Therapeutic Value of Insults: Getting It Off Your Chest
CROSSROADS ARABIA: French judges could be showing all of us the way forward in dealing with the petty frustrations of daily life
The Laws to ‘Hit Hate’ Are There. Enforcement Please.
ROB L. WAGNER: In France they have laws to deal with hate speech but they’re applied inconsistently. In many ways France is a good example to other countries
The God Complex: The West’s Right to War in the Middle East
Jonathan Cook: If the West succeeds in its proxy intervention in Syria and disables yet another Arab state for refusing to toe its line, the stage will be set for the next target: Iran.
Toulouse Tragedy to Bring France Together?
CG NEWS: Hopefully what will be remembered, above all else, is that French people of all persuasions and all religions came together.
News Analysis: Sarkozy and Obama’s Gaffe
NEWS ANALYSIS: As if life isn’t difficult enough for President Sarkozy now he has to contend with the consequences of a leaked ‘private’ conversation.
Firebombed Newspaper Charlie Hebdo a Victim of its Own Making
ROB L. WAGNER: Charlie Hebdo’s editors abuse the privilege of being journalists. Their behavior strengthens the argument anti blasphemy laws are necessary
West’s 1% salivates over spoils of the Libyan 99%
MONDOWEISS, MATTHEW TAYLOR: Whatever one thinks of The West’s role in this revolution, it should not have a free pass to engage in more oil imperialism.
The Veil: Protection from Sexual, Financial Exploitation
ABU MUHAMMED: I was surprised that a country with 10 million Muslims managed to lay down for the old back door without too much fuss—particularly in France, the birthplace of democracy
