Gaza did not become a laboratory of expulsion overnight. It was turned into one by planners, brokers, generals, travel agents, and politicians who looked at a trapped Palestinian population and saw not families rooted in a homeland, but a demographic obstacle to be thinned, rerouted, and erased. The history is […]
The most profound realities of human existence are often the ones that can never be measured or quantified. Wisdom. Beauty. Truth. Compassion. Courage. Love. Loneliness. Grief. The struggle to face our own mortality. A life of meaning. But perhaps the greatest conundrum is the concept of a soul. Do we […]
On February 5, 2026, in the Canadian Parliament, Conservative MP Garnett Genuis tabled Bill C-260, which prohibits civil servants or others with authority from recommending assisted-suicide to anyone who has not asked about it. Genuis cited “examples such as Canadian Armed Forces veteran David Baltzer…who was offered MAiD by Veterans Affairs […]
The wording is familiar. The urgency is always absolute. The implication is unmistakable: Israel is not choosing war. It is forced into it. For many, the claim is inherently contradictory. How can a state initiate war – and in Gaza’s case, sustain a genocide – while insisting that it is […]
Whenever Israel is killing tons of civilians the western media always start churning out articles about “antisemitism” and Jewish feelings. Reading by Tim Foley: Whenever Israel is killing tons of civilians the western media always start churning out articles about “antisemitism” and Jewish feelings. “Jews Begin to Wonder: Is Anywhere […]
Chris Hedges’ recent speech at Princeton is not simply a commentary on the wars in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran — it is a sweeping indictment of a global order collapsing into what he calls “technologically advanced barbarism.” Drawing on decades of reporting, historical analysis, and moral philosophy, Hedges argues that the atrocities […]
“All lies and jestsStill a man hears what he wants to hearAnd disregards the rest”“The Boxer,” Paul Simon Listening to Donald Trump is like staring at a record spinning on a turntable and finding your mind spinning with your eyes. Something playing here makes you feel crazy, not in the […]
Dignified, brave Iranian and Lebanese women are on the street in Tehran and Beirut. Their message is “We are going to fight, we will never accept being slaves to a foreign imperialist.” I have seen a number of such declarations on film recently. They suggest a growing grass roots resistance […]
Disclosure Day is an upcoming blockbuster science fiction movie about an alien invasion. Very little information has been released in relation to the actual content of the film. However, well ahead of its release on June 12th, the movie has a lavish promotional website and has enjoyed plenty of advanced […]
To claim that jostling for the biggest share of federal power and largesse–in a word, greed–magically serves the common good is a convenient cover for an oligarchy masquerading as a “democracy.” Is a “democracy” that’s for sale still a democracy, or is it something else? The question arises from the nature […]