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 …
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Links for March 18th through March 20th
These are my links for March 18th through March 20th: Songwriter’s Notebook: The Israeli Terror – Folk musician David Rovics pens an excellent piece about the moral corruption of the state of Israel and draws comparisons between Zionism and National Socialism that go beyond the usual superficial mantra that Zionism …
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 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 25th through February 27th
These are my links for February 25th through February 27th: 362 – Greek To Me: Mapping Mutual Incomprehension « Strange Maps – An interesting mapping of which languages are the quintessential index of gobbledygook in other languages. Interestingly, no one seems to think of English as being beyond comprehension. Hat …
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 …
Links for February 23rd
These are my links for February 23rd from 12:22 to 13:45: Reform in Saudi Arabia | Tiptoeing towards reform | The Economist – The Economist on changes afoot in the kingdom of the two holy shrines, and an Ikea outlet (thanks to Angry Arab for the jab) Faculty shortages leads …
Links for February 21st through February 22nd
These are my links for February 21st through February 22nd: Explosion in Al-Azhar area at 3arabawy – Explosion at Hussein Mosque in Cairo—إنفجار عند جامع الحسين بالقاهرة « Grey Wool Knickers – Ed Vulliamy and Helena Smith join frontline activists in Athens | World news | The Observer – Ben …
Links for February 17th through February 21st
These are my links for February 17th through February 21st: Recession grows interest in seeds, vegetable gardening – USATODAY.com – Fix-It Nation: In Tough Times, Tailors and Cobblers Thrive – TIME – Don't throw all your shoes at your nearest available statesman! Some of those still have some life in …
Links for February 14th through February 17th
These are my links for February 14th through February 17th: New Orleans Laborers Become Robbers’ Prey – NYTimes.com – "The ruined homes they sometimes squat in, doubling- or quadrupling-up at night, are broken into, and they have been made to lie face down while being robbed." 2009 satellite collision – …