I offer here what might be called a moderate revisionist account of the September 11 terror and the origin of the U.S. ‘war on terrorism.’ The official story permeating the major media runs something like this: the U.S. war on Afghanistan was simply an ad hoc response to the horrific events of September 11, which struck as a bolt from the blue, totally unexpected by American security agencies. The Afghanistan war emerged overnight as a simple effort to punish, and thus bring to justice, the perpetrators of the abominable deeds - namely, the al Qaeda terrorist network masterminded by…

On Saturday, August 12, I ventured behind enemy lines in Charlottesville on special assignment from the Daily Stormer. What I found was a weird mix of black racism, white self-delusion, degeneracy and cuckoldry the likes of which, frankly, the world has never seen before. I am new to photo journalism, and not particularly well suited to it, so I apologize for poor angles and composition and for missing so much of what was going on around me. The “intolerance will not be tolerated” banner could be the basis for great memes about these people’s complete lack of any sense of…

Introduction A Middle West Congressman Meets the Middle East "How did a Congressman from the corn-hog heartland of America get entangled in Middle East politics?" people ask. Like most rural Con- gressmen, I had no ethnic constituencies who lobbied me on their foreign interests. As expected, I joined the Agriculture Committee and worked mainly on issues like farming, budget and welfare reform. Newly appointed in 1972 to the subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East, I had represented the Springfield, Illinois, area for 12 years without attracting much attention at home or abroad. Eight short years later, my involvement in…

Israel’s Kibbutz movement is looking to a burgeoning international appetite for marijuana from the holy land, particularly in the U.S., to reinvigorate their communities after decades of stagnation. The so-called “green rush” has gained momentum since February, when the Israeli government threw its weight behind legislation allowing the export of medical marijiuana. The law is expected to pass before the end of the summer with some insiders indicating a vote in August, the Times of Israel reported. With medical marijuana legal in 28 U.S. states, and the drug approved for legal recreational use in  Colorado, Alaska, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon and Washington,…

Quel rachat mon père ? -Jésus est notre sauveur… La voix du  père Gianfranco parvenait lointaine à Paolo Di Balme. Il regardait ses yeux et il comprit tout de suite que la flamme de la foi n’existait pas et que le ton calme et serein de l’homme d’église était un ton presque professionnel, son conscient refusait d’écouter les arguments sans conviction. Il entendit sa dernière phrase : -Jesus est amour, il a…