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July 2013

July 25, 2013

The pros and cons of White House iftars in the Obama era

An interesting debate is going on in Muslim corners of the Blogosphere and social media...

January 2013

January 13, 2013

Conspiracy theories and “mainstream” criticism of Islam in American politics

I listened to a very stimulating discussion of the underlying nature of conspiracy theories, on...

November 2012

November 08, 2012

Why is Apple denying Americans information about their governnment’s drone attacks?

If you care about the health of American democracy and/or the large numbers of civilians...

July 2012

July 16, 2012

Are you doing your part to support the few media that support us?

If you didn't catch it, the leading progressive political magazine in America, The Nation, recently...

May 2011

May 19, 2011

Leave no arms merchant behind

Johann Hari has sharp piece on the OBL assassination and US foreign policy. Here's a...

April 2011

April 23, 2011

The Arab Street is owed an apology!

Most of the time I post stuff about Denmark, it tends to be bad news--of...

June 2009

June 04, 2009

Stop what you’re doing and listen to Obama’s Cairo speech

For those wondering where to find it, I just listened to the audio for President...

April 2009

April 02, 2009

Past thoughts on nonviolence

Am still mulling over Gorenberg's piece, but while those wheels make their glacial turns in...

January 2009

January 27, 2009

July 2008

July 26, 2008

Israeli econ. blockade devastates 52% of Gazan households

Israel's curious pursuit of "peace" with Palestinians. Consider it a reverse Marshall Plan.MIDEAST: Poverty in...

May 2008

May 26, 2008

Aren’t Obama’s critics the ones who keep getting “duped”?

The ever insightful Jim Lobe injects some perspective into the vacuous Beltway debate about Obama's...

May 14, 2008

Johann Hari: The loathsome smearing of Israel’s critics

Examples like this is why I get such a kick out of the complaints about...

March 2008

March 22, 2008

IPS: “Iraq Invasion – 5 Years On”

Rather than summarize its latest reports myself, I'll just share the latest newsletter (which you...

January 2008

January 18, 2008

Juan Cole on ‘Combatting Muslim Extremism’

While I'm at it, a month earlier Juan Cole had wrote an astute assessment of...

June 2007

June 02, 2007

The eerie familiarity of Ehud Olmert’s problems

Doesn't this report about embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have an eerily familiar ring...

March 2007

March 03, 2007

New from Monty Python: the Ministry of Silly Islamic Activists

Ever wonder how Monty Python would've discussed Islam and Muslims? Wonder no more. Behold the...

February 2007

February 22, 2007

Carter: Americans agree with me, not the MSM

I posted on eteraz.org about Jimmy Carter's claim at an event today ("Carter says majority...

January 2007

January 31, 2007

L.A. Eight vindicated

I just posted over at Eteraz.org on the "L.A. Eight" case. Eteraz.org || LA Eight's...

January 14, 2007

Mainstream sources for rebuttals of Neocon sophistry

Recently someone on a mailing list that I'm on asked for suggestions of American media...

January 12, 2007

Amazon.com joins the lynching of President Carter

There's an online petition to get Amazon to change how it has listed Jimmy Carter's...

December 2006

December 28, 2006

“Banality and barefaced lies” indeed

The more you dig, the more bogus this whole controversy--rightly dubbed "banaltiy and barefaced lies"...

December 28, 2006

Carter and the A-word

[Originally Posted on Eteraz.org] -------------------------------------------------- First, respected scholars Mearsheimer (whom I noticed today sits with...

November 2006

November 20, 2006

Tariq Ramadan and this adminstration’s need to dehumanize Muslims

L'affaire Tariq Ramadan lives on. [HT: American Leftist]. Why I'm Banned in the USA -...

November 08, 2006

The long overdue end to the Neocon nightmare

An inspired and inspiring polemic ("End of the Neo-Cons") has been loosed on the lunacy...

July 2006

July 08, 2006

Europe fiddles as Gaza crumbles under Israel’s siege

Jonathan Steele in The Guardian provides an antidote to the blindly pro-Israeli sophistry we're hearing...

June 2006

June 30, 2006

Who recognizes Gaza’s “right to exist”? (repost)

[Sorry for yet another re-post. Was dissatisfied with the wording, as usual.] Haroon at avari-nameh...

June 30, 2006

Who recognizes Gaza’s “right to exist”?

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June 27, 2006

Fishy “Muslims” caught in the Seas of David

In a first in the post-9/11 political era, Muslim leaders in Miami have responded to...

June 24, 2006

Norm Solomon on selective outrage over barbarism

The ever insightful Norm Soloman on the consequences of the American media's spineless and selective...