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Return to Gaza
“It was like this during the war two years ago: hot days, brisk nights and the Mediterranean with no waves, windless, so strange,” Ahmed Bakry told me in his …
“Is Islam a Religion of Peace?” Is Not the Right Question
Ever since the atrocious events of September 11, 2001, the question has been raised and discussed countless times: Is Islam a religion of peace? I do not wish to …
Government Economic Intervention: For Whom?
No one in the US government campaigns these days for the direct government hiring of our many millions of unemployed and underemployed people. That is despite the fact that …
Wall Street Destroyed $8 for Every $1 Earned
Tonight, President Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union address. A major theme of the speech will be jobs and the economy. Let's hope the president spares …
Bush White House Broke Elections Law, Report Says
Washington - The Bush White House, particularly before the 2006 midterm elections, routinely violated a federal law that prohibits use of federal tax dollars to pay for political activities …
News in Brief: Illinois Supreme Court Issues Stay in Emanuel Case, and More
Illinois Supreme Court Issues Stay in Emanuel Case “Less than 24 hours after an Illinois appeals court bumped Rahm Emanuel off the ballot for Chicago's election for mayor,” the …
Seat Reserved for Rep. Joe Wilson
Olbermann Is Out: MSNBC Host’s Departure Shows the Limits of Corporate Media’s Liberalism
Whether the abrupt termination of MSNBC host Keith Olbermann's contract on January 21 was connected to Olbermann's left-of-center politics or the recent purchase of NBC by Comcast from General …
Roads Not Taken: John F. Kennedy, Patrice Lumumba and George H. W. Bush
Bravo to the The New York Times for publishing Adam Hochschild's January 17 op-ed, An Assassination's Long Shadow. The piece marked the 50th anniversary of an event long forgotten …
The Corruption Game
What the Tunisian revolution and WikiLeaks tell us about American support for corrupt dictatorships in the Muslim world. Here’s one obvious lesson of the Tunisian Revolution of 2011: …