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Readin’ and no writin’

Been doing so much reading that I haven’t had much time for posting this weekend. I can however recommend a few. One of them is my good friend Ed over … Continue reading

24 February, 2007 · Leave a comment

Peace Now Report: 3000 Illegal Israeli Settlers in West Bank

Reuters Report Peace Now Releases New Settlement Report West Bank Outpost Palgei Mayim See the articles written in the Israeli, American, and International Press covering the Peace Now Settlement Report … Continue reading

23 February, 2007 · 4 Comments

Pessoptimism on Iran: two perspectives

The variables that are not mentioned below are of course Israel, the Israel lobby and Russian and Chinese investment in Iran, amongst others. More explorations later on these. For now, … Continue reading

21 February, 2007 · 2 Comments

A tale of two cities: Baghdad

It was the best of times (for war profiteers), it was the worst of times …. Inside the Green Zone, the caricatures of American consumptive popular culture are on display … Continue reading

20 February, 2007 · 2 Comments

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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