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Tomgram: Engelhardt, Kicking Down the World’s Door
Make no mistake: we’re entering a new world of military planning…
How an Israeli Strike on Iran could radically weaken Israel
Some colleagues on an email list got me thinking about the worst case scenario of an Israeli air strike on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities, so […]
Cole Spanish interviews on Arab Spring in Costa Rica Press
My Spanish-speaking readers will enjoy these links to interviews about the Arab Spring I did last week in San Jose, Costa Rica, with the press […]
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The idol asked the pagan, “Do you know why you started bowing down to me?” –“It was because the One who looks out through your […]
Syria Veto and the Revenge of the BRICS
Russia and China jointly cast a veto Saturday in the United Nations Security Council against an Arab League-backed resolution that would have called for President […]
Lyons: Islam, Women and the West
Jonathan Lyons writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Islam, Women, and the West This essay is adapted from my latest book, Islam […]
NASA’s Dangerous new Blue Marble
NASA’s new composite “Blue Marble” high definition image of the planet earth from outer space: Quick, a test: Was your first reaction, “What a beautiful […]
Greenwald: Koch Brothers Should Testify before Congress
The Wall Street Journal carried a plaintive piece about how the poor far right wing oil billionaires David and Charles Koch (who bring you everything […]
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Where’s the smoke from my fire around here? Where’s the profit on my investment around here? As for the guy who called me a bar […]
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