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Middle East

May 8 - Putin Plays the Arsonist and the Fire Brigade; The Latest House Republican Theatre of the Absurd; A Revival of Polio and the Vaccine-Austism Conspiracy Theory

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April 24 - FCC About to Eviscerate Net Neutrality; Turkey's PM Offers Condolences on Eve of 99th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide; Israel Suspends Peace Talks Over Fatah-Hamas Pact

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April 15 - A Nightmare Scenario in Ukraine; The Wrong Enemy in Afghanistan; Who Gets What From Your Tax Dollars?

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April 13 - America's Record on Avoiding Genocide; How American Bankers Took Over Washington; "Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before it is Too Late

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April 10 - Will the Public Mobilize to Stop the Time Warner / Comcast Megamerger?; Is Blocking Iran's Envoy to the U.N. Meant to Humilate Obama and Rouhani?; Exposing the Real Enemy to the U.S. in Afghanistan

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April 9 - Sticker Shock from the Release of Medicare Payment Information; Time to Try Something Else Than the Israeli / Palestinian Peace Process; Is America Rigged for the Rich?

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April 6 - The Aspirations of the Afghan People Versus Their Government; An Assessment of the Affordable Care Act's Successful Sign-Up of 7.1 Million Americans; The Reality of the American Dream Today

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April 3 - The Latest Shooting at Fort Hood and PTSD; An Analysis of the Supreme Court's McCutcheon Ruling; The Real Jonathan Pollard and the Damage he Did

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April 2 - The Supreme Court's Gift to Plutocrats; The "Corporate Consumption Complex"; Pollard as a Bargaining Chip in the Israeli - Palestinian Peace Talks

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March 27 - FBI Sting Nabs Lawmakers in North Carolina, New York and California; A Strategic Alignment Between the Egyptian Military and the Saudi Monarchy; Obama Meets the Pope

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