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Philip Giraldi on the nation which dispenses

RAMALLAH — Iran and Israel appear to be spoiling for a fight, going by recent belligerent statements emanating from several regional capitals. Military movement on the ground is also lending credence to the idea that the mutual loathing and major ideological differences between the two countries could lead to a vortex of violence capable of sucking [...]

Seven years after Rachel Corrie, a US peace activist, was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza, her family was to put the Israeli government in the dock today.  A judge in the northern Israeli city of Haifa was due to be presented with evidence that 23-year-old Corrie was killed unlawfully as she stood in [...]

Tom Engelhardt on Washington's cult of narcissism

Half a dozen dead is mass destruction? asks Alan Reynolds

Nancy Pelosi needs 216 “Yes” votes to pass the Senate’s healthcare reform bill in the House.  As long as the House Republicans stand united, 38 Democrat “No” votes will be needed to defeat the bill.  President Obama has asked the House to vote by Thursday, March 18th.  The WSJ takes a detailed look at the [...]

Now, says Doug Casey.

Bill Sardi on gold.

Jim Fedako on exhibitionists for the state.

Ron Paul on the latest Schumer-Lindsey scam for evil.

James Dunlap on El Salvador.

Massad Ayoob on his heroes and the villains in the Chicago case.

It's another unconstitutional attack on our personal liberty, says Ross Everett.

Mary L.G. Theroux on census data.

Swift, silent, certain, says Paul Farrell.