Everyone seemed to like my sunrise over the Indian Ocean yesterday, so here is a photo of a river in KwaZulu-Natal. I can't tell you what river, …
Read moreI'm just back from South Africa, a memorable trip. I will have to tell you later what I was doing there, but in the meantime here is a view of th…
Read moreThere is a devastating parody of Friedman's latest column in the New York Times on the blog Inanities , and I recommend that you read it right…
Read moreAre your retirement funds with TIAA-CREF? If so, please sign Jewish Voice for Peace's petition urging this financial services giant to stop inve…
Read moreI have a fantasy. I am fantasizing that the reason the government of Bahrain has withdrawn its troops from Pearl Square in the capital, Manama, is b…
Read moreI don't post often about the AIDS denialist movement--those who argue that HIV does not cause AIDS--but a particularly egregious example of the d…
Read moreSome people, such as the Aghori sect of India, still do this today. As I report today on Science 's online news service, the practice of making …
Read moreThe Obama administration, led by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has been telling us for days that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak shouldn'…
Read moreEvery day that President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fail or refuse to back the demand of Egypt's pro-democracy movement …
Read moreOne of the most important organizations fighting against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands, Jewish Voice for Peace , finally got the recog…
Read moreOne of the more amusing aspects of the revolution in Egypt is the reaction in Israel. While most of the world is rejoicing over the impending overthr…
Read moreYesterday Lebanon introduced a draft resolution into the U.N. Security Council condemning Israeli settlement expansion on the West Bank. The New York…
Read moreAccording to this article in Politico , the bill would make it illegal to carry guns within 1000 feet of many officials. The Republican Congressman…
Read moreThis image was still on Palin's Facebook page as of Saturday. These are the kind of people that President Barack Obama wants to be bipartisan wi…
Read more... is it permitted to criticize Israel.
Read moreSo Massachusetts' highest court, the Supreme Judicial Court, has voided two foreclosures because the banks involved (U.S. Bancorp and Wells Farg…
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