For years the “A-word” has been off-limits in polite conversation about Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. The A-word, we have been told, unfairly singles out the…

Economic growth has bee at zero percent or lower for two or three years in a row in most of the western world. Cooked government…

China is the world’s excuse for cruelty and barbarism. If we don’t behave atrociously, politicians and columnists assure us, China will, so we had better…

Drought or no drought, Steve Yuhas resents the idea that it is somehow shameful to be a water hog. If you can pay for it,…

Western journalists claim that the big lesson they learned from their key role in selling the Iraq War to the public is that it’s hideous,…

Downing Street and the Home Office are being challenged to answer in public claims that Russia and China have broken into the secret cache of Edward…

The Sunday Times produced what at first sight looked like a startling news story: Russia and China had gained access to the cache of top-secret…

The precise date for election in Venezuela is not defined as yet. Probably Venezuelans will go to vote in October - November. President Nicolas Maduro…

The Left Forum was held in New York on the May 29th-31st weekend and thousands attended.  It offered numerous panels led by academics, activists and independent…

Two years ago this month, a 29-year-old government contractor named Edward Snowden became the Daniel Ellsberg of his generation, delivering to journalists a tranche of…

A year ago, as the summer of 2013 dawned, the Obama Administration was hit with yet another scandal, one that would resonate with Democrat and Republican voters:…

Think of life in the ocean or an aquarium. Our bodies are just bags of “seawater” full of aquatic cells. The water matrix must be…