The Muslim World’s Changing Dynamics: Pakistan Struggles to Retain Its Footing

December 3, 2020

Increasing strains between Pakistan and its traditional Arab allies, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, is about more than Gulf states opportunistically targeting India’s far more lucrative m…

General Flynn, QAnon and the US Elections

December 3, 2020

Opinion

Donald Trump’s brilliant granting of a presidential pardon to General Michael Flynn has caused a stir. Certainly, this great military man is being prosecuted for lying to Russiagate investigators (and…

How Will Iran Answer the Assassination of Fakhri Zadeh?

December 3, 2020

Opinion

US President Donald Trump and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided that Iran was their worst enemy and that its nuclear and missile programs should be disrupted or destroyed by all means. …

Flight From Reality: Airlines Demanding ‘Vaccine Passports’ Signals the Death Knell of Democracy

December 3, 2020

Opinion

Dozens of airlines are pushing for a system that proves passengers have “complied with health requirements,” whether in the form of a test or a future vaccine. And with passengers weary of lockdowns, …

Iran is Once Again Under Terrorist Attack

December 3, 2020

Opinion

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for “final punishment” for those behind the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, for the murder of whom the Iranians directly …

Politics, Positivism and the Science of Tyranny

December 3, 2020

Opinion

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”— Philip K. Dick There is nothing worse than the politicization of science. If there is one thing that 2020 has taught us it is …

Has Bibi Boxed Biden in on Iran?

December 3, 2020

Opinion

If Israel, as is universally believed and has not been denied, was behind the assassination of Iran’s leading nuclear scientist, questions arise: Why would the Israelis kill him? And why would they do…

The Streetlight Effect: When People Look Within the System for Solutions to the System

December 3, 2020

Opinion

A policeman sees a drunk man crawling around on his hands and knees at night and asks what the problem is. The drunk man says he’s trying to find his keys, so the officer gets down and starts searchin…