The “P5+1” agreement with Iran basically mothballs the latter’s nuclear power activities for at least ten years. Israel and its American loyalists, however, have ordered Congress to wreck the deal. Congress must obey Israel’s orders. It’s right there in the...
Since Hamas fired its first projectile from Gaza into Israel in 2001, the US establishment media have strictly followed several rules of reporting on the "rockets." These rules are unwritten. The scriveners and TV news broadcasters may not even think of them as rules....
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. ~ Tacitus Since the Guardian’s publication of the "telephone metadata" order, courtesy of Edward Snowden, the law professoriate et al. have been speculating about a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance...
Elements in Israel and the West intent on attacking the Islamic Republic of Iran are creating the appearance that war is inevitable. Since the turn of the year, anti-Iran propaganda has intensified into a storm of hysterical nonsense. The media tells us that the...
Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time passing Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time ago Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? - Pete Seeger Most Americans think the federal...
Within an hour after Israel commandos hijacked the Free Gaza Movement flotilla on the high seas and killed at least nine relief workers, Israel's Foreign Ministry posted to its Web site a “legal background” to the attack. The short, 12-point statement makes a low-key,...
On Feb. 19, New York Times reporters David Sanger and William Broad filed a story about the International Atomic Energy Agency's latest report [.pdf] on its inspection and monitoring work in Iran. The lead of story, "Inspectors Say Iran Worked on Warhead,"...
Before the greenhouse gases do us in, the world faces a more traditional apocalypse. Two heavily militarized states are preparing to attack a third. The ensuing war could ignite an intercontinental bonfire and burn much of civilization to ash long before global...
Peter Zimmerman carries august credentials. He is a nuclear physicist. He has degrees from Stanford in experimental nuclear and particle physics. He was the top scientist for arms control at the State Department for a number of years. He later served as chief...
"DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Islamic Fascist. Papa says, 'If you see it on Fox News, it's so.' Please tell me the truth; is there an Islamic Fascist?" Virginia O'Hanlon c/o Benador Associates Washington, D.C. VIRGINIA, your...
