by ELLIOT SPERBER It is interesting to observe that the word idiot derives from the Greek idiotes, which refers to a “private… Read more Hey Idiot
Month: April 2013
Israeli Property Theft is Nothing New
by Dr. PAUL LARUDEE cus·to·di·an (kəs-ˈtō-dē-ən) n. 1. One who has charge of something: caretaker – The Heritage Illustrated Dictionary of the English Language, International… Read more Israeli Property Theft is Nothing New
Life is Cheap in Karachi
by ASHRAF KHAN Karachi, Pakistan. Laiq Hussain, a member of the radical Sunni group Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, was riding… Read more Life is Cheap in Karachi
What North Koreans Think
by STANSFIELD SMITH I recently returned from a late March trip to North Korea [Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, DPRK],… Read more What North Koreans Think
The Queen Mother of Global Austerity and Financialization
by MICHAEL HUDSON and JEFFREY SOMMERS We typically honor the convention to refrain from speaking ill of the recently departed.… Read more The Queen Mother of Global Austerity and Financialization
Thatcher’s Legacy and British Identity
by RUTH MICHAELSON The news of Margaret Thatcher’s death earlier this week was hardly a shock; given her age as… Read more Thatcher’s Legacy and British Identity
The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba: British Peer Reveals MI6 Role in Lumumba Killing
by Hasan Suroor The British intelligence services may have just had one of their best-kept secrets blown: their role in… Read more The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba: British Peer Reveals MI6 Role in Lumumba Killing
Everything You Know About Money Is Wrong
Bloomberg notes this week that the conventional theory of why money was created is wrong: There are, broadly speaking, two accounts… Read more Everything You Know About Money Is Wrong
“American Dream”: Food loaded into Dumpsters while Hundreds of Hungry Americans Restrained by Police
Hundreds of poor people waiting outside of a closed grocery store for the possibility of getting the remaining food is… Read more “American Dream”: Food loaded into Dumpsters while Hundreds of Hungry Americans Restrained by Police
The Supposed Inevitability of Oil
Following a train’s spill of 30,000 gallons of crude in Minnesota, a spokesman for Senator John Hoeven, an advocate of the Keystone… Read more The Supposed Inevitability of Oil
