International Political Will

Last week, the New York Times published an article headlined “Why the Arabs Splinter Over Gaza” that was anything but a description of “why.” The story was actually just another example of observations disconnected from context that masquerade as news.
Three Arab countries (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan) refused to attend an Arab League summit on [...]

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
–George Santayana
There has been much chatter among the media (and the propaganda artists that serve as their meal tickets) about Hamas using the civilian population of Gaza as human shields.
Israel justifies the bombing of the UN school(s), the killing of more than a dozen [...]

Another year, another Israeli-Arab war.
And another pile of horseshit to convince us that it is only the Muslims’ fault.
The six-month ceasefire in Gaza ended in late December, and – according to American mainstream media, pundits, politicians, and so-called journalists – it ended because Hamas started firing rockets.
Okay, but such an illogical conclusion requires several conditions:
Let’s [...]

Another day, another dose of more unbelievable hypocrisy and biased reporting from our so-called “free press” (and allegedly “liberal” if you listen to the conservatives whine and complain). Our own media propagates more of the “he started it” mentality that keeps the Israeli-Palestinian peace process mired in a kindergarten playground fight.
The headlines and story leads [...]

The mainstream media - a.k.a. ‘the liberal media’ - is at it again, sucking down the unfounded rhetoric of entrenched despots and reporting their dribble as ‘news.’ Ethical journalism - writing and reporting that is based in finding facts as well as providing context for their audience to analyze the news through the lens [...]