Malcolm X is still misunderstood - and misused

Every semester in which I teach a course on Muslims in the Civil Rights Movement at Southern Methodist University, I give my students a selection...

Turkish-backed militant attack in Idlib was doomed to fail – why launch it?

News reports out of Syria’s Idlib Province indicated that a joint operation involving the Turkish Army and fighters from the Salafist jihadist...

Jerusalem Mayor, Prove You're Serving All Residents – Palestinians, Too

Malek Issa, 9, lies in a pediatric ward in Jerusalem’s Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem. His left eye was destroyed and will presumably...

South Africa is not ready to lead Africa

On February 9, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa assumed the presidency of the African Union (AU) at a  summit  held in Addis Ababa,...

The coronavirus was unexpected – but Xi, the US trade war and Hong Kong are China’s black swans too

The Covid-19 crisis has starkly highlighted China’s strengths and weaknesses. Which other country has the political will and capability to...

Perfect storm of coronavirus in Korea

A main street in Daegu is almost deserted after a group of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus was reported Friday. Yonhap By Oh Young-jin I spoke...

Russia isn’t just mapping Ireland’s internet cables – it’s planning to INVADE, foams Cold-War-revivalist DC think tank

Ireland’s status as “a vital telecommunications and logistics hub linking North America and Europe” has made it an irresistible prize...

China’s control of virus-related information only hurts society

A society that tries to restrict the freedom to provide medical information and opinions concerning the health and safety of its people should be...

Promoting electric vehicles

State utility should reconsider plan to raise battery charge fees A controversy has arisen over whether to bring an end to the discount system of...

Polarization Isn’t the Reason for Israel’s Third Election

We are in a profound national crisis, the national mood says. People despise one another. This crisis, many fine folks believe, is a greater threat...

A Netanyahu Candidate for Finance Chief Would Have to Do His Homework

The campaign marketing Likud legislator Nir Barkat as Benjamin Netanyahu’s choice for next finance minister didn’t go well. The former Jerusalem...

Why Vote for Labor-Gesher-Meretz in Israel's Election

There are reasons why not to vote for Labor-Gesher-Meretz, and we can write about them with fervor and passion, mainly because voting for the...

Fanning fears for votes

Debates should be based on science, not personal biases The floor leader of the main opposition United Future Party (UFP), Rep. Shim Jae-cheol, has...

Wear a Mask, Hope for the Best

The strongest feeling regarding how Israel is addressing the threat of the new coronavirus is a sense of the state’s own helplessness. Behind the...

Is a strong economy enough to re-elect Donald Trump?

Stanford, CALIFORNIA – With the U.S. presidential primaries underway, everyone is wondering whether President Donald Trump will be re-elected in...

How the U.S. election will impact Japanese politics

WASHINGTON – The U.S. presidential election season was in full swing with the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 3. The Republican side so far has seen...

The decline and fall of Labor Zionism

Britain’s Labour leadership hustings held last week by the party’s internal pro-Israel lobby were a bizarre sight to behold. Organised jointly by...

With the Syrian economy on the verge of collapse, recovery seems like mission impossible

A devastating civil war and international sanctions have destroyed Syria’s economy, leaving it with a GDP that is a third of what it was in 2010....

Say 'No' bravely

By Hyon O'Brien The Greek philosopher, Pythagoras (570-495 B.C.) said, "The oldest, shortest words ― yes and no ― are those which require the...

Benvenuti and Jones, robbed here in '66, '88

By Richard Pennington My most recent column (Feb. 1-2) contained a reference to Nino Benvenuti of Italy having lost a controversial boxing match to...

Science discovers benefits of Christianity

By Michael Shannon CNN issued a study a while back that found regularly attending church may increase a Christian's lifespan, while at the same...

The last gasp of a has-been

Commentary. People like Renzi and Salvini can’t stand mediation, immersed in the arrogance of one-man-rule to the point of invoking presidentialism...

What the Harvey Weinstein trial means to me

For many sexual abuse survivors, the Harvey Weinstein trial has been particularly painful. For me, the most searing moment took place offstage,...

The Healing Power of Sharing Your Story

I went to Stanford. Well, ok…not in the traditional way. Like I didn’t go there for university. But I did go there to see The Manic Monolgues,...

