Paying by the mile
May 7, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Sam Hunt lets off steam as he tallies up the cost of running a car these days
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New smells, old smells
May 4, 2012 5:12 pm Leave your thoughts
In the 60's I assigned myself the meditation of walking extremely slowly down 14th Street, Greenwich Village's northern border, to Union Square, allowing my senses to notice acrid smells, loud sounds, crowded store windows - but not letting my mind grab for any of it, says Jean Claude van Itallie.
CIA and MI5 linked to assassinations in the Congo in sixties
May 4, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Shortly after progressive Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba was overthrown by a Western backed coup in 1960, the former UN secretary general, Dag Hammarskjöld, died in mysterious circumstances. John Green asks if the two events were in any way connected.
Illegal Settlements Bonanza: Israel Plots an Endgame
May 2, 2012 7:07 pm Leave your thoughts
Israel's colonization policies are entering an alarming new phase, comparable in historic magnitude to the original plans to colonize Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem following the war of 1967, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Obama’s Afghan Pledge is Grossly Misleading
May 2, 2012 9:17 am Leave your thoughts
As the US President hints at a withdrawal from Afghanistan, R.M. Harrison wonders whether he has taken heed of the old saying "those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it".
Empire of Capital
May 1, 2012 7:52 am Leave your thoughts
A one-sided justice sees weaker states punished as rich nations and giant corporations project their power across the world, says George Monbiot.