Ain’t football great
February 10, 2012 11:44 pm Leave your thoughts
In the first LPJ sports column, Felix McHugh gives a rundown of events in the world of football
Israel Vying for War: Attacking Iran Will Not Repeat History
February 9, 2012 8:28 am Leave your thoughts
One would think that the years between 1991 - the first war on Iraq - and 2003 would have been enough to convince US-led Western allies that economically besieged, politically isolated and war torn Iraq had no capacity for producing WMDs, writes Ramzy Baroud.
No shortage of jobs?
February 8, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Felix McHugh looks at the extraordinary and insulting comments made by the Minister for Disabled People
Liberal Constipation
February 7, 2012 3:39 pm Leave your thoughts
Conservatism is linked to low intelligence; but the real idiots are the progressives letting it win, writes George Monbiot.
The Politics of the Psyche
February 7, 2012 9:51 am Leave your thoughts
BBC 4's Saturday night primetime slot is cornering the market in excellent European drama but we don't need Denmark to point out how impotent we feel. However idealistic were its ancient Roman origins, the UK's version of representative democracy has become as distorted as a burning pillar of wax, says outRageous!
A manager’s dog
February 7, 2012 8:37 am Leave your thoughts
'I am his Highness' dog at Kew;
Pray, tell me sir, whose dog are you?'
( Alexander Pope, Epigram Engraved on the Collar
of a Dog which I gave to his Royal Highness)
Saltley Gate 1972
February 5, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Terry McPartlan recalls how forty years ago coordinated and determined action by unions halted the Conservative government's plans to drive down living standards
Hurrah for Egypt!
February 4, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Uri Avnery has warm words for the new democratically elected Egyptian parliament
Anti-Semitism and Israel’s Inherent Contradictions
February 2, 2012 11:06 am Leave your thoughts
In a recent article, columnist Yaniv Halili described British author Ben White as 'anti-Semitic'. He also denounced Arab Knesset member Hanin Zoabi for writing a forward to White's latest book, Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Cuba’s truths
February 1, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
A interesting editorial from Cuba's national newspaper, Granma, rebuts the latest claims of human rights abuses put forth by the US and some countries of the EU