By speaking at Columbia University and at the United Nation, the president of Iran (M. Ahmadinejad) garnered a surprisingly large and diverse amount of epithets which was heaped on him generously. Some of it was by Columbia's president Lee Bollinger. What Bollinger contributed was described by some as "eloquent". Some of what was said about Ahmadinejad and Iran's government had been said about many other countries, world figures, organizations and groups who all share one common denominator ...

Over the past few days I have been reading very interesting things here on JU Blogs. A couple of poems were really sweet and insightful. Few personal articles about life and its strange turns and tricks. Few personal thoughts about the world's troubles. Few opinions about politics and other things. Few, no ... more than few, personal fights. Then few funny articles and photographs. It is very noticeable that almost all people are very calm and reasonable till they start talking about...

Last week, the Arabic Satellite Channel "Al-Jazerra" launched its English version. Its stated purpose or mission is to present to the English-Speaking world the news from an Arabic point of view. Anything wrong with that? Obviously a lot in the opinion of the American Cable and satellite companies and also of the internet-providers. they refused to carry the channel and blocked access to its internet site. You would think that can never happen in America .... the land of Free Speech and t...

Another terrorist attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Few people in the media, and the public, if any discuss the reason for that terror which is sweeping the four corners of the world. And the few who do, say it is because they HATE us, Americans and they envy us. They never discuss why do they hate and envy us and never think if hate or envy is really the root cause for the terror they inflict on the world. But let's think about it. Terrorism, in its current form (i.e. by fanatics of I...