Noam Chomsky’s new book, Hopes and Prospects, leads me to a conclusion that will startle his admirers and critics alike:…
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Prince Charles Saves Chelsea Barracks
Something happened to British architects after the Second World War. Rugged Howard Roarke-like geniuses and obscure mediocrities alike shared an…
Continue reading →Saddam’s Most Dangerous Legacy
While Saddam Hussein was still ruling Iraq, he went to a village to award a new Kalashnikov rifle to a…
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When you’re losing bad on Afghanistan’s plains And the critics dare to question your gains Just roll to your geology…
Continue reading →The Gaza Flotilla and Israel’s Many, Many Rights
Anybody can support Israel when times are good and The Timeses in London and New York write about Israeli entrepreneurs…
Continue reading →The New Wild West Economy
The financial geniuses who caused, yet failed to predict, the world’s financial collapse are not doing much yet to avoid…
Continue reading →Is the French Burqa Ban Against Muslims, Patriarchy, or Liberty?
A few years ago, the French Chamber of Deputies was debating a bill to prohibit the wearing of “ostentatious” religious…
Continue reading →Covering up American War Crimes, From Baghdad to New York
BBC correspondent John Simpson reported on March 4 that the number of defects in newborn babies in the Iraqi town…
Continue reading →Death to the Dictator
The opposition in Iran, as elsewhere, uses the language of human rights to assert its moral superiority over its enemies…
Continue reading →Self-evident Truths
For Barack Obama on the Eve of His Inauguration as President of the United States.
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