May 05 2012

Dorking fowls delights to send

A little bit of nonsense is the secret of a sane life

By David Quantick, Sunday 06 MAY 2012 … One of the most interesting things about Edward Lear – interesting, that is, if you’re one of those creepy…  [more]

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May 03 2012

And it’s over?

‘We’ve gone way beyond Apartheid’

By Frank Barat, 02 May 2012 14:27 … I caught up with Jeff Halper, long time Israeli peace activist, director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) and author of numerous …  [more]

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May 01 2012

While the fields go fallow

Palestinian Christians Against the Occupation

By , 05/ 1/2012  6:29 am … In a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren claimed that Christians in Israel are better off than their brethren anywhere…  [more]

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May 01 2012

More devoted to ‘order’ than to justice

Justice requires action to stop subjugation of Palestinians

By Desmond Tutu, Apr 30, 2012 05:41 PM … A quarter-century ago I barnstormed around the United States encouraging Americans, particularly students, to press for divestment from South Africa. Today, regrettably, the…  [more]

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Apr 30 2012

Disgusted and amazed

Osama Bin Laden anniversary: Torture apologists try again to justify the unjustifiable

By , 12:23 PM ET, 04/30/2012 … Torture apologists are at it again, attempting to justify the unjustifiable. One year ago, former Bush administration…  [more]

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Apr 29 2012

Rise in unnecessary deaths and delayed care

Healthcare’s foreign invasion

By , Saturday, Apr 28, 2012 02:00 PM CDT … Approximately 15 percent of all healthcare workers and 25 percent of all physicians in the United States were born and educated elsewhere. This means that…  [more]

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Apr 29 2012

Funereal pieties

Christopher Hitchens made a cogent case for war – but he was still wrong

By Patrick Cockburn, Sunday 29 April 2012 … There was a telling omission from the range of topics mentioned at the memorial for Christopher Hitchens…  [more]

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