Summer time is reading time. Here are ten suggested new books: 1. Toxic Talk (Thomas Dunne Books) by Bill Press, the liberal talk show host, unloads in his words, on “how the radical right has poisoned America’s airwaves.” The five…
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A Warning From Noam Chomsky on the Threat Posed By Elites
Noam Chomsky’s description of the dangers posed by U.S. elites’ “Imperial Mentality” was recently given a boost in credibility by a surprising source—Bill Clinton. As America’s economy, foreign policy and politics continue to unravel, it is clear that this mentality…
There Are More Slaves Today Than at Any Time in Human History
One writer spent four years inside the world of modern-day slavery; an industry that produces huge profits and countless wasted lives. One writer spent four years inside the world of modern-day slavery; an industry that produces huge profits and countless…
Barenboim: Conflict ‘eats at Jewish soul’
On the 60th anniversary of the birth of Israel, the pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim considers the fate and the future of the country which he regards as his home – but where he is still an “outsider”. There are…
Sixty years on, Palestinians mourn loss of homeland
BURJ AL-BARAJNEH, Lebanon (Reuters) – While Israel celebrates its 60th birthday, Palestinian refugees mourn the 1948 Nakba (catastrophe) when they lost their homeland. Often ignored in Middle East peace talks, they cling to a “right of return”. Alia Shabati was…
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Posted in GeoPolitics, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian Territories, People, US - Israel relations
Professor in Deadlocked Terrorism Case Could Face a New Indictment
Sami al-Arian, a computer science professor imprisoned for more than five years after pleading guilty to a single terrorism-related charge when his trial deadlocked, is back in legal limbo this week. He faces either deportation or a new indictment that…
Wikipedia’s zealots
The thought police at the supposedly independent site are fervently enforcing the climate orthodoxy As I’m writing this column for the Financial Post, I am simultaneously editing a page on Wikipedia. I am confident that just about everything I write…
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