Stephen Lendman On April 20, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel began a weeklong Middle East trip. Planned stops include Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Republic (UAE). Late Sunday morning, he arrived in Israel. Discussions will focus on Iran, Syria and weapons sales to regional allies. A major arms deal with Israel sends […]
Stephen Lendman On April 20, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel began a weeklong Middle East trip. Planned stops include Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Republic (UAE). Late Sunday morning, he arrived in Israel. Discussions will focus on Iran, Syria and weapons sales to regional allies. A major arms deal with Israel sends […]
Jeffrey Cavanaugh Submitted for your approval is an item from the following scenario. A man, certainly deranged and possibly part of larger group of evil-intending madmen, has been arrested after a bomb has gone off. We are certain of his guilt as the evidence against him is overwhelming and he has confessed to the crime, […]
Jeffrey Cavanaugh Submitted for your approval is an item from the following scenario. A man, certainly deranged and possibly part of larger group of evil-intending madmen, has been arrested after a bomb has gone off. We are certain of his guilt as the evidence against him is overwhelming and he has confessed to the crime, […]
John Nordin We seem to live awash in information, overwhelmed by it. Endless channels of cable, more and more AM and FM stations and, of course, the ever-expanding Internet. Yet, there are some things we don’t permit ourselves to know, or, in some cases, are legally inhibited from easily knowing. Just this week, after a […]
John Nordin We seem to live awash in information, overwhelmed by it. Endless channels of cable, more and more AM and FM stations and, of course, the ever-expanding Internet. Yet, there are some things we don’t permit ourselves to know, or, in some cases, are legally inhibited from easily knowing. Just this week, after a […]
Rhymes In a little over a month after the death of Hugo Chavez, Venezuelans elected his former vice president and hand-picked successor Nicolás Maduro. This, as one might expect, was not without controversy (albeit a manufactured one). Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles is continuing to challenge the results of his presidential race against Nicolás […]
Rhymes In a little over a month after the death of Hugo Chavez, Venezuelans elected his former vice president and hand-picked successor Nicolás Maduro. This, as one might expect, was not without controversy (albeit a manufactured one). Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles is continuing to challenge the results of his presidential race against Nicolás […]
Carissa Wyant “If you see something, say something. That paranoid punchline of a public service campaign has worked: Nobody looks the same way at a stray backpack on the subway, and we just might call the cops,” says Columbia Journalism School Professor Nina Burleigh, responding to several recent instances of rape and violence against women in […]
Carissa Wyant “If you see something, say something. That paranoid punchline of a public service campaign has worked: Nobody looks the same way at a stray backpack on the subway, and we just might call the cops,” says Columbia Journalism School Professor Nina Burleigh, responding to several recent instances of rape and violence against women in […]
Stephen Lendman Ronnie Fraser heads The Academic Friends of Israel (AFI). According to its mission statement, it was established to « fight the academic boycott of Israel and all other forms of anti-Semitism in the U.K. and the International academic and scientific arenas. » In 2011, Fraser sued Britain’s University and College Union (UCU). He did so on […]
Stephen Lendman Ronnie Fraser heads The Academic Friends of Israel (AFI). According to its mission statement, it was established to « fight the academic boycott of Israel and all other forms of anti-Semitism in the U.K. and the International academic and scientific arenas. » In 2011, Fraser sued Britain’s University and College Union (UCU). He did so on […]
In this photo provided by The Daily Free Press and Kenshin Okubo, people react to an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers […]
In this photo provided by The Daily Free Press and Kenshin Okubo, people react to an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers […]
