Irhall, irhall, ya saffah

How the Arabs Turned Shame Into Liberty

By Fouad Ajami Published: February 26, 2011 PERHAPS this Arab Revolution of 2011 had a scent for the geography of grief and cruelty. It erupted in Tunisia, made its way eastward to…  [more]

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The little children died

Our absurd obsession with Israel is laid bare

By Nick Cohen The Observer, Sunday 27 February 2011 The Arab revolution is consigning skip-loads of articles, books and speeches about the Middle East to the dustbin of history. In a…  [more]

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We were only kidding

The destiny of this pageant lies in the Kingdom of Oil

By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 26 February 2011 The Middle East earthquake of the past five weeks has been the most tumultuous, shattering, mind-numbing experience in the history of the…  [more]

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What the Devil really wants

Friends,  Here is a list of (mostly fictitious) articles I will never read: What Conservatives Really Want What Liberals Really Want What Muslims Really Want What Christians Really Want What Jews Really Want What Women Really Want What Men Really…  [more]

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Where the wind comes

From Oklahoma to Tobruk

By Roger Cohen, published February 24, 2011 LONDON — Watching Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi do his Caligula thing in the ruins of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, and reading about his son’s St.…  [more]

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Legalized theft

Eight Charts

By Michael Tomasky, Tuesday 22 February 2011 22.25 GMT I implore you to take a look at this, from Mother Jones’ web site, eight charts that explain everything that’s wrong with America. I think that sort…  [more]

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Reactive dissonance

A diet too-long confined to nothing but the thin soup of Fox News has unfortunate consequences.  Among them is acute cognitive indigestion when cherished beliefs are challenged by contrary points of view.  Such were the symptoms that manifested themselves yesterday.…  [more]

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