The real news you were supposed to see
I find the conspiracy theorists of this world somewhat tiresome. Even more so, I am disbelieving of the feeble, highly processed and refined news stream that television provides. One such rhetoric is the recent tsunami tragedy of December 2004. Compelled to fi... More »
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz was due for a visit to Washington last week, but failed to show: the excuse given was another uptick in violence on the West Bank, but Israeli sources indicated the real reason: Mofaz is miffed that the U.S. is now demandin... More »
Note: Below is the open letter I sent to my Representative and my two Senators. As of the time of this writing, the congressional negotiations are said to be “troubled.” Let’s hope that is still the case by the time this appears in print. The fix appeared to b... More »
What’s wrong with this picture? Israel gets $3 billion a year in military aid from the US. Over the last 60 years, the Jewish state has received about $250 billion worth of airplanes and armaments. Yet when Obama appeals for a “a broad internationa... More »
It long ago became clear to me that, despite all the pretense, protesting and politicking, no one who has ever seriously thought about equality actually believes in it. When making this case, one could point to how Eric Holder’s DOJ is currently suing the Penn... More »
The continent of Africa is a vast area of abundant natural resources yet it remains the world’s poorest and most undeveloped, uneducated, and uncivilized continent of a billion people. I believe the reasons for Africa’s pathetic circumstances are a lack ... More »
When I was at Bayside High School in New York, we had a civics teacher named Julius Zeiger. He had a professorial manner of speaking similar to Daniel Schorr and was not well liked by the students. One day, we had a discussion on Pearl Harbor and World War II.... More »
Below is a list of positions of a political movement. I have interjected some explanatory notes so the reader can understand them. Would you be inclined to vote for a party or a candidate with such a platform? 1. Abolition of property in land and application... More »
With the publication just two weeks ago of the New York Times bestseller – AN ENORMOUS CRIME; The Definitive Account of US POWs Abandoned in SE Asia – it is inevitable that the role in the POW issue of Senator – and former POW – John Mc... More »