Japan, Germany and the war on rationality

LONDON – Germany and Japan are finally winning a war together. Unfortunately, it is the war on rationality. Coal, as everybody knows, is by far...

Who’s Afraid of Fiscal Policy?

Netanyahu between the Nakba Arabs and the Arabs who are a joke

The Arabs agreed in 1948 on the decision to form combat groups against the Zionist colonisation of the land of Palestine, which was known as the...

Has Australia’s Luck Run Out?

MELBOURNE – By any reasonable standard, Australia is a long way off from most other countries. Sydney is closer to the South Pole than it is to...

Poslanci bez pardonu

Ale ak je to v prospech zlepšenia postavenia sociálne slabších, môže prižmúriť jedno oko, alebo takéto opatrenie i priamo podporiť. Vždy...

The ‘Axis of Resistance’ is hypocritical, not ‘anti-imperialist’ 

Since the first stages of European colonisation of the Middle East, as with other imperial powers elsewhere, there has been resistance in one form...

What’s at Stake in Libya?

PRINCETON – The ongoing war in Libya is a microcosm of the tragedy that has gripped many Middle Eastern countries. If it is not resolved soon,...

What’s new about Israeli threats against Hamas?

Israel’s senior officials have been hurling threats at the Gaza Strip and Palestinian resistance groups for months now. Whether security-related...

'Parasite' perspective

By William Roger Jones I purposely watched the Feb. 9 Academy Awards on Feb. 9 just to see how "Parasite" would fare. Needless to say, the...

Imran Khan’s Visit to Malaysia

From 3 to 4 February of this year, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan paid an official visit to Malaysia. Events of this nature are not a...

Červené telefóny

Tá sa objavila na stole v jeruzalemskom hoteli King David počas šokujúcej návštevy prezidenta Anvara Sadata v roku 1977. Tieto krajiny vtedy...

‘Like a scorpion,’ Renzi starts a time bomb on Italy’s governing alliance

Analysis. Sensing his fall from power, ex-Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has dictated conditions to avoid a no-confidence vote. He doesn’t actually...

Coronavirus Tests China, Temps America

Biology has done what malicious US foreign policy aimed at China has failed to do for years; complicate China’s relations along its peripheries...

US Wages Biological War Against China

Shocking news just in from India is enough to make one’s blood run cold. A professor of Molecular Biology in New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru...

Emerging Evidence on Continuing Allied Lies About the War in Syria

One of the clearest indicators of the legitimacy or otherwise of Western military actions is the coverage that is given to it by the western media....

A Deep State Grudge against Bernie Sanders?

After the Democratic Primary Debate on February 7th, 2020, MSNBC host, Chris Matthews, did what he normally does, which is  give his opinion....

Japan continues its study on Arctic sea ice melt PREMIUM

The continued melting of sea ice in the Arctic Circle is influencing the lives of inhabitants in the region and beyond, as well as the marine...

We all belong to Germany — but racism does not

Now that racism has become mainstream in Germany, it should come as no surprise that far-right actors 'took the bait' in Hanau and elsewhere, says...

¿Es bueno un crecimiento del PIB de 3,3% para Colombia?

Un crecimiento del PIB del 3,3% para 2019 a primera vista, parece un resultado no tan bueno. Sobre todo porque en Colombia ha hecho carrera el...

Apartheid al estilo chino

Filtración a filtración se va completando el cuadro de un monstruoso sistema de vigilancia y reeducación en la provincia de Xinjiang, en el...

Grief, Google, and the Passage of Time

My eyes opened and were enveloped in what seemed to be total darkness. As I waited for them to adjust to the nighttime shadows, I desperately...

Can We Talk? How to Deal With Anger and Preserve Love

Feeling love and emotional harmony with your partner is wonderful; feeling angry is not! But anger is a natural part of life and is therefore...

The world in grips of an epidemic more dangerous than coronavirus

Ever since coronavirus (COVAD-19) was detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan, public health officials inside and outside of China have been trying...

The UK wants the 'best' immigrants. Why would they want the UK?

After months of speculation and years of endless debates on the topic, the British government has finally announced the details of its post-Brexit...

Time will tell whether cruise ship was truly a ‘virus incubator’

Quarantined passengers aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship were finally allowed to disembark this week. But once off the ship, what awaited...