This week marks 80 years since the United States used its nuclear weapons against the civilian population of Japan in August 1945. Prior to that, […]
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How Long will We let the National Rifle Association and Corrupt Politicians Kill our Children?
Police in Aurora, Colorado say that they do not think that James Holmes had an accomplice. Of course he had an accomplice. He had lots […]
Free Syrian Army Controls Border Areas
Free Syria exists along Syria’s borders with Turkey and Iraq. The Free Syrian Army, somewhat to my surprise, is beginning to take and hold territory, […]
“A View Toward Hamamet” Tunisia (Paul Klee Painting)
Paul Klee, the Swiss-German modernist painter, experienced epiphanies during the ‘student trip’ he took with two other young artists to Tunisia in 1914. It was […]
Omar Khayyam (209) “those oceans of learning never…”
Those oceans of learning and culture who burned with the light of science in their day, […]
Your Government’s 92 Million Secrets are Safe . . . from You! (Engelhardt)
Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com That Makes No Sense! Your Security’s a Joke (and You’re the Butt of It) By Tom Engelhardt When my daughter […]
Syria Crisis: Cole on BBC Newshour (Audio Link)
My appearance on BBC’s Newshour re: Syrian developments on Wednesday afternoon. I come in about 8 minutes in, and make comments throughout the rest of […]
Top Ten Implications of the Damascus Bombing
The bombing of the Security Headquarters of the Baath government of Syria on Wednesday killed the Minister of Defense, the deputy Minister of Defense, and […]
Marionette 2 (Painting by Syrian Modernist Marwan)
Marwan, Marionette 2 (2007), gouache on paper, 21 x 30.2 cm 2011,6020.2. Mirrored from [pdf] the British Museum Modern Syrian Art Collection. Marwan (Kassab Bachi), […]
Is Michele Bachmann an agent of the Muslim Brotherhood?
It has become increasingly apparent that politics and business often attract psychopaths, because of the opportunities they offer for the gratification of narcissism, grandiosity, sadism […]
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