Reposted by arrangement with Tom Dispatch By Tom Engelhardt [Note to Readers: Who hasn’t received one — or 100 — of those “Nigerian” letters offering you, in florid prose, millions of potential dollars and with nary a catch in sight? … Continue Reading
First published at Gary’s Choices By Gary Sick There is something about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s appearance in NY that seems to foster really shoddy journalism. Several days ago, the Columbia Spectator (student paper) reported that an international relations group at Columbia… Continue Reading
Posted by arrangement with Think Progress The New York Times, in an editorial timed to coincide with this week’s meeting of the United Nations’ General Aseembly, asserted that the U.N. Security Council must impose “tougher punishments” in order to dissuade… Continue Reading
Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni, during a Knesset debate ahead of the Palestinian statehood bid at the UN, characterized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition as engaging in “diplomatic stupidity” and warned that government’s position… Continue Reading
By Nick Turse Reposted by arrangement with Tom Dispatch It’s a story that should take your breath away: the destabilization of what, in the Bush years, used to be called “the arc of instability.” It involves at least 97 countries,… Continue Reading