I have spent over a decade speaking and writing about empire and racism. For the most part this experience has been positive — I have met thousands of amazing people in this country and around the world and have learned so much from their questions and their experiences.
This article first appeared at the Nation website. The New York Times story on Obama’s “kill list,” showing the president poring over lists of biographies and selecting the names of people to be assassinated in drone strikes, sparked a controversy. The content of that controversy was not over this extraordinary revelation about Obama’s use of Read the full article…
This is part 1 of a two part article. It first appeared in the ISR. SINCE THE events of 9/11, the question of political Islam has taken center stage in world politics. The “war on terror” has transformed the whole discussion on the relationship between Islam the West. A slew of books and essays have Read the full article…
The corporate media are reliable and consistent. They consistently focus on the sensational, and they reliably take the position of the US government. So, it should come as no surprise that the recent release of US diplomatic cables by Wikileaks is being covered with much sound and fury, signifying little on many issues. On the Read the full article…
This piece appeared on the same day on MRZine and swoline PREDICTABLY, BARACK Obama’s speech in Cairo came under hysterical criticism from the right. Sean Hannity screamed that Obama gave “sympathizers of 9/11” a voice on the world stage, Charles Krauthammer derided the apologetic tone, and Sen. James Inhofe called it “un-American.” At the same Read the full article…