I want freedom for the full expression of my personality -- Gandhi

Zionism and Post-Holocaust Christian Theology: A Jewish Perspective

Analysis of the Israel–Palestine conflict tends to focus on politics and history. But other forces are at work, related to beliefs and feelings deeply embedded in Judeo-Christian tradition.

It's just not cricket

The situation in Afghanistan is not getting much better. This week a member of their police, who are being trained by Our Boys turned out to be a Taliban insurgent and shot five British soldiers at their own check point while they took tea.

MIDEAST: New Face of Palestine, Now Showing

What may save the Obama peace effort is 'the Jenin Way'.

Regina Brett's 45 life lessons and 5 to grow on

If you have seen this in an email circulating the wires, ignore the email. Here is the source.

Modern Warfare 2 on course to sell $500m within 24hrs of launch

The debut of the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 looks sure to become the most successful product launch in the history of entertainment, with global first-day sales estimated at $500 million.

How did the present get erased from our existential psyche?

Paul Carr writes in Techcrunch – After Fort Hood, another example of how 'citizen journalists' can't handle the truth. Paul describes that during the Fort Hood news blackout, Twitter updates contributed to the disinformation.

I'm doing 'God's work'. Meet Mr Goldman Sachs.

It's the site of the best cash-making machine that global capitalism has ever produced, and, some say, a political force more powerful than governments. The people who work behind the brass-trim glass doors make more money than some countries do.

Media Stats, Matters, Yankees and Red Sox

An interesting blog. Ben Atlas uses a lot of metaphors in his writing. I have little direct knowledge (or interest) of the subjects he touches on. But loved the bottom line conclusion he draws. Your thoughts? Let's talk :-)

Cloud Over Moscow

This is weird, even if you don't understand Russian!

The Coming Transformation of America to Solve the 21st Century Challenges of the World

This article was written just before Obama's inauguration in January. It is long and deep, provokes much thought and provides some very good analogies. It makes for compelling reading.

Web celebrates its 20th birthday

It was 13 March 1989 when Tim Berners-Lee, working at Cern in Geneva, came up with the concept that became the worldwide web.

Jailed Billionaires Show New Face of China as Markets Unravel

If China's richest man knew he was about to become the most prominent casualty of the country's love-hate relationship with capitalism, he didn't show it this past August.

Why I'm finished with 'Social Media'

So, that's it. I'm sick of "social media experts". (If I know you and you are one, then obviously I'm not talking about you). I'm sick of "social media sensations". And I'm sick of social media. Social media is people. People talk about stuff. The end.

Eat Your Way to a Fabulously Healthy Mind and Body

Aficionados of the US internet newspaper the Huffington Post, and umpteen other blogs, are now mulling over a guide to food and drink options that purportedly boosts your brain, lowers your blood pressure or staves off cancer.

President, First Lady & Education Secretary Visit Capital City Public Charter School

In his first visit to a public school since his inauguration, President Barack Obama, with First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, spent this afternoon at Capital City Public Charter School, an Expeditionary Learning school.

Swat: Pakistan's lost paradise

Amid Barack Obama's inauguration as US president, the war on Gaza and the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks, Pakistan's media had until recently all but ignored the descent into hell of the Swat Valley in the North-West Frontier Province.

Time to Negotiate Justice for Peace

My wife and I grew up across the lines between Israel and Gaza.

Obama Obama - Hindi Rap Song

A group in India has recorded its own tribute to Obama. Has subtitles in English.

Unseen Gaza: Do We Need More Gore?

The UK's C4 had a documentary from their Dispatches series titled Unseen Gaza last night. UK viewers who missed it can catch up via the link in this seed. This blog poses one of the questions that the documentary touched on.

Mother 'allowed son, 3, to smoke'

A mother has been spared jail for the sake of her children after her three-year-old son was filmed smoking in front of her.

'Tungsten bombs' leave Israel's victims with mystery wounds

Although Mr Olmert's announcement was only a first step towards halting the conflict in Gaza, the UN is not the only international body insisting that inquiries must be held as soon as possible into the tactics and weapons used by Israel.

Blix to testify against Iraq war makers?

A former UN chief weapons inspector says he is ready to testify about the false US allegations which led to the Iraq war before a tribunal.

Israel: Boycott, Divest, Sanction

The best strategy to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to apartheid in South Africa.

Cohen: The dominion of the dead

History is relentless. Sometimes its destructive gyre gets overcome: France and Germany freed themselves after 1945 from war's cycle. So did Poland and Germany. China and Japan scarcely love each other but do business. Only in the Middle East do the dead rule.

War in Gaza; Photography's failures

It appears that Israel's military campaign against Hamas will prove to be a blunder of greater magnitude than its 2006 attempt to neutralize Hezbollah. Israel continues to be oblivious to lessons dictated by very recent history.