Jun 29 2017
The destruction of the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul is another example of the ‘culturecide’ we’ve become so used to By Robert Fisk, Thursday 29 June 2017 12:45 BST Over the years, I’ve almost lost count of the priceless treasures of art and antiquity which I’ve seen with my own eyes – and which now …
Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2017/06/29/we-expect-people-to-die/
Apr 20 2017
If Trump cares so much about Syrian babies, why is he not condemning the rebels who slaughtered children? By Robert Fisk, Monday 17 April 2017 12:15 BST It was the Mother of all Hypocrisy. Some dead Syrian babies matter, I guess. Other dead Syrian babies don’t matter. One mass murder in Syria two weeks …
Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2017/04/20/mother-of-all-hypocrisy/
Mar 29 2017
The cult of atheist Zionism posing as Judaism By Rich Siegel, January 1, 2012 This essay was first published in Beyond Tribal Loyalties: Personal Stories of Jewish Peace Activists, edited by Avigail Abarbanel (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012), used with permission. I consider myself a cult survivor. I was raised in the cult of …
Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2017/03/29/peace-will-come-with-justice/
Mar 05 2017
Alas, it seems our local newspaper, the Sentinel Record, is determined to make Hot Springs known more for its wingnut provincials than as an international tourist trap. The following article was front-page, above the fold, in today’s Sunday edition. Read it and weep. These people really believe that Trump and Jesus are two sides of …
Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2017/03/05/mad-as-a-march-hare/
Feb 27 2017
The evangelical bloc Dear editor: Even though Donald Trump won the presidential election legitimately, the extreme liberal side still cannot understand how he really won, nor can they stop their ugly and harmful opposition. Even though they are loud and very organized, they are only hurting themselves, not helping our nation and …
Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2017/02/27/and-few-there-be-that-find-it/
Feb 08 2017
Well, I’ve gotten myself into some weird situations, but today’s was the first time I ever felt the implied threat of physical intimidation. There was the time Cliff Jackson and I infiltrated a Christianist Glenn Beck telecast from Jerusalem, sponsored mostly by our local Tea Party types. There was the time Sherry (my beloved) …
Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2017/02/08/banned-muslims-are-welcomed-in-hot-springs/
Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2017/02/02/blessed-are-those/
