If 17 matter here but not 50,000 there, it’s not about kids Status update: Flu: day the next. Facebook: still a parade of sanctimonious headlines. Running out of fucks to give. Yes, […]
Dead kids and funhouse mirrors
Do Saudi Citizens prefer the Islamic State to the House of Saud?
A poll indicates that Saudi citizens seem to find the Islamic State’s repressiveness and barbarism less objectionable than the House of Saud’s corruption. In a New York Review of Books review of […]
Saudi women challenge driving ban
This “just” in: Jabhat al-Nusra rebels claim chemical weapons attack in Ghouta with an oops
Jabhat al-Nusra Rebels Admit Responsibility for Chemical Weapons Attack Paul Joseph Watson, Global Research/Centre for Research on Globalization September 1, 2013 Militants tell AP reporter they mishandled Saudi-supplied chemical weapons, causing accident […]
Nota Bene #113: Seth's Near-Death
“Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.” Who said it?
Nota Bene #100: Il Planetario di Figaro
Wow, 100 issues of Nota Bene! Props to Russ for helping me for a while with this nifty little S&R feature. Never mind all that now, let’s get on with this issue. […]
Nota Bene #92: Echoblowcation
A few things for you NB readers:
A fool's errand
Some time ago, an idea to save Afghanistan floated on a few editorial cycles. Afghanistan grows some of the world’s best pomegranates, coincidentally the “nature’s miracle” of the moment. If we could […]
Nota Bene #16
Appearing weekly, Nota Bene attempts to provide an overview of the week’s news. Meanwhile, in its appendix, we cull trenchant comments to articles and posts, as well as those heard in person […]
Major newspaper confers cold warrior status on Iran
In a recent article in The Washington Post, Robin Wright quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calling Iran the state that presents “the single most important. . . strategic challenge to the […]
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