It is by now standard for U.S. liberals and Democrats to blame former Republican United States president George W. Bush and the top 9/11-exploiting neocon…
Barack Obama
The market was supposed to save the planet. That, at least, was the argument of many economists grappling with the problem of climate change. As…
http://Shia IslamSunni IslamBashar al-AssadSaudi ArabiaSyriaBarack ObamaCentral Intelligence Agency John KerryMiddle EastSyrian oppositionSaudi Arabia's feud with Iran over the beheading of a prominent Shiite cleric led…
Yves here. Readers may take exception to the posture of this paper, that the TTIP could be improved so as to eliminate its environment-negaive features.…
It is all there now for us to see. Decades of cynical, poorly devised policy in the Middle East, vacant of any principle our indispensable…
Perhaps the story can begin with the way an "aide to [President] George W. Bush [apparently Karl Rove] spoke dismissively of "the reality-based community." Rove,…
The World in Transition: 2015-2016 with Dr. Gerald Horne Dr. Gerald Horne, the John J. and Rebecca Moores chair of history and African American studies…
Among my sort, by which I mean liberals, it’s often considered politically incorrect to single out people who suffer from impaired mental or intellectual function.…
Candidates Compete to Promise the Most Torture and Slaughter They’re back! From the look of the presidential campaign, war crimes are back on the American…
For one in five Americans, just having medical insurance isn't enough to forestall the damaging consequences of the nation's for-profit healthcare system. A comprehensive new…
Tear Jerker: Obama Weeps for [Politically Appropriate] Victims of Gun Violence Does God Love Ugly?: Wheaton to Fire Prof for Pro-Muslim Sympathies In an emotional,…
Critiquing Bernie Sanders from the left can be a lonely project. There is a “hope”-powered hysteria surrounding his campaign, and bursting the “hope” bubble can…