Letter to NY Times from Felice

Dear Editor:I read Ethan Bronner’s article with interest. Palestinians non-violent protests against the Israeli occupation of their land, though frequent, are rarely covered in the mainstream press. However, Mr. Bronner was careful to state Israeli claims that...

Putting Match to Tinder

Putting match to tinder By Alastair Crooke ASIA TIMES, 14 FEBRUARY 2012 A former head of Mossad, the Israeli secret service, Efraim Halevy, neatly encapsulated [in the New York Times, February 7] one primary aim of a war that has already been ignited in the Middle...

1 in 7 in US is poor

September 14, 2010 Hi everyone.     The Associate Press reported this weekend that the US census for last year has it that roughly 1 in every 7 people in the US are under the official poverty level (the real proportion is 1 in every 6.7 people). ...