Analysis

#OccupyHemp: Don’t let the truth go up in smoke (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world.” --Carl Sagan Feb. 21, 2012 -- Upon receiving an invite to the NYC Cannabis March May 5, I found myself meditating upon this concept: If you...

The Choices We Make (James Howard Kunstler)

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Feb. 20, 1012 -- The misalignment of politics and reality threatens to scuttle both major parties, but it's especially gratifying to see the Republicans...
Washington’s Insouciance Has No Rival (Paul Craig Roberts)

Feb. 15, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Is Obama a hypocrite or merely insouciant? Or is he an idiot? According to news reports, Obama’s White House meeting on Valentine’s day with China’s Vice President...
Is Western Democracy Real or a Facade? (Paul Craig Roberts)

Feb. 14, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- The United States government and its NATO puppets have been killing Muslim men, women and children for a decade in the name of bringing them democracy. But is the W...
BDS: Power of the People at Work (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 15, 2012 -- The issue is not about hummus, chocolate bars or Dead Sea vacations. It is about civil society taking full responsibility for its own action (or lack...
BOOKS: The Anatomy of Israel’s Survival, By Hirsh Goodman (Jim Miles)

The Anatomy of Israel’s Survival. Hirsh Goodman. Signal/McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 2011. Dec. 30, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) -- The “Anatomy of Israel’s Survival” rests on a single backbone: ...
BOOKS: Imperial Messenger -- Thomas Friedman at Work. By Belen Fernandez (Jim Miles)

Imperial Messenger -- Thomas Friedman at Work. Belen Fernandez. Verso Books, London/New York, 2011. Dec. 12, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) -- Thomas Friedman is a writer whom I have avoided reading over...
The John Brown Moment (James Howard Kunstler)

Daguerreotype of Brown, ca.1856. James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Feb. 13, 2012 -- When Gaia gets pissed off enough at the antics of humanity, she sends in her hit-man, Reality, to sett...
Israel Vying for War: Attacking Iran Will Not Repeat History (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 8, 2011 -- On April 10, 2002, then British Prime Minister Tony Blair told the House of Commons, “Saddam Hussein's regime is ... developi...
Will Iran Be Attacked? (Paul Craig Roberts)

Feb. 8, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Washington has made tremendous preparations for a military assault on Iran. There is speculation that Washington has called off its two longest running wars–Iraq...
The January Jobs Are Statistical Artifacts (Paul Craig Roberts)

Feb. 6, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Last Friday the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in the first month of this new year 243,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate (U.3) fell to...
The Real Economic Picture (Paul Craig Roberts)

Feb. 2, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- If you have any money and you want to understand the lies that “your” government tells you with statistics, subscribe to John Williams shadowstats.com. John William...
Anti-Semitism and Israel’s Inherent Contradictions (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 1, 2012 -- In a recent article, columnist Yaniv Halili described British author Ben White as "anti-Semitic." He also denounced Arab K...
Economics Lesson 1 (Paul Craig Roberts)

Jan. 31, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Last Friday (Jan. 27) the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced its advance estimate that in the last quarter of 2011 the economy grew at an annual rate of 2.8...
Big Brother Internet (Gerald Calente)

Gerald Calente Jan. 30, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Dear friends: I am pleased to bring to you Gerald Celente’s assessment of the threats posed to Internet freedom. Celente’s Trends Journal is one...
Jive Talkin' (James Howard Kunstler)

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Jan. 30, 2012 -- Well, he had to get up there and say something. In this particular winter of our discontent, the wispiest nostrums and baldest lies will d...
The Struggle Continues: US vs. Genuine Reforms at the United Nations (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 26, 2012 -- The country that has long been known to abuse its powers and privileges in the United Nations is now leading a campaign to reform the same organizati...
Drowning In Hypocrisy (Paul Craig Roberts)

Jan. 24, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- The U.S. government is so full of self-righteousness that it has become a caricature of hypocrisy. Leon Panetta, a former congressman who Obama appointed CIA dire...
Murmuration (James Howard Kunstler)

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Jan. 23, 2012 -- On last week's podcast, Duncan and I yakked about an important concept introduced by Nicole Foss at The Automatic Earth blog site. Th...
More On Ron Paul (Paul Craig Roberts)

(Editor's note: World News Trust does not endorse Ron Paul, or any candidate, for political office.) Jan. 22, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- If Ron Paul’s libertarian handlers and support base could...
Waiting for False Prophets: The Puzzling Matter of the Israeli Liberals (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 18, 2012 -- Regardless of who may rule Israel, little change ever occurs in the country’s foreign policy. Winning parties remain obsessed with demographics and...
Washington Moves The World Closer To War (Paul Craig Roberts)

Jan. 16, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Since my Jan. 11 column and the news alert posted Jan. 14, more confirmation that Washington is moving the world toward a dangerous war has appeared. The Obama re...
What Gives (James Howard Kunstler)

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Jan. 16, 2012 -- The awesome exertions of the global banking system to evade the mandates of reality finally yield in a sickening slippage to epochal unwind....
America’s Last Chance (Paul Craig Roberts)

(Editor's note: World News Trust does not endorse Ron Paul, or any candidate, for political office.) Jan. 14, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- America has one last chance, and it is a very slim one. A...
BOOKS: Three Books to Stimulate Thought (Paul Craig Roberts)

Jan. 12, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Jan. 11 was the tenth anniversary of amerika’s Guantanamo torture prison. National Public Radio commemorated the anniversary by airing critics and defenders of Wa...