Stairecase Village of Ancient Persia
Ahmadreza Tavassoli Masouleh; inarguably, is one of the most ancient, civilized villages in the world with a number of near to 1000 years of recorded history, 150,000 square meters surface area and less than 4 thousands people residing in, situated in… more »
Unnecessary Concerns: Democratic Leadership Should Have Little Fear of an Obama Administration
by Walter and Rosemary Brasch Sens. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) flexed their muscles, shook their rattles, and told President-elect Barack Obama not to tread upon them. "I don't believe in the executive power trumping… more »
THE TOWER OF BABEL OF THE EUROPEAN LEFT or I SAW JEAN JAURES ON BOULEVARD STRASBOURG
Gaither Stewart C’est la lutte finale Groupons nous et demain L’Internationale Sera le genre humain. (The Internationale in its French version) (Paris) The great tower stands like a beacon over Europe. From the top one can see the Chartres Cathedral… more »
Children of Gaza, Run to the Angels
Suzanne Baroud Ironically, it was in Palestine, 20 years ago, that I concluded that there is no God. For how could a God, who claims to love all and treat all with impartiality, allow such horrors like those in Palestine to happen? This unbelief grew… more »
Is Israel Winning the 'Media War' over Gaza?
Ramzy Baroud "We are all Hamas," screamed a scrawny Mauritanian, repeatedly, as he determinedly drew his face closer to a TV camera. Behind him, thousands more tunefully chanted similar words, chants that were heard in different Arabic dialects, in fact… more »
Will Maryland see a more enlightened justice system?
Mary Shaw A recent report by the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment found numerous flaws in that state's use of the death penalty. Dan Rodricks of the Baltimore Sun summed it up thusly: In its report, the commission concludes that, over the past… more »
Consumers Have the Ultimate Power to Save the Economy
Joel S. Hirschhorn When I was young talk about millions of dollars impressed me. When I was older talk about billions of dollars dismayed me. Now, regular talk about trillions of dollars, especially government spending, nauseates me. People never seem… more »
Eye Witnesses in The War on Gaza
eileen fleming I have only been as far as the Erez checkpoint, but I have four eyes in Gaza. On December 9, 2008, I introduced Sam Habeeb, a twenty-something photo journalist and humanitarian worker in Gaza: www.wearewideawake.org Yesterday, Sam… more »
Fact- and Law- Checking the Wall Street Journal and Alan Dershowitz, Part II: Dershowitz Misstates, Misrepresents, and Misapplies the Law
Franklin Lamb Beirut "There is no structure of an occupation that endured for decades and involved this kind of oppressive circumstances. The magnitude, the deliberateness, the violations of international humanitarian law, the impact on the health,… more »
Iran: Revisiting the 1979 Revolution
Jalal Alavi The 30th anniversary of the Iranian revolution is nearing. The revolution of 1979 was not only an act against the US domination of Iranian politics, which began with the US-British coup of 1953 against the democratically elected government… more »
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