Politics

“The only thing worse than having the British as your enemies, is having as your allies” Unknown In 70 AD, Israel stopped being considered as the country of Hebrews. It was the year when the Romans took over Jerusalem. Some time later, Hadrian (78-138 AD) changed the name of the …

“Without a doubt the Cuban people would have fought courageously but, also without a doubt, the Cuban people would have perished heroically.” Khrushchev to Castro During the short period known as ‘the Cuban missile crisis’, the planet approached more than ever the biggest catastrophe possible. Given the lauding of Castro …

We already saw the historical liberties Mel Gibson took when he wrote and directed The Passion of the Christ, but it was neither the first time Gibson distorted history for the sake of the box office nor the last. A few years before the Passion, he had directed and starred …

To say that people are fed up with the establishment is an understatement. Financial crises, foreign policy blunders and the evident systemic corruption have primed people to a ruthless demonizing of everything traditional in politics. However rightful or not this sentiment is, it seems to be Trump’s only allure on …

Dabiq is an online magazine published by ISIS, addressing Westerners, both Muslims and kafir, in English and other languages (their issues can be found here –attention, some include gory images). Its purpose is propaganda which aims to attract new members and support by Muslims in the West, as well as …

“Everyone prefers a lie than a declination” Quintus Cicero writes in an essay[1] his advice to his brother Marcus Cicero (the most famous of the two) on how to secure enough votes in order to take the chair of consul of the Roman Republic. Not that Marcus doesn’t know how …

It’s not only the Armenian genocide that Cenk Uygur from The Young Turks got wrong when he denied it happened (and later made an awkward “apology” stating ignorance on the issue, still without admitting the historical truth)[1]; he once tackled with the Cyprus issue, getting the facts wrong once more. …

The issue of the French ban on the hijab occupies the international public discourse for years now. Many say that it’s a just law, protecting the French culture against erosion through contact with a deeply foreign civilization in the country with the highest percentage of Muslims in Europe, while others …

The Spinoza we read in Political Treatise is not the abstract metaphysical philosopher of Ethics, but the clear-sighted political thinker who addresses problems of his time. He projects reason as the definite tool for organizing and governing the state. Even if the system of government is kingship, it must follow …

“Once there were bodies lying in the streets; now there are traffic jams” Andrei Lankov In the decades when Kim Il Sung ruled, North Korea turned into a society with an unprecedented, and never to be repeated, degree of state control of the private and public life of its citizens. …