Month January 2009

Juan Valdez sues ‘Mother Goose & Grimm’

“Mother Goose and Grimm” cartoonist Mike Peters did a series of cartoons referencing that the creator of Pringles has some of his ashes buried in a Pringles can. On Jan. 2, “Mother Goose and Grimm” — referencing violence in Colombia…

Gaza diary: Are we not human?

From Mohammed Ali, a researcher for Oxfam who lives in Gaza City. The air, the sea and the earth in Gaza City are now occupied by the Israeli military. They occupy Gazans’ minds, nerves and ears too. In a bid…

Building a countervailing force to AIPAC

Juan Cole continues his thoughts on why protests in the streets have little, if any, effect on the US policy towards Israel, and what needs to be done. The US Senate and the US House of Representatives are not afraid…

Corporate sponsorship of the Golden Gate Bridge?

The appalling fact that corporate sponsorship is on the table for one of the most iconic pieces of infrastructure in the modern world confirms the failure of the public sector in regards to maintaining an aging infrastructure. For the past…