I’ll continue with the travel narrative in a bit, but here’s something a bit more recent Well, after a hellish day of traveling, I’m back in the US of A. It was something of an unhappy arrival. I had a short scheduled layover in JFK airport in New York before …
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Links for April 3rd through April 5th
These are my links for April 3rd through April 5th: Palestinian teen in critical condition after being shot in head by Israeli forces – International Middle East Media Center – Less than lethal? The Costs of Owning a Car – Wheels Blog – NYTimes.com – Nearly $9,000/year for a car …
Links for March 23rd through April 3rd
These are my links for March 23rd through April 3rd: ZNet – Cowardice Pays: Reflections on Academic Abdication and a Paul Krugman Lecture in Iowa City – Excellent piece criticizing the defeatist attitudes of even the most “lefty” of mainstream academic pundits and their professorial minions Annotated link NDP admits …
Links for March 9th through March 13th
These are my links for March 9th through March 13th: This Palestinian Life – a film by Philip Rizk – CIA Awkwardly Debriefs Obama On Creation Of Crack Cocaine | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source – MediaBard: I’m OK, You’re OK – “Hate to say it, but I …
Links for March 4th through March 8th
These are my links for March 4th through March 8th: March 3 1979 in Iran: Stop the Bomb – “Already in 1978 the Iranian woman, Atoussa H., wrote to Michel Foucault, a fan of Khomeini: ‘It seems that for the leftist movement in the West, which lacks humanism, Islam is …
Links for March 1st through March 2nd
These are my links for March 1st through March 2nd: Israel/Gaza: Donors Should Press Israel to End Blockade | Human Rights Watch – In the weeks since heavy fighting ceased on January 18, Israel has arbitrarily refused entry to items like chickpeas, macaroni, wheat flour, notebooks for students, freezer appliances, …
Links for February 23rd through February 24th
These are my links for February 23rd through February 24th: Lebanon news – NOW Lebanon :: If not now, when -Out in force – "The event, the first of its kind in the Arab world according to the organizers, was staged by the Beirut-based Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer …