It’s a terrible war. It’s a humanitarian crisis. It’s avoidable. It’s unnecessary. It’s the conflict in Yemen. Children are dying there in their thousands. The western media is downplaying the seriousness of the circumstances to be found in that beleaguered nation. Western governments are complicit in the atrocities carried out by the Saudi regime. Western […]
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In our world today, we can see an increase in the levels of Islamophobic sentiment among regular people who now appear to see all Muslim citizens as possible ‘terrorists’. Whether it be in the US or the UK, France or Australia, those who practice the Islamic faith are coming under…
The Family On Paradise Pier by Dermot Bolger The Goold Verschoyle family are not typical of Irish families in early 20th century Ireland. For one thing, they are descended from Dutch profiteers who arrived on the Emerald Isle centuries before to make their money in any way they could and became wildly successful and influential. […]
By Slava Zilber Source Slava Zilber: I would like to interview you about your new book. Could you please explain the title: “I Accuse!: Herewith A Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt That ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda Whitewashed Israel” Norman Finkelstein: As you know, Israel has been occupying Gaza since 1967, which is more now than […]
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This is a great explanation of how Archimedes arrived at his discovery of the Law of Buoyancy. He was also reputed to have stated, Give me the place to stand and I will move the Earth. Ole Archimedes was something of a wit for his time. The formulae created by…
Vendetta In Death by J.D. Robb (2019) Eve Dallas is one tough cookie. Not that you could call her that as she’d take you to the cleaners for being impertinent. Eve’s a New York homicide detective in 2060’s USA. It a strange world of flying cars, vending machines that cook your food and clothes from […]
A lot has been written about the pro-Israel, anti-Palestinian lobby over the years. Many take the view that the US and Britain have their foreign policy dictated to them by Israel and its influential lobby groups in the West. I don’t intend to revisit the whole debate over the lobby in this column, but I’ve… via […]
