Hail to the Prince: Obama, the paradigmatic Machiavellian Leader

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Prince Obama by Edna Spennato A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise. Nicolò Machiavelli Obama, before he actually “did” anything, had a reputation. And, indeed, reputation – what others think you are, and not what you actually are – is a crucial factor in a public figure. A political leader, ...

Hail to the Prince: Obama, the paradigmatic Machiavellian Leader

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Prince Obama by Edna Spennato A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise. Nicolò Machiavelli Obama, before he actually “did” anything, had a reputation. And, indeed, reputation – what others think you are, and not what you actually are – is a crucial factor in a public figure. A political leader, ...

Khalid Amayreh – Open Letter to Obama’s Envoy to the OIC

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Dear brother Hussein, like many Muslims around the globe, I am glad that President Obama has appointed you as his Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Needless to say, the repair of American-Muslim relations require, first and foremost,  honesty, integrity, and good will — characters I am ...

Nonviolent protest continues across Iran as people chant : "Referendum, referendum, this is the people’s slogan".

Friday, February 12th, 2010

WRITTEN BY: Mozhgan Savabieasfahani The coup d'etat government of Iran must step down and the constitution must be rewritten according to the wishes of the people. That is what the people of Iran are demanding on the 31st anniversary of their 1979 revolution. For the eighth straight month, hundreds and thousands of ...

Ramzy Baroud – The Useless Logic of Round Numbers: War is Criminal Any Day

Friday, February 12th, 2010

The media's habit of revisiting certain issues at set intervals can be strange and even illogical at times. For example, many news outlets commented on President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office, as well as on the anniversary of his election win, and then again one year after his ...

cartoon of the day

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

By Carlos Latuff

Alan Hart – Please, Mr. President, Stop Talking Nonsense

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

By Alan Hart At a town hall meeting in Tampa, Florida on 28 January, President Obama explained what in his view had to happen if there is to be a two-state solution which would see Israel and the Palestinians living side by side in peace and security. He said, "Both sides ...

Humanitarian aid or military occupation in Haiti?

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

SOCIALIST WORKER –  Ashley Smith explains why help hasn't reached most of the victims of Haiti's earthquake–because the priority of the U.S. government is on imposing its control. WHEN HURRICANE Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, George W. Bush displayed a callous disregard for the Black victims of the disaster. When his ...

Mohamed Khodr – 2050: The Re-Birth of a New Just Nation

Monday, January 18th, 2010

“But, when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.”             –Declaration of Independence  “Once to every ...

Got Fascism? : Obama Advisor Promotes ‘Cognitive Infiltration’

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Your government appointees at work: Cass Sunstein seeks "cognitive" provocateurs. WRITTEN By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / January 11, 2010 Cass Sunstein is President Obama's Harvard Law School friend, and recently appointed Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. In a recent scholarly article, he and coauthor ...