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• President Rivlin: Time to admit that Israel is a sick society that needs treatment

  By enormousgherkin on October 20, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  The time has come to admit that Israel is a sick society, with an illness that demands treatment, President Reuven Rivlin said at the opening session on Sunday of a conference on From Hatred of the Stranger to Acceptance of… Read More ›

• “Yes, We Can”… the making of a terrorist or agent of change.

  By lakeviewpilgrim on October 19, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  On Being – Scott Atran — Hopes and Dreams in a World of Fear This is a 51 minute audio interview from Krista Tippett’s radio show on Public Radio. It was recorded before the rise of ISIS. I woke up… Read More ›

• How One Man Refused to Spy on Fellow Muslims for the FBI—and Then Lost Everything

  By konigludwig on October 15, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  On the night of December 9, 2011, Siham Stewart called her husband, Ayyub Abdul-Alim, as he closed down his corner store, Nature’s Garden, in Springfield, Massachusetts. She asked him to bring home a gallon of milk. A few minutes later,… Read More ›

• Republican-Majority Senate Is Starting to Look Likelier

  By konigludwig on October 14, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  By Nate Cohn in The New York Times President Obama, even in his worst hours after the first presidential debate in 2012, held a consistent lead in Wisconsin, Ohio and Nevada. It was always enough to win re-election, and he… Read More ›

• Conflict Kitchen’s Palestinian focus criticized as one-sided

  By enormousgherkin on October 11, 2014 • ( 7 )

  

  By Melissa McCart / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Conflict Kitchen in Oakland’s Schenley Plaza debuted its rotation of Palestinian dishes Monday. By noon, more than 30 customers stood in line to order fattoush, falafel, musakhan and other foods. Though the lunch hour… Read More ›

• Missouri GOP’s sham early voting proposal

  By konigludwig on October 8, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  Excepts from “Vote ‘no’ on Missouri’s sham early voting proposal” in The Kansas City Star Missouri is in the dark ages when it comes to early voting. But a measure on the upcoming statewide ballot is not the path to… Read More ›

• Netanyahu says US criticism of settlements is ‘against American values’

  By enormousgherkin on October 7, 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has dismissed a recent White House rebuke of Israeli settlement construction, saying such criticism goes “against American values”.Israel came under fire last week after a Jerusalem city official signed the final go-ahead for construction of… Read More ›

• Voodoo Economics, the Next Generation

  By konigludwig on October 7, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  By Paul Krugman in The New York Times Even if Republicans take the Senate this year, gaining control of both houses of Congress, they won’t gain much in conventional terms: They’re already able to block legislation, and they still won’t… Read More ›

• The Bedrooms Of Children Around The World: Creative Video Showing Child Poverty and Economic Inequality Worldwide

  By konigludwig on October 3, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

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• The Case Against Qatar

  By konigludwig on October 1, 2014 • ( 13 )

  

  By Elizabeth Dickinson in Foreign Policy ABU DHABI and DOHA — Behind a glittering mall near Doha’s city center sits the quiet restaurant where Hossam used to run his Syrian rebel brigade. At the battalion’s peak in 2012 and 2013,… Read More ›

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