Venessa Miemis: Postmodern Report on Knowledge

Reflection: The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge musings on Jean-François Lyotard’s The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge . NOTE:  This is a book review, extraction from the work above, not personal reflections inspired by the book, and is offered as such–a gleaning from Lyotard’s 1979 work. . How do we define ‘knowledge’ in …

Chuck Spinney: Israel, Not Iran, is Central Threat in Middle East

Robert Fisk: We’ve been here before – and it suits Israel that we never forget ‘Nuclear Iran’ The Ayatollah ordered the entire nuclear project to be closed down because it was the work of the devil Robert Fisk, Independent Wednesday, 25 January 2012 Turning round a story is one of the most difficult tasks in …

Eagle: Israel / Jews Discuss Assassination of Obama

Orders from Tel Aviv: Murder Obama Alan Hart VeteransToday, 21 January 2012 Have Israel’s “inner circles” discussed assassinating President Obama? By Alan Hart One man who apparently thinks the answer is “Yes” is Andrew Adler, the owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times. Read detailed indictment and see the actual copy of the written …

Review: Ecological Intelligence – The Hidden Impacts of What We Buy

Daniel Goleman Relevance, Content, Price–Solid Five,December 29, 2011 I chose this book over Ecological Intelligence: Rediscovering Ourselves in Nature and seeing the author’s note about this other book “by a physician, Jungian analyst, and poet” am certain I made the right choice. The author’s “big idea” is called “Radical Transparency,” what the rest of us …

Chuck Spinney: War Drums Beat within Versailles on the Potomac — War with Iran Promoted — More Lies and Miscalculation

On 12 December, I described a concatenation of warmongering pressures that were shaping the popular psyche in favor of bombing Iran.  Now, in a 21 December essay [also attached below], Steven Walt describes a further escalation of these pressures — in this case, via the profoundly flawed pro-bombing analysis, Time to Attack Iran: Why a Strike is the Least …