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Top Ten Republican Myths on Libya
Reprint edn.; since they don’t change their talking points, why should we change our blog entries? 1. Republican senators keep saying that it should have […]
Is the Government reading your Email without a Warrant?
Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) has demanded that the FBI and other Federal agencies obtain a warrant to read private emails. He said that Americans’ “right […]
Minorities and the Arab Revolutions (Cole Video)
Here is an excerpt from my recent talk on minorities and the Arab Revolutions at Portland State: Here is the video
Has the Obama administration Given into Russia on Syria?
The joint communique issued by Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov earlier this week regarding Syria has in retrospect raised […]
Obama’s War on Whistleblowers who are trying to out Government Waste, Fraud (Van Buren)
Peter van Buren writes at Tomdispatch.com: What do words mean in a post-9/11 world? Apart from the now clichéd Orwellian twists that turn brutal torture […]
Hawking joins Academic Boycott of Israel
Physicist Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott the annual President’s Conference in Jerusalem this year has been confirmed by Cambridge University. The university initially attempted to […]
Russia Warns Israel: Hands off Syria, as PFLP threatens Guerrilla Strike
The Iranian press is reporting that Russian President Vladimir Putin has vehemently warned Israel against further airstrikes on Syria. Putin is said to be accelerating […]
Another view of Baghdad: Timelapse Video
Baghdad timelapse
ReOrienting the Veil (Gökariksel)
Banu Gökariksel writes for for ISLAMiCommentary Fatih neighborhood of Istanbul, 2009. photo by Banu Gökarıksel Banu Gökarıksel The veil is a piece of fabric that […]
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