What must never, repeat never, be done is to negotiate a treaty with these elements from a weaker position. A Pathan despises weakness as much in himself as in any one else. Such treaties are not worth the paper these are written on. By Anwaar Hussain The badlands were not always badlands. The Federally Administered [...]

1. Energy crisis: Turning-point of humanity : By Rudo de Ruijter, Independent Researcher 2. Your Brain Lies to You : By Sam Wang and Sandra Aamodt, The NYT 3. Karzai is telling half-truth : By Jehangir Khattak, The Dawn 4. The grim dangers in FATA : By Rahimullah Yusufzai, The News 5. What Obama should [...]

1. The Bilderberg “Blackout” : By Jack Shafer, The Slate 2. Interrogation for Profit : NYT Editorial 3. Blackwater’s Private Spies : by Jeremy Scahill, The Nation 4. More Phony Myths : By Maureen Dowd, The NYT 5. America’s Next Chapter : By Gary Hart, NYT Op-Ed

by US Senator Robert Byrd, Senate Floor Remarks – May 21, 2003 Published on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 by CommonDreams.org “Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again, – – The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.” Truth has a way of asserting itself despite [...]

By Pepe Escobar They’re all here – and they’re all ready to party. The three United States presidential candidates – John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Madam House speaker Nancy Pelosi. Most US senators and virtually half of the US Congress. Vice President Dick Cheney’s wife, Lynne. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Embattled Israeli [...]

All of a sudden Maulana Fazl ur-Rahman that unabashed political acrobat, a man who somersaults in the name of God and on whom one can spot thick folds of lard even from a distance but nary a spine from up close, has started to appear most angelic by comparison By Anwaar Hussain What a country [...]

By Jason Miller Let’s face it, my fellow freedom and burger loving Americans. It is becoming painfully obvious that our non-negotiable American Way of Life is increasingly under attack. Yet while our meat consumption may be a wedge issue our foes are using against us, it can also be our salvation. We are facing swarms [...]