Greatest Purveyor of Violence
In his "Beyond Vietnam" speech delivered at New York's Riverside Church on April 4, 1967 -- a year to the day before he was murdered -- the Reverend Martin Luther King called the United States "the...
View ArticleHypocrisy of US War on Terrorism
Boston terrorism has been squelched: Tamarlan, dead in a police shoot-out left his younger brother Dzhokar wounded in the hospital.
View ArticleWake Up Call For America
I'm tired of politics, of the injustices, the corruption, the assassinations, the gross illegal behaviour of the strong, the plundering of the poor and the indignities wrought on the weak.
View ArticleProtected By Guilt And Fear
How do most Americans react to criticism of Israel? Those who know little about the history avoid discussion.
View ArticleAmerica’s Bridges Are Falling Down, Falling Down…
An Interstate 5 bridge collapsed into the Skagit River, dumping two vehicles and a trailer in the waters north of Mount Vernon. A law-enforcement source said 150 yards of the interstate dropped into...
View ArticleIndulging In Fallacies
"Apparently, you are too stupid to comprehend the difference between an insult and an ad hominem argument," someone argued.
View ArticleThe Practice of Pre-Emption
We're now living and dying in an age of pre-emptive actions.
View ArticleDealing With Deceivers
Most of us have favourite causes; and many will go out of their way to defend those causes.
View ArticlePresstitutes and Spies
Some media pundits have used the terms "whistleblowers” and “traitors” synonymously.
View ArticleEnd Dirty Wars
All wars are dirty wars. One stands out for the number of lives lost in the minds and memories of Americans--the Vietnam War.
View ArticleMass Media Madness
Television anchors and their guests waste hours of viewer’s time ridiculously focused. Topics with limited importance, should not be broadly covered at the expense of the most important issues.
View ArticleThe Art of Deception
- Quite often I start to write an article about the travesty of injustices heaped on the Palestinians by Israel.
View ArticleFiltered, Slanted And Censored Media
Twenty years ago several journalists expressed concern that the number of major news sources in America had diminished to fifty.
View ArticleLetter to Rustic American
You’ve been living in rural America; and living the farmer’s life doesn’t leave much time or desire to follow what’s going on in the rest of the world.
View ArticleShameful Exceptionalism
Paul Schied, commenting in the Harvard Political Review writes, "American Exceptionalism argues that the United States is the best at everything. This isn’t true.
View ArticleHypocrisy of the Paranoid
Americans carry a tremendous amount of guilt around with them (paranoia) as they preach moral behaviour.
View ArticleProve What You Don’t Have
Prove that you don't have what I believe you have! That was an exact demand made on Saddam Hussein.
View ArticleIslamophobic Injustice
Sami Al-Arian's story is one of the most appalling tales of brutal, horrifying, unjust treatment of a Palestinian victimized by Americans.
View ArticleIsrael Benefits As World Loses
What started off as Arab Spring has turned morbidly into Arab Fall. What began as a seasonal description became directional and self-destructive.
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