1. Why I had to recognise Georgia's breakaway regions

On Tuesday Russia recognised the independence of the territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. It was not a step taken lightly, or without full consideration of the consequences. But all possible outcomes had to be weighed against a sober...

28/08/2008 | Leggi tutto ...

2. Who Started Cold War II?

The American people should be eternally grateful to Old Europe for having spiked the Bush-McCain plan to bring Georgia into NATO. Had Georgia been in NATO when Mikheil Saakashvili invaded South Ossetia, we would be eyeball to eyeball with...

20/08/2008 | Leggi tutto ...

3. Who Killed Obama? T-Shirt

Apollo Braun Designs "Jews Against Obama" T-shirt   Orchard Street designer Doron Braunshtein (aka Apollo Braun, pictured) is at it again; in March he launched his "Who Killed Obama?" t-shirt and now he's added a new...

09/08/2008 | Leggi tutto ...

4. Washington senza speranza

17 luglio, 2008 (LPAC) - Il sistema internazionale bancario e finanziario si sta avvitando a spirale nell'oblìo a velocità crescente, le istituzioni guida a Washington non hanno la minima certezza sul da farsi. "Non esiste...

21/07/2008 | Leggi tutto ...

5. Website exposes Israeli 'nuke secrets'

10/07/2008

6. What John McCain didn't learn in Vietnam

In spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the former POW insists we could have won. No wonder he talks of occupying Iraq for a century WARSAW, Poland: Nobody has denigrated the service of John McCain or his suffering in captivity as...

06/07/2008 | Leggi tutto ...

7. Wal-Mart branches out into locally grown produce

06/07/2008

8. We, the Salt of the Earth, Take Precedence

Which country is the rogue nation? Iraq? Iran? Or the United States? Syndicated columnist Charley Reese asks this question in a recently published article. Reese notes that it is the U.S. that routinely commits "acts of aggression around...

02/07/2008 | Leggi tutto ...

9. Wall Street Sold Auction-Rate Debt, Warned Issuers

28/06/2008

10. WJC president urges Poland to compensate Holocaust victims

18/06/2008

11. Why It’s Worse Than You Think

For months, economic Pollyannas have looked beyond the dismal headlines and promised a quick recovery in the second half. They're dead wrong The forgettable first half of 2008 is stumbling to a close. On Friday, the Labor Department reported...

11/06/2008 | Leggi tutto ...

12. Walker's World: Are the BRICs crumbling?

WASHINGTON, (UPI) -- The Chinese media is reporting that Beijing's financial authority, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, has instructed Chinese mutual funds, on pain of "administrative punishment," to shore up falling stock...

06/06/2008 | Leggi tutto ...

13. When Free Speech Doesn’t Come Free

Free speech is not without consequence. In the United States, for example, criticism of Israel is tantamount to heresy. Former President Jimmy Carter felt a societal backlash last year after the release of his book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,...

27/05/2008 | Leggi tutto ...

14. Wolfowitz: Iraq occupation ended in 2004

03/05/2008

15. Wall Street Warns Americans To Begin Stockpiling Food

The New York Times recently told its more wealthy readers to consider buying a rural cottage, or even log cabin, to ride out the water and food riots that militarised police forces are preparing and training for, and now Wall Street recommends its...

25/04/2008 | Leggi tutto ...

16. Wall Street, la paura fa '70

L'allarme di Voicker: situazione simile alla crisi del 1973. Allora i listini persero il 23% Attenzione alripetersi di una recessione stile Anni Settanta, una delle peggiori della storia americana, anche dal punto di vista della Borsa....

15/04/2008 | Leggi tutto ...

17. Worried Yet? Saudis Prepare for "Sudden Nuclear Hazards" After Cheney Visit

26/03/2008

18. Why The Dollar Is So Cheap And Euro & Gold Are So Dear

The dollar is trading at all time lows against the euro and gold for good reasons. The Bush administration has flooded the world with greenbacks, and global investors have little confidence in the management of the U.S. economy. During the Bush...

18/03/2008 | Leggi tutto ...

19. War at Any Cost?

In recent months the undeclared war in Iraq seems not to have been on the minds of most Americans. News of the violence and deprivation which ordinary Iraqis are forced to deal with on a daily basis rarely makes it to the front pages. Instead, we...

04/03/2008 | Leggi tutto ...

20. Why Not Talk to Hamas?

On Jan. 23 Ha'aretz readers were utterly embarrassed. Just as the quality paper was printing its top headline, based on Israel's omniscient "security sources" – "New Israeli Policy in Gaza: Border Crossings Will Stay...

21/02/2008 | Leggi tutto ...