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The Slaughter Benches of History: Hegel and Radical Extremists

The correlational dichotomy between words and deeds is as old as history itself, ranging from Alexander the Great reading the Iliad, which supposedly inspired him to conquer the world, to…

Book Review: Fast Times in Palestine

Fast Times in Palestine. Pamela J. Olson. Mason Hill Press, New York, 2011. What can I say about such a well written book that has not already been said: well…

Inside Job

Inside the financial crisis of 2008.…

Norwegian Bombing a Death Blow to Multiculturalism

The horrific slaughter of 85 people by the Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik has surely closed the door on Europe’s multiculturalism experiment.  Media reports indicated that Breivik was opposed to multiculturalism…

Why Gold & Silver?

whygoldandsilver — Visit http://www.goldsilverdvd.com for bonus features – ‘How Does Mike Invest?’, ‘How Did Mike Get Started?’ (hear the story of Mike firing his financial advisor), and ‘How & What…

Book Review: Postmodern Imperialism

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…

For Liberty: How the Ron Paul Revolution Watered the Withered Tree of Liberty

RonPaulFilm.com — In late 2009 we released a feature-length grassroots documentary entitled, “For Liberty: How the Ron Paul R3volution Watered the Withered Tree of Liberty”. Since then, we’ve been inundated…

Between Two Worlds

This documentary presents a powerful and evocative discussion at the personal level of the changing and challenging nature of Jewish values in the United States. Outside of the Jewish community,…

Is The State a Monster? Pro & Contra Nietzsche

In Part One of Friederich Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra, there is a particularly provocative section entitled ‘Of the New Idol.’ Remembering that this pivotal writing of the great German thinker/philosopher,…

One Missile, One Playground: The Will of Gaza

GAZA — A “Hamas commander” drove a beat-up gray van in northern Gaza and theatrically spoke on his walkie-talkie as I sat in the passenger seat. The van was almost…

Vo Thai Lan in Saigon

Vo Thai Lan in Saigon

My first experience training with a Vietnamese boxing and Muay Thai team didn’t work out very well. A bigger boy picked on me, and smashed my innards into jelly. After…

Postcard from Soweto, January 1999

My doctor tried to persuade me to change my mind about going to South Africa in November 1998. He told me about an acquaintance whose friend had been shot while…

Now I’m Talkin’ Vietnamese, Part 2

Two older American guys, hanging out in the alley next to my house, introduced me to their Vietnamese friend. When I said my name, one of the Americans asked me,…

Review of ‘After Empire: The Birth of a Multipolar World’

After Empire: The Birth of a Multipolar World. Dilip Hiro. Nation Books, Perseus, New York, 2010. Modern history and current events are aligned in this excellent text from Dilip Hiro.…

Now I’m Talkin’ Vietnamese

After an exceptionally long and frustrating “silent period”, I am finally speaking real Vietnamese. Many people who have been following my blog posts told me that I should already have…

Book Review: ‘Monsoon’ by Robert D. Kaplan

Monsoon – The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power. Robert D. Kaplan. Random House, New York, 2010 When I first read Robert Kaplan, it was shortly after 9/11,…

Goodbye Juliano Mer-Khamis

Juliano Mer-Khamis was a talented actor and a humanitarian whose work supported peace in Palestine through theatre and the arts.  His tragic death represents a great loss to cultural creativity…

Banned in Vermont: An interview with advocacy journalist and author Rosemarie Jackowski

Banned in Vermont: An interview with advocacy journalist and author Rosemarie Jackowski

I’ve known radical grandma Rosemarie Jackowski (RMJ) for several years now and even interviewed her in 2005 about her arrest and court case. In light of her unique story and…

Celebrating Nowruz in Tehran

While the world’s attention has been focused on the nuclear crisis in Japan and the ongoing political turmoil in the Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa, Iran…

The Chinese Calculator and the Coupons of Death

I was living in a Chinese neighborhood outside of Kuala Lumpur while doing some martial arts and filming work with my master. Mornings, I would normally take my breakfast at…