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Dulce bellum inexpertis -- America and war
If Western humanism has a preeminent advocate of the ages, it is Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1456--1536). His Adagia (1515), a collection of proverbs with commentary, was the first bestseller in...
View Article'Fighting them over there'
Anyone who hasn't been living under a rock on Mars during the last three years has heard one particular phrase rehashed ad nauseam: that it is better to be "fighting the terrorists over...
View ArticleNorway dumps Wal-Mart stock over human rights abuse
Citing "serious and systematic" abuse of human and labor rights, Norway's Finance Ministry today banned Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer and employer, from the $250 bn Norwegian Government...
View ArticleJohn Bolton melts down at UN
Crossposted from my blog and Booman Tribune. Since there is a five-minutes recess in the threat-making against Iran, the fulminating fascist John Bolton gets off by threatening the United Nations, FOX...
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A medieval Islamic theory of Daily Kos
Who would have thought that a Tunisian scholar who perished 600 years ago developed a theory of the US Democratic netroots in the early 21st century? Right. And I will grant, off the cuff, that he...
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Whale and circus
Crossposted from European Tribune and my blog.It's that time again. Today the International Whaling Commission (IWC) opens its annual session on St. Kitts. Among the close to 70 member states whose...
View ArticleExactly why Afghanistan is going to Hell
In this informative op-ed (kronikk) from the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, two researchers at the Chr. Michelsen Institute for development and human rights studies explain why the situation in...
View ArticleSt. Vitus Day: a brief history of Kosovo
The Balkans region has a penchant for producing more history than it can consume. ~ Winston ChurchillGetting history wrong is an essential part of being a nation. ~ Ernest RenanToday is the five...
View ArticleA new symbol of America
The United States of America has no problem with Israel burning the skin off children's bodies with incendiary weapons, reducing cities to rubble, targeting UN positions and Red Cross ambulances,...
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