Al Jazeera

For a while now I've contemplated this: A specific weekly column that catalogs for posterity the latest examples of the Republican party and conservative movement in general's descent into absolute, painfully stupid chaos. Last week, an entire piece could've been written on ...read more

• By Chez Pazienza
  Nov 9, 2018

On Nov. 11, 2012, the IDF targeted Ahmed Jabri, the head of Hamas' military wing, in the Gaza Strip. Jabri was a senior Hamas operative who served in the upper echelon of the Hamas' command. Israel claims he was directly responsible for executing terror attacks against Israel in ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Feb 18, 2016

By Bob Cesca: Americans have insufferably short memories and even shorter attention spans. The shiny-object spectacle of a major news event is captivating until another shiny object comes along and we're on to something else. And if that event has no physical bearing on us ...read more

• By Bob Cesca
  Nov 9, 2018

By Chris Woods: For some weeks in early winter 2009 the people of al-Majala, southern Yemen, had noticed a spotter plane overhead. The aircraft, most likely American, wasn’t seen as a threat. After all, it had been seven years since the last US military action in Yemen, when a ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

If you want serious political analysis, good journalism and real debate, you cannot rely on American network news to provide it. CNN, MSNBC and Fox are all engaged in a laughable ratings war that has seen journalistic standards disappear and political commentary plunge to the ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018