February 15, 2016—Alabama business partners Horace Clemmons and Saul Berenthal are the first Americans to open a factory in Cuba in nearly 60 years, with plans to start with 30 Cuban employees to manufacture small, durable […]
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Iran Completes Its End of the Bargain for Sanctions Relief
January 14, 2016—The core of Iran’s sole nuclear heavy water reactor has been removed by nuclear technicians, Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi announced Thursday. Once external experts reaffirm the claim, Tehran will formally […]
US Spied on Israel Spying on Iran Deal Talks
December 30, 2015—In what is suspected to be an “official leak,” the Wall Street Journal reports the NSA spied on Israel to counter its attempted sabotage of the Iran Deal. Now the two countries’ “special […]
Western Balkans: The Case of a ‘Glass Half-Full’
December 28, 2015—The Western Balkans began the process of transition to a market economy in recent decades. However, despite vigorously introducing substantial structural reforms, unfortunate events, mainly politically-oriented, significantly impacted and relatively slowed down the […]
‘We Won’t Leave Any of You Alive’ Israeli Forces Tell Palestinians
October 30, 2015—Video captured via iPhone shows an Israeli jeep rolling down a main road of a Palestinian refugee camp threatening collective and total punishment of death by poison gas if any rocks are thrown. […]
Embracing The Dark Side: The Pathological Neocon Quest For Empire
Galactic Ambitions of a Neocon October 28, 2015—When Bill Kristol watches Star Wars movies, he roots for the Galactic Empire. The leading neocon recently caused a social media disturbance in the Force when he tweeted […]
Who Are the Winners and Losers of the TPP Deal?
October 7, 2015—Tuesday the Obama administration lauded the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) with 12 Pacific Rim nations as the greatest thing since sliced bread. If you listened to President Obama, this deal was even better […]
Seize the Chaos
Israel, the Neocons, and their Bloody, Blundering “Art” of War October 6, 2015—Israel lacks a national motto. If its leaders are looking for a Latin one, “carpe chaos” would be an apt and honest choice. […]
Saudi Arabia Stops Human Rights Probe Into US-Shared War on Yemen
October 1, 2015—The US and Saudi Arabia won’t have to worry about defending against any United Nations human rights report on Yemen. There won’t be one since the US supported Saudi Arabia’s inclusion in the […]
VISUAL: The US Isn’t 7th in Most Debt, It’s 2nd
September 29, 2015—A small word, but its implications in today’s world are big. Debt. And too often explanations of US debt are confusing or rose-colored. Not here. Standard measuring techniques compare debt to Gross Domestic […]
