Armenian genocide: To continue to deny the truth of this mass human cruelty is close to a criminal lie By Robert Fisk, Monday 20 April 2015 At seven o’clock on Thursday evening, a group of very brave men and women will gather in Taksim Square, in the centre of Istanbul, to stage an unprecedented …
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Feb 23 2015
Oh brother! Where art thou?!
Dear editor: Oh brother! Where art thou?! I mean really, where do you get this stuff? There must be something in the water here. A few weeks ago, a bizarre prognostication of smiting from outer space appeared on the pages of this newspaper. In the religion section. Apparently asteroid BL86, in just 12 short years, …
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Feb 22 2015
If in the next breath
Beating Back ISIS By Martin Accad, February 20, 2015 Every few days, we seem to wake up to another massacre committed by ISIS. And these are, of course, only the ones that the media reports. ISIS, in reality, is committing massacres on a daily basis. We have become familiar with their crimes in Syria …
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Feb 22 2015
We ought not to underrate its emotional appeal
What ISIS Really Wants By Graeme Wood, March 2015 What is the Islamic State? Where did it come from, and what are its intentions? The simplicity of these questions can be deceiving, and few Western leaders seem to know the answers. In December, The New York Times published confidential comments by Major General …
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Jan 23 2015
Peaceable revolution
America’s Dumbest Congressman says ‘Selma’ shows why we should fight ‘radical Islam’ By Hunter (Daily Kos staff), Fri Jan 23, 2015 at 09:53 AM PST One of the ways Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) retains his lock on the title of America’s Dumbest Congressman is sheer persistence. Other candidates may pipe up with occasional entries …
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Jan 11 2015
A frenzy of empty bombast and portending
Ted Cruz & the new McCarthyism: Inside a dangerous response to the atrocity in Paris By Elias Isquith, Saturday, Jan 10, 2015 07:15 AM CST Here are a few sentences I should not have to write but apparently must, all the same: Taking the life of another human being is an absolutely terrible thing …
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Jan 11 2015
Purely on the enlightened continent
Meanwhile, Gideon Levy receives a death threat By Gideon Levy, Jan. 11, 2015 3:55 AM “The European Court for Anti-Semitic Crimes. Court Execution squad. “Re: Proceedings against participants in anti-Israeli activities. “The Court has been asked to look at the activities against Israel by Gideon Levy, journalist. “Witness Number 1 showed the article ‘Lowest …
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