Friday, October 9, 2026

Tag: Saudi Arabia

Arms and influence

How the Saudis took Donald Trump for a ride.

As the world watches Syria, don’t forget about Yemen

The problem isn’t that the U.S. is standing by and doing nothing while this horror unfolds. It’s much worse than that.

The Gulf monarchies and the corruption of US foreign policy

Considering the money involved, we probably shouldn’t expect any further investigations to shine a light on the corrupting influence of these decadent absolute monarchies on American democracy.

Collusion among friends: An alternative Russiagate narrative emerges

Has the Russiagate trail followed by Robert Mueller, in a round about way led to... Israel?

The Saudi purge shaking the Middle East

The seeming power grab consolidates all the major security forces and the military in the hands of the current King Salman and his son, the 32 year old Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman.

Middle East – How America shot itself in the foot

The U.S. needs to learn the art of diplomacy instead of spending a lot of time constantly demonizing and threatening other countries.

University of New Haven and Saudi police: Big money makes strange...

How can an American university aid in shaping the instruction of security officers within the oppressive Saudi regime?

Saudi women may soon be behind the wheel, but still not...

Though a hard-won victory for Saudi women, we should recognize that the biggest impediment for women has not been the inability to drive.

Intro to Islam, Salafism and jihadism

Can we turn the clock back and make the Muslim world great again?

The enemy of my enemy is my…?

The Saudi-American-Iranian-Russian-Qatari-Syrian conundrum.

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Early voters wait inside a polling place in Florida. Photo: Alex Johnson / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lawsuits ask courts to bar armed federal agents from polling places before the midterms

New Mexico has already barred them by state law, and the Department of Homeland Security says it has no plans for operations at polls.
Nursing home workers on strike against HealthBridge in Connecticut, in an earlier dispute. Photo: Dannel Malloy / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Workers at six Chicago-area nursing homes set an October 16 strike date

The union says Landmark pays below the industry standard, and the parent company had not responded when the notice was reported.
A solar farm near Golmud, China, seen from orbit. Photo: Planet Labs, Inc. / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

China? A Rising Imperial Power?

Well, Yes... and Strangely, No
A view of Old Sana'a, Yemen. Photo: Ferdinand Reus / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Corporate Media don’t understand the Houthis, and Don’t Want to, Either

A media critique of how Western outlets cover Yemen's Houthi movement, which has governed the capital Sanaa since 2014.
Petrochemical refineries in the Houston area. Photo: Ken Lund / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

About 200 industrial plants have received presidential exemptions from Biden-era air rules

The EPA says it did not review the exemptions, and environmental groups have sued over those covering chemical plants.