“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again…’ So said the ‘Prince of Peace’ in a badly judged and widely condemned public statement on Tuesday. Yes, much has been made of Trump’s ominous statements about annihilating
A simple proposition: is the long-awaited destruction of the Al-Aqsa mosque about to be carried out… by Iran? This has started to seem like a real possibility. Could the Israelis stage an event to look like an Iranian missile
“He’s no Churchill…” President Trump famously said of the British Prime Minister weeks ago. This
So, it looks like Bibi isn’t dead: but it was a fun diversion for some
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As ominous ‘black rain’ was falling over Tehran, the US/Israeli Holy War in Iran entered week two. There’s a lot else too.
“The President was shocked this morning when he learned of the new Israeli bombardment of west Beirut…” and ”expressed his outrage.” No,
“President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon…” Events unfolding in the Middle
The devastating attacks on both Iraq (2003) and Libya (2011) were launched on symbolically significant dates. So too with this war on
Well, one ambiguity from the recent drop of Epstein files was promptly cleared up. The initially redacted name of the sender of
If you think you understand what’s going in the Middle East… think again. We need to talk: not just about Zionism and Christian Evangelicals and not just about the so-called ‘Islamic State’. No, we need to talk about Jerusalem, the Third Temple, the Freemasons, the coming of the Jewish ‘Messiah’
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Every few Christmases, I tend to re-read Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, as the book has always had a hold on me ever since I first read it as a child. When I read it as a child, I had no real social conscience or understanding, of course – I simply
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If you’ve never heard of Smedley Butler, it wouldn’t be your fault. But we all should have heard of him. Let’s rewind 80 years or so and remember the case of the Retired Marine General Smedley Butler: what he did, what it meant and what the implications are. Butler uncovered a
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Malala Yousafzai, the now world-famous (and Nobel Prize winning) Pakistani
Did anyone see the official Republican response speech to Biden’s
There’s a robot head on the Moon. Did you know
Is that a tongue-in-cheek title? Not really. It isn’t much
So, the Charlie Kirk thing keeps going and going. I’ve
Film
There’s nothing in all creation more exciting than the words
There is something that occurred to me ever since seeing
My original – and admittedly very long – review of
Among all the various ‘controversies’ to surface concerning the Star
This is a belated review of Solo: A Star Wars
Comics
Music
There are bands. And there are albums. And then there’s
Tonight, twenty years after Kurt Cobain chose to burn out
Kristin Hersh’s debut solo album Hips and Makers, released in
This April marked the 20th anniversary of the release of
Billy Corgan is definitely one of those guys who has