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Fathers and Sons
In the mountains of truth, you never climb in vain. ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human (1878) High on the mountain ridge two huge rattlesnakes eye my son the eagle as he passes a few feet from them. Early June. Dawn brings mist covered mountains and an empty...
Asim and Shehbaz in the Same Row but …
Pakistan’s COAS Field Marshal General Asim Munir (second from right) and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (far right) offering prayers at Kaaba in Saudi Arabia during their reent visit IMAGE/Dawn In 1909, the renowned poet Muhammad Iqbal wrote Shikwa or Complaint to...
Israel Strikes Iran
Pre-emptive attacks in international law are rarely justified. The threat must evince itself through an obvious intent to inflict injury, evidence preparations that show the threat to be what Michael Walzer calls a “supreme emergency”, and arise in a situation where...
A Quick and Easy Way to Starve to Death
It only took 20 days. I didn’t have to sleep on the cold, wet ground, live in a tent; relieve my bowels and bladder in the open like everyone around me; watch my children burn to death or die in my arms because all the hospitals were purposely destroyed; drink...
Ethiopia: As Things Fall Apart
In today’s Ethiopia, ruled by a US backed gangster named Abiy Ahmed, things are falling apart. To start with 75% of the country is out of the government’s control as insurgencies rage. “Prime Minister” Abiy is, in reality, only the Mayor of the capital Addis Ababa...
Snake Oil
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Project 2025: Five Months in, Trump’s Shock Doctrine Is Delivering
Project 2025 is hollowing out government — and it’s just getting started As we approach the fifth month of Donald Trump’s second term, you might be asking: “What’s up with Project 2025?” According to GPAHE (Global Project Against Hate and Extremism), “Data compiled...
Jean Piaget vs Lev Vygotsky: Communist Criticisms of Genetic Epistemology
Why Communists Should Respect the Work of Jean Piaget Synthesizing biology and philosophy Without a doubt Jean Piaget is one of the greatest Western psychologists of the 20th century. By training as a biologist, he synthesized biology with his love of philosophy...
Project 2025: Five Months in, Trump’s Shock Doctrine Is Delivering
Project 2025 is hollowing out government — and it’s just getting started As we approach the fifth month of Donald Trump’s second term, you might be asking: “What’s up with Project 2025?” According to GPAHE (Global Project Against Hate and Extremism), “Data compiled...
Jean Piaget vs Lev Vygotsky: Communist Criticisms of Genetic Epistemology
Why Communists Should Respect the Work of Jean Piaget Synthesizing biology and philosophy Without a doubt Jean Piaget is one of the greatest Western psychologists of the 20th century. By training as a biologist, he synthesized biology with his love of philosophy...
Daniel Ortega is No Nayib Bukele
Left Photo: Inmate in Nicaragua receives diploma (19 Digital). Right Photo: Inmates dehumanized in El Salvador (El Salvador Presidency handout/Anadolu/Getty Images) Ortega and Bukele are polar opposites: one invests in dignity and democracy, the other in mass...