Month: August 2010

I guess I picked the perfect week to go on vacation because it seems like the news cycle stood still. People are still talking about the Islamic Center in lower Manhattan. Who gives a shit? I’ve been around thousands of...

Marty Aussenberg (f/k/a “Gadfly”), previously a columnist for the alternative newsweekly, The Memphis Flyer, is a lawyer in Memphis, Tennessee. He was, at one time, an attorney in the enforcement division of the SEC...

Earth Report – 2003 – Conflict over water in Israel/Palestine.The cynical title of this essay is Jeff Halper’s way of introducing us to the latest news about the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from...

Public opinion on comprehensive immigration reform is quite clear, Americans want workable solutions in order for us to move forward as a nation. Polls by major news stations, both national and local, show that the American...

Promoted by Steven D The edges are fraying.  While xenophobia is nothing new in American life, the use of particularly rancorous and fear-inspiring rhetoric by prominent spokespeople, affiliated with mainstream institutions...