Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – In Franz Kafka’s story “The Metamorphosis,” Gregor Samsa awakens to “find himself transformed into a monstrous vermin” — a […]
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US Public to Israel’s Likud: On Iran, Negotiate or you are on Your Own
A new poll shows that the US public, showing a broad consensus across parties, wants the Iran nuclear enrichment issue dealt with through negotiations. They […]
Afghanistan Senate Chants Against US, Speaker Threatens to Evict it
The USG Open Source Center translates an article from the Afghan Islamic Press news agency in which the speaker of the Afghanistan parliament threatens to […]
Omar Khayyam (60)
I am not suited to the mosque nor fitted to the church The Lord knows what he made my clay from. I am like an […]
Tomgram: Michael Klare, Why High Gas Prices Are Here to Stay
In energy terms, we are now entering a world whose grim nature has yet to be fully grasped…
Cheney afraid to speak in “Dangerous” Canada
Dick Cheney has cancelled a talk in Toronto because, he says, “Canada is too dangerous.” This is the ultimate chicken hawk, who had 5 deferrals […]
Afghanistan Massacre: Unstable Soldiers, Untreated Brain Injuries, PTSD
AP is reporting that the staff sergeant who killed 16 Afghan villagers near Qandahar on Sunday morning had suffered a head injury in a vehicle […]
Lebanon debates laws protecting women from domestic violence: Zambarakji
Angie Zambarakji writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Analysis: Lebanon debates laws protecting women from domestic violence by Angie Zambarakji Domestic violence cases in […]
How to Cuddle with an Elephant Seal
Another seal meets girl story (environmentalism, not a Heidi Klum gossip piece). Seal meets girl. Seal falls in love with girl. The end. from Bob […]
Omar Khayyam (58)
My creed is to drink wine and be happy; my faith is to be devoid of unbelief and religion. I said to the bride of […]
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