Monthly Archives: May 2014

Flightless birds are evolution mystery

Evolution Made Ridiculous Flightless Birds Over and Over By Elizabeth Preston | May 22, 2014 , Discover Magazine   Watching an ostrich sprint across the plain like a mean two-legged dust mop, you might think a mistake has been made. … Continue reading

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Vandalism is not terrorism

Spare Me Your Pieties on Israel’s ‘Price Taggers’ In other places these kids would be shrugged off as juvenile delinquents who need a good talking to. They’d make the police blotter but never the news. Published: Wednesday, May 21, 2014, … Continue reading

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Strange case of Hanin Ghaddar

Of thuggish journalists and their masters Saturday, 17 May 2014 Reprinted from Al-Arabiya By Hisham Melhem, Bureau Chief The coordinated media campaign against Hanin Ghaddar was crude and malicious. The objective was to intimidate her into silence, and barring that … Continue reading

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Beware of looming water crisis

A future of thirst: Water crisis lies on the horizon By Richard Ingham, Anthony Lucas,  May 13, 2014 File photo taken in November 2011 shows dry soil at the Drennec lake in western France (AFP Photo/Fred … Paris (AFP) – … Continue reading

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Indyk is wrong about Israel

Indyk should know better Reprinted from Daily Alert, May 12, 2014 Israel Fires Back at U.S. Envoy over Peace Talks’ Failure – Dan WilliamsIsrael fired back on Friday at a senior U.S. official, who blamed Jewish settlement construction in part … Continue reading

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Israel should be celebrated not vilified

Happy 66th Birthday, Israel! A state with a rock-solid democratic foundation; the ingathering of millions of refugees and immigrants from just about every corner of the world; the creation of a world-class economy; the building of a first-rate army; and … Continue reading

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Psychological barriers to mid-east peace

What’s really stalling the Israel-Palestinian peace process Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem. (Gali Tibbon / Associated Press) Christopher J. Fettweis, April 28, 2014, Los Angeles Times   The biggest impediment … Continue reading

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