Obama's Great Illusion
Yvonne Ridley I wonder how many of you have woken up to the fact that America's latest leader is really a political Houdini ... an illusionist on a presidential scale. Infront of our very eyes he has morphed from a gentle intellectual, and strong… more »
West Bank rights violations on the rise
Mel Frykberg RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - "I heard voices, I turned around to look, and saw a group of Israeli settlers assaulting my brother Hammad," says Abdallah Wahadin, 82, a Palestinian farmer from Beit Ummar near the southern West Bank… more »
How the Catholic Church survives social progress
Mary Shaw I was just starting out as a student at a small-town Catholic elementary school in the mid-1960s when the Second Vatican Council (also known as Vatican II) brought the Catholic Church into the 20th century. The Council's most notable changes… more »
'Almost a perfect mix'
Eric Walberg Obama’s choice for the Supreme Court is another American dream story, as told by Anayat Durrani and Eric Walberg Federal Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor is on the path to become the first Latina and third woman to serve on the High… more »
Remembering Father Gerry
by Stephen Lendman The Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti's (IJDH) Brian Concannon knew him well, and posted this on IJDH's web site on his passing: "Reverend Gerard Jean-Juste (1947 - 2009), a tireless advocate for justice for Haitians in Haiti… more »
Heresy of the First Order: We are the 'Third Chimpanzees'
Essay by Jason Miller “On this dot, tiny lumps of impure carbon and water, of complicated structure, with somewhat unusual physical and chemical properties, crawl about for a few years, until they are dissolved again into the elements of which they are… more »
Trigger Points for Civil Unrest
from Aurelia Masterson Introduction ? This article is mostly for the USA but will have relevance for other countries. We are going to look at civil unrest and what can trigger it. Definition of Civil Unrest ? This is not a revolution or violent… more »
WATERBOARDING TIP OF THE ICEBERG - RE-OPEN 9-11 INVESTIGATION
Allen L Roland Part TWO of Bill Moyer's harrowing PBS documentary TORTURING DEMOCRACY establishes that waterboarding was just the tip of the iceberg of the severe interrogation techniques implemented and condoned by the White House and Justice… more »
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