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A Review of the book, Heaven on Earth: A Journey Through Sharia Law from the Deserts of Ancient Arabia to the Streets of the Modern Muslim World by Sadakat Kadri New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012   There are 50 Muslim-majority states in the world; 11 of them, including Egypt,... » read this article

Editor's Comment: Across the decades, public schools in the United States have been teaching young children negative, distorted ideas and images about Muslim people whom the same children have never had an opportunity to meet. The images of Muslim/Arab people burned into my mind and memory by public school books... » read this article

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is... » read this article

  The gathering momentum of protest in the US is charting new old territory. It is time to reflect on how we got here. The current crisis of capitalism is textbook Marx. Greedy capitalists, craven politicians, scheming bankers, dispossessed masses. It is also textbook Lenin. Imperial wars awakening the masses... » read this article

As the Arab Spring grinds on into autumn, the Russians are asking once again whether they should follow the policy “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” Muammar Al-Gaddafi’s demise is all but a done thing, carried out with a UN blessing, however dubious, and only belatedly opposed by Russia... » read this article

Postmodern Imperialism- Geopolitics and the Great Games. Eric Walberg. Clarity Press, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., 2011. The many stages of imperialism are often brought into debate about whether the current U.S. foreign policy, or any U.S. foreign policy, is an imperial project. Eric Walberg’s clear and concise presentation of the... » read this article

Editor's Note: Compare this report by Eric Walberg with the Reuter's report republished earlier today on Axis of Logic: REUTERS - President Karzai's younger brother killed in Kandahar - Axis of Logic Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s younger half-brother, Ahmad Wali Karzai, was killed in Kandahar on 12 July during a gathering... » read this article

It was United States president Woodrow Wilson who called for "open diplomacy" — number one of his fourteen points in 1918 — so that "diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view." He would surely approve of Wikileaks' efforts at open diplomacy, though current US Secretary of State... » read this article

What are we to make of the latest changes in Obama's entourage, ponders Eric Walberg Obama has just lost his close friend and chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, who is making the unusual transition from national to municipal politics. He is also losing his closest adviser David Axelrod (pragmatist Emanuel... » read this article

The new coalition in Westminster is parsing all the words about Afghanistan and coming up with a very different interpretation, says Eric Walberg. The movement to “get the troops out now!” has found unlikely converts in the form of the Conservative-Liberal Democratic coalition in Britain. The election campaign suggested nothing new... » read this article

June was a busy month for two of Washington’s real ‘Axis of Evil’. Venezuela’s Chavez completed his nationalisation of oil and Iran’s Ahmedinejad stemmed a Western-backed colour revolution, leaving both bad boys in place, muses Eric Walberg   What drives US foreign policy? Is it primarily the domestic economy, as... » read this article

Action, cut! Pornography, feminisation of the enemy? Confused over what Obama’s view on Guantanamo and the backlog of torture images from Abu Ghraib? Join the club, laments Eric Walberg The centrepiece of United States President Barack Obama’s PR campaign to show the world the US is the nice cop was... » read this article

The only voices expressing the will of Europeans and showing a way out of the current crises are in the madding crowds outside the G20, affirms Eric Walberg  Recall the self-satisfied EU celebrations of recent years – the inauguration of the euro and the famous blue Euro passport, the accession... » read this article

Editor's Note: Eric Walberg's whipping analysis of the mounting storm in Europe casts adumbrations of widespread revolution. The rumblings have turned to open riot against entrenched governments and the entire capitalist system. Walberg's "voice crying in the wilderness" would have sounded to most like a deranged street prophet 5 years... » read this article

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Economy The Bankers' 9/11 October 9, 2008 Russia The ghost of Stalingrad September 16, 2008 Political Satire Meditation upon a broomstick September 9, 2008 Russia Wag the Dog September 2, 2008 The 2008 US Elections The real power behind the throne-to-be July 23, 2008 Afghanistan Who is the enemy? May... » read this article