"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Former British ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray was flying home after testifying about US/Brit complicity in torture when, lo and behold, his laptop vanished. On arrival at London City, when my bag did not arrive, I went to the luggage…
The militant group Hamas gained a firm foothold in the world of Palestinian politics yesterday, dealing a serious blow to the ruling Fatah movement, which barely clung to power. “Hamas will transform politics or politics will transform Hamas,” said Ghassan…
In a reversal of policy, the United States on Monday backed an Iranian initiative to deny United Nations consultative status to organizations working to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Sigh. Body and Soul comments…
Let me know what you think of the new look. The old one was ok, but a bit plain. This is an adapted version of Patricia Muller’s excellent Connections theme, and I’ll be tweaking it more over the next few…
MSM articles about the Palestinian elections today are nearly uniformly negative, especially about the possibility of Hamas winning big. Yet if western powers genuinely believe in democracy they should applaud the process and support whoever wins. Otherwise it appears they…