Climate Change Disaster looms despite Durban Agreement
The global summit on climate change and curbing carbon emissions at Durban in South Africa ended on a positive note diplomatically. The international community rededicated itself to binding emissions...
View ArticleFurther thoughts on ElBaradei
I have an op-ed on Mohammed ElBaradei’s decision not to contest the presidency in Egypt up at The National. I look aat how this fits with ElBaradei’s trajectory since his return to Egypt in 2010. An...
View ArticleIran war drumbeat, 2012-01-19
In what seems sure to become a regular feature considering the heightened rhetoric for war against Iran in the US (see very last link), here’s another round of Iran war drumbeat links: The perfect...
View Articleblatant racism of the Zionist usurping entity
“Army Radio reported on Monday that a street naming committee in the Jerusalem Municipality voted against renaming Eshkol Street to Rachmo after some residents complained the change could lead...
View ArticleRing of Iranian Bases Threatens US
I had grabbed an earlier version of this graphic off a Democratic Underground bulletin board from 2005. It made the point that the United States, which professes itself menaced by Iran, rather has Iran...
View ArticleYou Say You Want a Revolution? I’ve Got a Subway Line for You.
I am one of those lingering optimists who still thinks the Egyptian revolution has brought real, if still far from complete, change, but I know that there are many who feel the old regime has...
View Article"There is something surreal about a group of "friends" promoting change in...
“… What we should fear most is not western military intervention, since it isn’t in prospect, but eastern intervention. There is something surreal about a group of “friends” promoting change in Syria...
View ArticlePM urges peaceful change in Syria
UK Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama will discuss Syria, as well as plans for Afghanistan, at their White House meeting. Go to Source
View ArticleThe Iraqi government’s Pandora’s Box of concessions is wide open!
“…. The long list of ostensible reasons that were explicitly underlined by the Saudi regime to justify its steadfast determination not attend the summit, ranged from Iraq was still under U.S....
View ArticleRevisiting the Moroccan exception
I have a new op-ed in today’s Guardian (p. 28 for dead-tree readers) about Morocco — specifically looking at the idea of Morocco as a model of how to handle the political demands unleashed by the Arab...
View ArticleRaging Weather & Climate Change (McKibben)
Bill McKibben writes at Tomdispatch.com Too Hot Not to Notice? A Planet Connected by Wild Weather By Bill McKibben The Williams River was so languid and lovely last Saturday morning that it was almost...
View ArticleAsad ship sinking
In Nasrallah’s remarks, there is a clear change in Party’s rhetoric no Syria: it is now less enthusiastic and provocative in its championing of the repressive regime. Go to Source
View ArticleThe Window is Closing for Riyadh
“… The Saudis’ problem is analogous to the one we will all face from global warming. Year-to-year developments don’t produce enough change to yield the collective will to face the issues squarely; yet...
View ArticleHeartland Climate Scam Sinking, but so is Planet (McKibben)
Bill McKibben writes at Tomdispatch.com: A hard-hitting campaign from a new group called Forecast the Facts persuaded many of the corporations backing Heartland to withdraw $825,000 in funding; an...
View ArticleThe token Arabs to the rescue
When you see the names of a handful of Arabs at the bottom of a letter drafted and signed by who-is-who in the Likud camp in the US, do you really think that the token Arab contributed a letter to the...
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