Month: December 2018

Biggest Stories of 2018: Israel Announced Apartheid, Shot Thousands of Civilians

A systematic pattern of war crimes amounts to crimes against humanity, which Israel is certainly guilty of this year, even if the international institutions are too cowardly to indict the Netanyahus and the Liebermans Published on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 by Informed Comment photo above: By Fars News Agency, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69833225 WN: The […]

What’s Behind U.S. Troop Withdrawals Announced for Syria and Afghanistan?

By Sara Flounders Global Research, December 27, 2018 WN: What is indisputable is the U.S. remains singularly guided in the Greater Middle East (as everywhere else in the world) by unapologetic imperialist impulse. It is also indisputable that Israel is likewise an imperial power which not only does the bidding of the U.S., but also […]

How Much of the Internet Is Fake? Turns Out, a Lot of It, Actually.

life in pixels Dec. 26, 2018 WN: This article is sobering about our capacity to create and believe illusion. Photo above: Artwork by Ayatgali Tuleubek excerpt: How much of the internet is fake? Studies generally suggest that, year after year, less than 60 percent of web traffic is human; some years, according to some researchers, […]

Deadly weather: the human cost of 2018’s climate disasters – visual guide

Deadly weather: the human cost of 2018’s climate disasters – visual guide Scientists say extreme weather events are getting worse as emissions rise and the planet warms ‘Uneasy about the heatwave’: readers on a year of climate anxiety Daniel Levitt, Peter Andringa, Frank Hulley-Jones, Lydia Smears and Jonathan Watts Fri 21 Dec 2018 06.45 GMT Image […]

Escape From the Trump Cult

Escape from the Trump Cult Millions of Americans are blindly devoted to their Dear Leader. What will it take for them to snap out of it? By Alexander Hurst December 13, 2018 Illustration by Zach Meyer WN: The very well-researched article highlighted below is fascinating, not because about Trump, but about deprogramming cultists from fundamental […]

Book Review of Long Have I Loved You

Book Review of Long Have I Loved You: A Theologian Reflects on His Church, Orbis Books, 2000, Walter J. Burghardt by Ron Dart WN: I so appreciate the wisdom of Professor Burghardt’s book seen in Ron Dart’s excellent review below.  I love to discover new witnesses to joy and justice in the faith journey! Please […]

Trump routinely says things that aren’t true. Few Americans believe him.

Trump routinely says things that aren’t true. Few Americans believe him. Polling A new Washington Post Fact Checker poll Take the quiz to see how your fact-checking skills stack up against others nationwide. Reporting by Glenn Kessler and Scott Clement Graphics by Kevin Schaul Analysis and fact-checking by Emily Guskin, Meg Kelly and Salvador Rizzo […]

Bush the Archvillain

Bush the Archvillain By William Rivers Pitt, Truthout Published December 4, 2018 photo above: President George H.W. Bush speaks during his unsuccessful bid for re-election for the presidency, October 29, 1992.Wally McNamee / Corbis via Getty Images WN: My commentary from the previous post is fitting again: Of course any lineup of contemporary former Presidents […]

An Eye for Eternity

An Introduction to William Blake Malcolm Muggeridge WN: Malcolm Muggeridge’s conversion to Christianity was amongst the most remarkable of the 20th century. His witness to the profound presence of God in his life was no less outstanding. You will appreciate this classic introduction to William Blake. an excerpt: Touching that mysterious place in each of […]