Richard Gage: 9/11 Letter to the Editor (Boston Globe)

Evidence still raises questions over World Trade Center collapses Alex Beam’s portrayal of “architect truthers” is yet another disappointing example of a journalist resorting to ad hominem attacks and avoiding the facts when discussing the destruction of the three World Trade Center skyscrapers on Sept. 11, 2001 (“The ‘truthers’ and 9/11,” Opinion, Nov. 16).   . …

Jean Lievens: The Linux Approach to Human and Eco-System Well Being

The Linux Approach to Human and Eco-System Well Being Democracies are in dire need of an upgrade to deal with social complexity Current versions of democracy are a bit like the DOS operating system in the 1980s. In the best cases, they may hold the promise of a more user-friendly Windows beaconing on the horizon. …

Robert Parry: The Saudi Connection to Terror

The Saudi Connection to Terror Exclusive: While Official Washington devotes much sound and fury to demands for a wider war in Syria and the need to turn away Syrian refugees, Democrats and Republicans dodge the tougher question: how to confront Saudi Arabia about its covert funding for Islamic State and Al Qaeda terrorists, writes Daniel Lazare.

David Stockman: Blowback—–The Washington War Party’s Folly Comes Home To Roost

Blowback—–The Washington War Party’s Folly Comes Home To Roost EXTRACT: But the everlasting truth is that the relative handful of suicidal jihadi who have perpetrated murderous episodes of terror like 9/11 and this weekend’s carnage in Paris did not exist in November 1989; and they would not be marauding the West today save for the unrelenting arrogance, stupidity, duplicity and mendacity of Imperial Washington.