Voltaire's wit often illuminates truth. Consider this revealing 'thought' as expressed recently in Alert, the voice of AIPAC

Is it not time for Israel to seek peace with its neighbors? (Via Press TV)

'Men use thought only to justify their injustices, and speech only to conceal their thoughts.' --Voltaire: Dialogue XIV, Le Chapon et la Poularde

By William A. Cook

to its membership: “Some…

Saturday February 4

Afghans for Peace * American Iranian Friendship Committee * Americans Against the Next War *ANSWER Coalition *

A look at this map shows which country is surrounding Iran with military. These are the U.S. military bases we know about which surround Iran.  Who is the…

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم…

In August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, wrote to his former slave, Jourdan Anderson,

A newly discovered letter from a freed former slave to his onetime master is creating a buzz. Letters of Note explains that in August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee wrote to his former slave Jourdan Anderson, requesting that Jourdan return to work…

Remember, not only did you contribute to Social Security but your employer did too. It totaled 15% of your income

before taxes. If you averaged only $30K over your working life, that's close to $220,500.



If you calculate the future value of $4,500 per year (yours & your employer's contribution) at a simple 5% (less than what the govt. pays on the money that it borrows), after 49 years of working you'd have $892,919.98.



If you took out only…

John B. Turner was a Tuskegee Airman in World War II before dedicating himself to service, ultimately as dean of

WWII veteran also served UNC for many years

Turner led School of Social Work

Life :  1922-2009

Courtesy of his Daughter Marian Hopkins

UNC’s School of Social Work.

When John B. Turner drove his family to…

Life is ever so evolving. We plant seeds they grow. Some live for a

very long time, some die, and some never gain root. Sometimes it's because the foundation was weak to begin with.…

(NEW YORK, N.Y., 1/24/12) -- The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY)

Muslim civil rights group asks department for plan to counter misinformation

today called on the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to offer a concrete plan to help counter the misinformation about Islam and Muslims provided to almost 1500 officers through the…

WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/23/12) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's leading Muslim

Court says warrantless monitoring violates Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure

civil liberties organization, today applauded a unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Courtstating that warrantless GPS monitoring of suspects violates…

This essay is based on a lecture given by Imam Zaid at the Reviving the Islamic Spirit Conference, December 2011

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By Imam Zaid on 17 January 2012

Hopefully, it will provide some food for thought as we begin the arduous process of rethinking many of the fundamental ideas and institutions that developed during an age that is rapidly drawing to a close. As that age expires,…

(Richard Falk is Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and V

Interviewed by Yousef M. Aljamal

Distinguished Professor in Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has authored and edited numerous publications spanning a period of five decades, most recently editing the volume, International Law and the Third World: Reshaping Justice - Routledge, 2008. He is…

North Dekalb Mall Saturday January 21, 2012  times 4:30, 7:15 10:00 I can do 7:15pm or 10pm.