The coming U.S. elections have monopolized the attention of the American mainstream media and voters. Continue reading
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American values
In a eulogy for American poet Robert Frost, John F. Kennedy said, “When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.” Continue reading
Fodder for extremists
Four joint hosts of an MSNBC programme called Cycle decided to open a Pandora’s Box and discuss some of America’s problems in the Middle East. Continue reading
The assembly line culture
My father managed a branch of a steel pipe making company in Pennsylvania. I was about ten or 11 the first time he took me on a tour of his company. Continue reading
The meaning of altruism
When I was a college freshman, I became completely enamoured with Ayn Rand. As a literary heroin, she surpassed so many of my early heroes. Continue reading
Contagious paranoia
Five years ago I wrote an article on mass paranoia. At the time I argued that U.S. and Israeli paranoia threaten to lead the entire world to oblivion. Continue reading
To bomb or not to bomb
Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defence Minister Barak have been working hard to find sympathy for their craving to bomb Iran. Continue reading
An American Spring?
The coming elections in America have become a contest between candidates who both try to be the leading panderer to Israel. Continue reading
Fighting the vampire within
Early warriors massed on bloody battlefields with everything from sticks and screams to swords, bows and arrows, muskets and cannons. That scene remained both disgusting and ridiculous. Continue reading
Double standards of mass murder
A Virginia college, a Colorado high school, a Texas military base, an Arizona strip mall, a Colorado movie theatre—all have become part of a recurring event in America: mass murder. Continue reading
Theft of a nation
A recent story from a small American town in Pennsylvania reported a bank robbery by a 35-year-old who allegedly held up a Citizens Bank branch. Continue reading
America invents real-life matrix
Posted on November 7, 2012 by Paul Balles
They were lawless, brutal, unforgiving and a model for the governments they both battled and served. A few notable figures perfected terrorism unlike any before or after. Continue reading →