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Commentary
Israel’s 60 years of nuclear proliferation
By Jerry Mazza
Perhaps it began before 1948, when Israel and
Palestine were partitioned by the UN into two separate but equal states.
Perhaps the nuclear notion occurred to David Ben-Gurion and friends in 1945, as
they observed two atomic bombs dropped by the US on the Empire of Japan (mostly
civilian populations) to end WW II. In fact, the nuclear solution brought about
an immediate surrender.
May 13, 2008, 00:19
Commentary
Our cultural heritage
By Reham Alhelsi
As Palestinians all over the world commemorate the
Nakba and 60 years of ongoing Zionist ethnic cleansing, murder and apartheid,
there is one aspect of our Palestinian identity that survived despite all
Zionist attempts of elimination: our cultural heritage. The Palestinian
cultural heritage is full of popular songs, poetry, sayings, stories
handicrafts and other forms of folklore. They are the bridges that connect
generations and unite Palestinians all over the world, binding us together and
forming our cultural identity.
May 13, 2008, 00:17
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May 13, 2008, 00:15
Commentary
Sami Al Haj in Guantanamo
By Dr. Marwan Asmar
It was freedom at last! The release of Sami Al Haj
after six-and-a-half years, languishing in prison on Guantanamo
Bay in Cuba, is a surreal reality going to the heart of international political
intrigue, media manipulation and human rights violations.
May 13, 2008, 00:13
News Media
All the news that fits -- in 500 words or a graphic
By Walter Brasch
The
editors of USA Today, as they
do every day, had to decide what to make its lead story.
May 13, 2008, 00:11
Analysis
What to watch in Wednesday's consumer price data
By Peter Morici
Wednesday, the Labor Department will issue April data
for the Consumer Price Index. The consensus forecast is for a 0.3 percent
increase in the headline number and a 0.2 percent increase in the core index --
the headline number with energy and food prices removed. My published forecasts
are 0.5 and 0.2 percent in these two indicators of consumer inflation.
May 13, 2008, 00:09
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Ron Paul's forces quietly plot GOP convention revolt
against McCain ● Voter ID battle shifts to proof of citizenship; tens of
thousands citizens could be disenfranchised ● Poll: Most Jewish voters want
Obama to win ● AP IMPACT: Number of disabled veterans rising ● Bush, the
world's single biggest, calls Iran 'single biggest threat' to Mideast peace ●
Israeli police widen probe into Olmert donations ● More . . .
May 13, 2008, 00:03
Commentary
The problem with America
By Deepak Tripathi
The world has fallen out of love with America since
the ‘war on terror’ declared by President George W Bush. Much of the sympathy
and popular support witnessed after the 9/11 attacks have faded away, overtaken
by stories about Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib and extraordinary rendition. It is
surprising how soon the goodwill capital, and a strong economy, can be
squandered.
May 12, 2008, 00:20
Special Reports
Lost e-mails obscure 'Plame-gate'
By Jason Leopold
Last week, the White House disclosed that it could not
recover lost e-mails from emergency backup tapes for the period covering the
invasion of Iraq and the U.S. failure to find Iraq’s alleged WMD.
May 12, 2008, 00:18
Analysis
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Lies are truth
By Mary Rizzo
The people on the press staff of the Israeli Foreign
Affairs Ministry are talented science fiction writers. Almost nothing that they
write has any bearing on reality, and it seems that they use Orwell’s 1984
as a guidebook for news dispatches. All that they need to do is look at the
facts on the ground (terminology that was invented by the Hasbara Committee,
more than likely, because it is something different than reality. It has a bit
of the sense of imposition of a negative reality that cannot however be
challenged by ‘ordinary’ people), and turn them on their heads. War is peace,
freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength. That’s exactly how the Israeli PR
staff represents reality with their warped mirror.
May 12, 2008, 00:14
Analysis
US terrorism report: Selective data, wrong lessons
By Ramzy Baroud
The data provided in the US State Department's annual
terrorism report for 2007 points to some interesting if puzzling conclusions.
The much publicised document, made available 30 April via the State
Department's website, makes no secret of the fact that Al-Qaeda is back, strong
as ever. It also suggests that violence worldwide is nowhere near subsiding,
despite President Bush's repeated assurances regarding the success of his
"war on terror."
May 12, 2008, 00:12
Commentary
Spoiled Americans fail the green test
By
Mary Shaw
A
recent National Geographic survey ranked the environmental impact of consumer
habits and lifestyles in 14 countries.
May 12, 2008, 00:10
Special Reports
The mouse that roared: Georgia's Saakashvili trying to provoke Russia
By Eric Walberg
While
Georgians see themselves as part of Europe, “the whole history of Georgia is of Georgian
kings writing to Western kings for help, or for understanding. And sometimes
not even getting a response,” said its thoroughly Westernised president, Mikheil Saakashvili, in a recent interview. “Not just
being an isolated, faraway country, but part of something bigger.”
May 9, 2008, 00:22
Commentary
Another American war -- look out, earth
By Jim Miles
True to the American manner of meeting challenges and
desiring to overcome them, a recent Time magazine cover led off with the
title “How to Win The War On Global Warming” [1]. Accompanying that article,
the UN Secretary-General demonstrated his Washington consensus credentials with
a commentary titled “The Right War.” [2] If the American history of war is to
be considered, earth itself is in trouble.
May 9, 2008, 00:20
Religion
Lucky Louie and Dour Don: Crazed Christianists on parade
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.
The “thinking” of Louis P. Sheldon, founder and
chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition, was once again vomited forth in a
late April 2008 TVC diatribe titled Earth Day: The
Rantings Of Chicken Little Marxists.
May 9, 2008, 00:16
Commentary
One Bolivia, white and wealthy
By Jorge Majfud, Ph.D.
The rapid Conquest of Amerindia would have been
impossible without the Mesoamerican and Andean cosmology. Otherwise two mature
empires, with millions of inhabitants and brave armies would never have
succumbed to the madness of a handful of Spaniards. But it was also possible
due to the new adventurer and warrior spirit of the medieval culture of a
Spanish Crown victorious in the Reconquest of Spain, and the new capitalist
spirit of the Renaissance.
May 9, 2008, 00:14
Commentary
People who don’t need 'People'
By Walter Brasch
From a pool of about 7 billion, those
hard-working geniuses at People magazine have managed to find the
hundred most beautiful people in the whole wide world. And -- get ready for the
surprise -- almost every one of those beautiful people are rich American
celebrities.
May 9, 2008, 00:12
Commentary
The winds of Fascism blowing across Europe
By Gaither Stewart
ROME -- I feel sick.
May 8, 2008, 00:18
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