Electric cars will not cure environmental woes
Diana Furchtgott-Roth The world is falling in love with plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars. President-elect Obama wants to put 1 million on the road by 2015. GM features them, particularly the Chevy Volt, in its new business plan for a debut in 2010.… more »
Israel hosts anti-Islam conference
From Khalid Amayreh in Occupied East Jerusalem. Israel on Sunday, 14 December, hosted a virulently anti-Islam conference in Jerusalem, with a number of fascist-minded speakers from Israel and abroad taking part in the one-day event. The conference was… more »
Blair – For Virtue, Vibrio and God
David Halpin David Halpin considers the life and crimes of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair whose blood-stained imprints continue to wrack the lives of innocent Palestinians and Iraqis. The paramount war criminal used more tons of aviation fuel… more »
Stripping Israel of Its Blanket Immunity
Joharah Baker [PHOTO: Despite the Israeli High Court decision on 6 September 1999, outlawing the use of arbitrary torture as an interrogation method, methods of torture are still applied by Israeli interrogators of Palestinian detainees (photo by TRC).]… more »
Zeitgeist: The Withering Away of Europe's Anti-War Spirit
Gaither Stewart Sarkozy, War and the Grandeur of La Douce France “Non, rien de rien, je ne regrette rien!” (As sung by Edith Piaf from the Eiffel Tower to celebrate the end of World War II) (Paris) After the slaughter of World War II, the cry of “Never… more »
Robert Kagan’s Mythology of U.S. Exceptionalism
Jim Miles Overview Robert Kagan is a difficult subject to analyze. At times his writing seems to be very honest and directly critical of U.S. intentions as well as being clearly honest about the sometimes “dangerous nation” aspect of its history and… more »
The Hardest Lesson
Robert B. Reich As the banking system collapses, politicians and journalists are ignoring one of the main causes of the crisis: massive inequality. With the collapse of the banking system, politicians and journalists are looking back at all the warning… more »
Career Army officer sues Rumsfeld, Cheney, saying no evacuation order given on 9/11
Stephen C. Webster A career Army officer who survived the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, claims that no evacuation was ordered inside the Pentagon, despite flight controllers calling in warnings of approaching hijacked aircraft nearly 20 minutes before the… more »
Counting sea gulls
Mickey Z. It’s early November. I’m checking my mail when I decide to stand in front of my apartment building for a little air: Astoria, Queens, New York City, USA air. I notice five sea gulls flying overhead—north to south—well above the buildings,… more »
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