Do most white people treat black people as if they are inferior? The answer is an angry: Yes! All (not most, but…
"[A] 5.2 magnitude earthquake rattled skyscrapers in Chicago’s Loop and homes in Cincinnati… At least 21 states felt the initial quake just…
"From 1939 to 1945 about 30,000 (German) soldiers were condemned to death because of desertion, war-treason and other offences. Around 20,000 of…
Suzan Elizabeth Hough is an American seismologist and a writer. She is the author of four books. Her fourth book, published in 2007,…
Can I claim that my age [78], my life’s experience [WWII Nazi occupation, two dictatorships plus a revolutionary civil war], my…
That the Greeks are the "chosen people" of the world is indisputable. Usually, "chosen peoples" are chosen by God Himself. However,…
In a couple of my previous ZNet Commentaries I referred to “believers”, people who, for various reasons, have to pretend that they…
One of the most important inventions in history was the idea of making a steel wheel roll on a steel rail. “If…
Since quite a while I had been scribbling down notes for this “ZNet Commentary” on scraps of paper. To mark them, as…
The (latest and current) bloodbaths are: 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Madrid bombing, London bombings, Lebanon, Gaza (again), … The killing of Americans,…
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