Monthly Archives: August 2017
Spain: Barcelona Attack Was Preventable by Soeren Kern
The measures to place bollards or planters in public areas were never implemented in Barcelona because the leaders of the Catalan independence movement did not want to be seen as taking orders from the central government in Madrid.
The President Has a Special Obligation to Condemn Nazis and KKK by Alan M. Dershowitz
President Donald Trump has a special obligation to single out for condemnation, and distance himself from, individuals and groups that claim — even if falsely — to speak in his name, as the racist provocateurs in Charlottesville did.
Two New Totalitarian Movements: Radical Islam and Political Correctness by A. Z. Mohamed
The attempt in the West to impose a strict set of rules about what one is allowed to think and express in academia and in the media — to the point that anyone who disobeys is discredited, demonized, intimidated and in danger of losing his or her livelihood — is just as toxic and just as reminiscent of Orwell’s diseased society.
Palestinians: Taking Journalists Hostage by Khaled Abu Toameh
Hamas and Abbas have turned Palestinian journalists into weapons in their internecine war. Palestinian journalists are now being targeted not only for expressing their views and reporting in a way that angers their leaders; they are also arrested and tortured in the process of the settling of scores between Abbas and Hamas.
Strides in the Struggle for an Independent Kurdistan by Lawrence A. Franklin
- He regional regime that is in the best position to threaten the drive for a free Kurdish state is that of Iran.The country that has the most to lose in the event of an independent Kurdistan is Turkey, due to its huge population of ethnic Kurds, some of whom support the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has battled Turkey’s military for decades.
