Tony Blair used his final foreign trip as prime minister to sign a confidential deal with Muammar Gaddafi to train Libyan special forces and supply him with Nato secrets
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Jim Dwyer, in Saturday’s NY Times, in a column that will surely not get enough attention, pulls the cover off of a couple of very ugly details in our current … [Keep reading >>]
Yep. Omar Sharif in a 1961 Egyptian movie was cast as having helped ignite the Second Egyptian Revolution, as it is sometimes called, in 1952. We’ve been witnessing the Third … [Keep reading >>]
As America’s body politic cannibalizes itself in Washington, D.C. and assorted state capitols, the concept of Public is in danger of being irreparably savaged in our ideological frenzy. It is … [Keep reading >>]
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gatesbluntly told an audience of West Point cadets on Friday that it would be unwise for the United States to ever fight another war like Iraq or Afghanistan, … [Keep reading >>]
In Wisconsin and around our country, the American Dream is under fierce attack. Instead of creating jobs, Republicans are giving tax breaks to corporations and the very rich and then … [Keep reading >>]
Update: I came across this today, which goes to the heart of why I thought there must be a connection between the young people [not only young, of course] rising … [Keep reading >>]
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TONY SERRA + PAULETTE FRANKL
“Lust for Justice, The Radical Life & Law of J. Tony Serra”
A celebration of the new book, hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert
Sunday, March … [Keep reading >>]
In the biggest non-surprise of the month the
American Held in Pakistan Worked With C.I.A.
…the[[Pakistani police] report also said that the victims were shot several times in the back, a detail … [Keep reading >>]
Hey folks:
Later this week you have the opportunity to hear about the Uyghur culture (an oppressed Turkic minority in China), with some poetry too, and to hear new music compositions … [Keep reading >>]
A good quick look at the countries, the people, the autocrats involved in the current wave of troubles— at the NY Times
And then there’s oil
As violence escalates in Libya and diplomatic … [Keep reading >>]
