama will meet Wednesday, his first day on the job, with his secretary of defense, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff […]
The Dream of Our Founders will Live On
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that […]
"They even killed the cats!"
Some 50,000 Palestinians have been left homeless by the Israeli war on the people of Gaza, with 400,000 now lacking access to running water. Rebuilding […]
King’s Anti-Imperialism and the Challenge for Obama
The Martin Luther King, Jr. that most Americans know is the man who said, “I have a dream” at a massive rally 250,000 strong in […]
Abraham, Booker T. and Barack; Three Speeches on the Way from Philadelphia
President-Elect Barack Obama on Saturday evoked Abraham Lincoln’s train procession to Washington DC, the last leg of which took the Great Emancipator from Philadelphia to […]
Israel Hits Another UN School before Ceasing Fire; On Ethnic and Civic Nationalisms
Israeli war planes stayed home on Sunday morning, sparing densely-populated Gaza the intense aerial bombardment to which it had been daily subjected for the previous […]
Olmert Announces Ceasefire; Mearsheimer on Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has announced a ceasefire in the Israeli assault on the population of the Gaza Strip, beginning at midnight Saturday, Israeli […]
3000 Abandoned Cars at Dubai Airport as Economy Turns Down
Airport police in Dubai have found some 3,000 abandoned automobiles during the past 4 months, as Indian and other South Asians in the real estate […]