☫ Why Yemen?

Analysis Building bridges for Bin-Laden, Inc.

Obama seeks sincere 'bridging' of gaps

☫ The existential threat to Israel

Best allies of Israel: US and England?

Or our own weaknesses and laziness of spirit?

Where did the backwardness go?

When the the image they sold you of an Iran oppressed by backwards Mullahs does not fit with the Islamic Republic's records in science, you can smell something utterly wrong with everything you have ever been told about it.

When early this week Mrs. Clinton claimed Iran was moving towards a military dictatorship, I am sure she never expected her warmonger caricature to be undermined in a matter of days by her very own scientific community. To her frustration, Iran is not only declining to join the US tendency in the region of plaguing it with military dictatorships and occupations, but teaching the world lessons in science in the middle of a planet-wide economic crisis and the toughest of global blockades.

Haiti: Who cares anyway?

by Germán
January 15th, 2010

If the extreme misery of fellow humans does not inspire justice-seeking in us, then what will it take?

The recent earthquake in the Caribbean island La Española and the tens of thousands of souls it took away with it has touched many around the world who are capable of realizing that there is more to this existence than their own daily lives. A sincere humanitarian concern - as opposed to a momentary hype - should move us to gain depth with other peoples' suffering and their realities, as well as a responsible understanding of our world.