Nailing Rupert Murdoch for his employees’ phone tapping or bribery would be a little like bringing down Al Capone for tax fraud, or George W. Bush for torture. I’d be glad to see it happen…
Category: Global Issues
Many models have been created that have shown the correlation between the probability of an accident, with the state of preparedness in that area. In other words, the more likely an event, the more informed…
As one of the cleverest political conquistadors to ever hoodwink the American public, you have to admit — our Commander and Chief is one smooth talking peccadillo. It was seven long years ago that the…
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist and professor, Nobel Prize 1921 “It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts…
There is much angst among people of conscience over the fate of Freedom Flotilla II, but by effectively scuttling it, Israel is really just hammering more nails in its own coffin. The efforts by Israel…
By Nick Brown: On July 1st, 2011, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Tripoli for a massive rally in support of Muammar al-Gaddafi and the Libyan government. The rallies come in the wake of…
The efforts by Israel to prevent Freedom Flotilla II from leaving Greece have been largely successful. Of the original 10 ships, only the French ship Al-Karama (dignity) with 10 activists including French politicians, which sailed…
By Sergei SHASHKOV: The Arab Spring, a term now used to describe a wave of protests in the Arab world, has some common traits: one scenario with all details repeated even in countries with different…
By Mike Whitney: Barack Obama stormed out of a meeting with Republican leaders on Wednesday when negotiations broke down over raising the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling. According to one report, the usually-unflappable Obama unloaded on…
By Nick Turse: The United States boasts hundreds of military bases around the world, perhaps even thousands, constituting a planetary military deployment of a sort never before seen in history. Yet no one knows exactly…