Tag: Saudi Arabia
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?
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EPA says repealing power plant emissions rules will save billions – but its estimate...
Keeping aging coal plants open, building new gas plants and choices about pollution controls affect electricity bills. Pollution adds health costs and climate damage that may not appear on those bills.
The first trillionaire – no big deal?
Multi-billionaires are bad enough; a trillionaire is a magnitude worse
NAACP sues Trump administration over armed agents at the polls
The suit cites a fatal Minneapolis shooting by federal agents as evidence of the fear such deployments can create.
Appeals court rules the constitution guarantees no right to clean water
A dissenting judge compared the Jackson, Mississippi water crisis to Flint's
Trump says he is in ‘deciding mode’ on destroying Iran
The Pentagon's own death count is undercounting US troops killed in the seven-month war, the Washington Post has reported.