Yesterday, Pakalolo posted an important diary at Daily Kos about the recently discovered acceleration in melting underneath the floating ice shelf ice sheet which supports the massive East Antarctica glacial field known as the...
Read MoreAnecdotal evidence suggests that Arab-Israeli turnout is very high in the Israeli elections. It appears high enough that Netanyahu is using it as a battle cry. Likud is troubled over high voter turnout in the Arab community....
Read MoreIt’s almost amusing to read the minutes of a meeting Gorbachev held with his top aids in 1986 to discuss how to get the hell out of Afghanistan. I say “almost” amusing because what happened in Afghanistan...
Read More(One in a series of posts on George Fredrickson’s 2002 book, Racism: A Short History.) If, as French historian Léon Poliakov wrote (and Fredrickson cites), “For the organization of Christianity it was essential...
Read MoreNice observation from President Obama, this has been clear for quite some time, what took the president so long to understand this terror threat to the Western world? President Obama Speaks with VICE News plus video Start...
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