Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]
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Syrian Christians Menaced by Extremist Sunnis, Slam Lack of Lebanese Support
Layal Abu Rahhal reported in Arabic from Beirut for al-Sharq al-Awsat [The Middle East] on the dilemmas of Syrian Christians and their Lebanese neighbors, Dec. […]
Photo of the Day: Pyramids in Giza at Sunset
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How Peter O’Toole Saved the Arabs (According to David Lean)
(By Juan Cole) The late Peter O’Toole played T.E. Lawrence in David Lean’s 1963 “Lawrence of Arabia” with genius and abandon. All of us in […]
Dozens Killed by Regime Barrel Bombs in Aleppo, half of them Children
The Lebanese newspaper al-Nahar reports that the Syrian air force bombed Aleppo on Sunday with makeshift barrel bombs, killed at least 36 persons, including 15 […]
Saudi activist sentenced to 300 lashes, 4 yrs in jail after calling for constitutional monarchy
A Saudi Arabian political activist was sentenced to four years in prison, 300 lashes, and a travel ban after calling for a constitutional monarchy. He […]
Tunisia Holocaust Conference Honors 5,000 Forced Into Labor Camps, Deportees
A conference commemorating the effects of the Holocaust on Tunisian Jews is being held in Tunis. Click here for the rest of the article…
Is our Media Screwing us on Climate the Way it Did on Iraq?
Like The Iraq War, Media Fails To Report On Climate Change Accurately (via Clean Technica) Originally published on Skeptical Science. By Stephan Lewandowsky. “Iraq is […]
The 1% is Hogging so much of our Income that it’s Holding the Economy Back
(By Anthony W. Orlando) Over the past few years, I have encountered a lot of myths about the so-called “One Percent.” Now that my book […]
Why are Christian Militias never “Christian Extremists”?
(By Juan Cole) The dramatic events in the Central African Republic no doubt seem distant and complex for a North American audience. CAR is geographically […]
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