The latest issue of The New Republic features a long piece purporting to expose the alleged anti-Israel bias of the leading NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW). Not altogether surprising, you might say. Hardline supporters of Israel have been gunning for… Continue Reading
Yes, We Could… Get Out! Why We Won’t Leave Afghanistan or Iraq By Tom Engelhardt Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com Yes, we could. No kidding. We really could withdraw our massive armies, now close to 200,000 troops combined, from Afghanistan and Iraq (and that’s… Continue Reading
The Sheikh Jarrah activists–a group of Israelis who advocate for the rights of Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem–have issued their own appeal in response to Elie Wiesel’s full-page ad which ran in the Washington Post last… Continue Reading
By Bill Fisher Reviews “In The Fullness of Time: 32 Women on Life After Fifty.” Edited by Emily W. Upham and Linda Gravenson. ATRIA paperback. I have to admit, this is not my usual book. Generally I’m more comfortable with… Continue Reading
American Kleptocracy How Fears of Socialism and Fascism Hide Naked Theft Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com By William J. Astore Kleptocracy — now, there’s a word I was taught to associate with corrupt and exploitative governments that steal ruthlessly and relentlessly from… Continue Reading