Paul Phillips

LATEST ARTICLES ( 506 )

• Speech By Chomsky

  

  Here is a transcript of a recent speech delivered by Noam Chomsky in Bonn, Germany, at DW Global Media Forum, Bonn, Germany.He covers many topics, as usual,... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Climate Change: Scientists Now 95 Percent Certain We Are Mostly to Blame –...

  .A few key points from the piece:Certainty over the human role has increase from “very likely” to “extremely likely,” a verbal shift representing 90 percent... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why is Syria Using Chemical Weapons?

  

  According to the latest reports, like this one in the NYT, al-Assad’s regime conducted an attack yesterday in Syria using a nerve-agent against the rebel... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Two Challenges for Al-Jazeera America

  

  A short, yet good, post on The Post’s “World Views” blog by Mike Fischer proposing what he thinks will be the two major challenges for Al-Jazeera America as it... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Banks Failing Fed “Stress Tests”

  

  Though not all big banks tested received failing grades during the Federal Reserve’s “stress tests”, the result looks like the banks could be taking these new... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Interesting Comments From Top Adviser to Iranian Leader

  

  The top adviser to Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dished out a few comments worth noting in an interview with the AP recently. After reaffirming the Ayatollah,... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Israel to Pay Students to Defend It Online

  .When you are a government and you need to propagandize what you do, its probably because what you are doing isn’t good enough to sell itself by its own merit. Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Egypt Now Fertile Ground For Extremists?

  

  A good article by Michael Hirsch in The Atlantic proposing that Egypt may become the new, fertile recruiting ground for Islamic extremists and how the lack of... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Egypt 2013 Or France 1848 from Marx

  

  I wrote a post a while back about the need for the experts and press to not to sound a death knell regarding the democratic revolution in Egypt just because of... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Stop-And-FrisK: What You Need To Know

  

  A good tutorial on all things regarding the federal court stoppage of “stop and frisk” procedures by the NYPD. The article at The Post has some really good... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• U.S. Still Following “How to Make People Hate Us” Playbook in Bahrain

  

  If people ever wondered how foreigners could hate the United States so much, there is a simple formula for how it happens: People live under an oppressive regim... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Boycott The Sochi Games!

  

  After reading this article in the NYT, I feel that the proper response to the anti-gay legislation and overall discrimination against the LGBT community in... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Blatant Hypocrisy in Manning Sentencing Phase by Prosecution

  

  As the sentencing of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Bradley Manning continues, a bit of sad hypocrisy from the military crept out today. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• NSA Now Admits Searching Message Contents

  

  It seems like every other day the NSA is admitting that, after being leaked by some whistle-blower, they further and further invade American’s privacy by... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama Cancels Summit w/Putin

  

  Something had to happen in light of Russia granting NSA contractor Edward Snowden temporary asylum when the U.S. wants him extradited. Hopefully this hissy-fit... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Rigged to Favor The Rich

  

  A great article in The Atlantic by Conor Friedersdorf that begins with the assumption that the system is rigged to favor the elite. Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Disgraceful Government Treatment of Veterans Affected by Agent Orange

  

  An article in the Washington Post this weekend highlighted some awful actions taken by the U.S. military in order to avoid paying veterans who may have been... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Palestinian Boys Imprisoned for Throwing Stones

  

  A very troubling and sad story in the NYT about how stone-throwing boys are spending long time periods in prison for this ridiculously over-blown charge. It is... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Evidence Benghazi Attack Was Revenge Killing

  

  One of the most surprising (or least depending on your level of cynicism, admittedly me) aspects of the Benghazi attack is the notion it took place because of... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Jury Finds Goldman Executive Liable for Misleading Investors – The Washington...

  .Good to see someone paying for these crimes.  Still plenty of work needs to be done to make those responsible pay for such abuses but at least something is... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY