Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After nearly five decades of armed conflict with the Turkish state, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun […]
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Omar Khayyam (105) “Wine is melted Rubies”
Wine is melted rubies, and the glass is like a mine. The carafe is the body, and the alcohol its soul. This crystal goblet that […]
Top Ten Reasons Israel tried to Censor Bob Simon’s Report on Palestinian Christians
Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren not only called the head of CBS news in an attempt to quash a report on the displacement of Palestinian Christians […]
Top 5 Stories from the Arab Revolutions Today
1. Syrian military forces subjected the Arba’in district of Hama to intensive machine gun fire on Monday, and some 28 civilians were killed by government […]
The Planet has a Fever: Al Gore and Jeffrey Sachs at Granholm
Jennifer Granholm interviews Al Gore and Jeffrey Sachs on carbon dioxide emissions and global climate change. At the liberal Current TV channel. Gore: There are […]
Was this 16-year-old Drone Victim Really a Terrorist? (Chatterjee)
Pratap Chatterjee writes at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism He walked quietly between his two friends as he entered the conference hall in one of […]
Drones, Drones Everywhere, and now we’ve given them to Iran
The American deployment of its thousands of drones or unmanned aircraft is one dimension of the breakdown of the rule of law. The US sends […]
Earth Day means nothing if We Don’t Limit Carbon Emissions
The first observance of Earth Day was March 21, 1970. I was 17, and along with other students at Broad Run High School, went out […]
Yes, MEMRI, there is a Fatwa from Khamenei forbidding Nukes
I’m told that MEMRI, which has its origins in Israeli military intelligence, has put out a statement doubting that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ever […]
Omar Khayyam (104)
Every place you see a rose or red tulip, they are tinted by the blood of a fallen king. Every violet petal that falls to […]
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