Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli squatters on Palestinian land in the militarily occupied West Bank conducted a pogrom against the Christian-majority village of Taybeh, […]
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The Afghanistan Syndrome (Engelhardt)
Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch: The Afghan Syndrome Vietnam Has Left Town, Say Hello to the New Syndrome on the Block By Tom Engelhardt Take […]
Omar Khayyam (94)
I have no idea if the one who created me placed me among the good in paradise or the hideous in hell. A cup, a […]
Syrian Civil War Kills 160, Spills over onto Lebanon, Turkey; Will US Intervene?
Fighting on Monday in Homs and other Syrian cities left some 160 dead on Monday, and, ominously, Syrian troops fired into Lebanon and Turkey, killing […]
“Smile” – Tamer Hosny and Shaggy’s Feel-Good Arabic Music Video
Egyptian singing star (“the King of Pop”) Tamer Hosny, a late convert to the Egyptian revolution, and Shaggy released this music video, entitled “Smile” a […]
Omar Khayyam (93)
I am a sinner, where is your acceptance? My heart is dark, where is your light and clarity? If you grant me paradise because of […]
Advancing is Perfection (Gibran)
From Kahlil Gibran, “The Vision,” available at Amazon.com.
US Pentagon Trained Iranian terrorists in Nevada: Hersh
For those who missed this this weekend. The intrepid Seymour Hersh reports at the New Yorker that the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) of the […]
What We Lost in Iraq and Washington (Van Buren)
Peter van Buren writes at Tomdispatch.com: Left Behind What We Lost in Iraq and Washington, 2009-2012 By Peter Van Buren People ask the question in […]
All Hell is still Breaking Loose in the Arab World, Television is just not Reporting it
5. Several center-left parties in Tunisia have formed a centrist party for the next election. The Progressive Democratic Party only got 16 seats in parliament, […]
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