A terribly sad reality rears its ugly head with the realization that men and women of integrity otherwise have been forced to cheat–to pretend to blind themselves in order to preserve their jobs. By Paul Balles In an earlier article, I suggested several alternative media sources and writers since the mainstream media makes free speech [...]

Can the STL stage Hamlet without the Prince being present? Franklin Lamb’s Saturday Mideast Report — Al Manar It appears that no acceptable compromise regarding the divergent Lebanese political stances relative to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) will be achieved.  Support for this hypothesis can be found in the past 24 hours activities of [...]

110 countries in the United Nations have extended diplomatic recognition to the State of Palestine. All recognize Palestine as including the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, essentially the borders as they existed prior to the June 1967 Six Day War. By Philip Giraldi / Antiwar.com As of last week, 110 countries in [...]

WIKI-WAR ON ISRAEL “WEASELS OUT” The new Wikileaks “attack on Israel,” is, as was expected, not only toothless, but released through “alternative” websites that have defended the Israel/Wikileaks partnership and censorship relentlessly in face of, well, in face of the facts.  Wikileaks is now trying to buy back its lost credibility and is spending the [...]

New offshore gas and oil fields in Palestine ED NOTE:  “Oil in Palestine?”  Well, what else has all of this been about?  And, why have the Israelis claimed jurisdiction over so much of that sea over there?  They don’t even allow Palestinians to fish in it. by Manlio Dinucci – Voltairenet.org For years, various companies [...]

A revolution in progress By Justin Raimondo / Antiwar.com Tunisian youth angered by Mohamed Bouazizi’s plight The dethronement of Tunisian strongman Ben Ali, and his flight to Saudi Arabia, has our media conjuring visions of a powerful upsurge of “democratic” populism in what was previously thought of as a minor backwater, famous for its beaches [...]

An Open Letter to Sandy Berger and Stephen Hadley A Road Map to Peace beginning with Justice By William A. Cook Let me introduce myself lest you discard a letter from someone you do not know. I am a citizen of this nation having lasted beyond the biblical three score and ten with an ancestry that [...]

The death of “Greatness” in America King defined greatness.  The silence today, the silence of the last decade and more?  No American leader can be called great, none now, certainly not in decades, not since the deaths of John and Robert Kennedy.  This lack of “greatness” is a national tragedy. There is no greater symbol [...]