Jefferson Corner

This is the time when billions of dollars are given out as “bonuses” to executives at Wall Street firms. Billions are given out even though these firms lost billions.

It seems that Wall Streets always rewards its “geniuses” who manage to devise ways to rob and fleece investors and who think of new and innovative ways to wipe out the small fortunes of millions of investors and award them billions to those” geniuses” who always take the nation and the people to greater financial risks. Read the rest of this entry »

The Russian elections did not escape the critical review expected from official Washington and the public press in general. All were in agreement that the election in Russia was nothing but a sham and is an extension of elections under dictatorship. All gave the impression that only in American there is fair and free election. Of course no one speak about the sham elections we have here in the USA. Read the rest of this entry »

Like Arafat on his first historic visit to the Court of St. James, who missed the opportunity to addressed the wrongs committed by Great Britain against the Palestinians and its full responsibility for the Balfour Declaration as the root of the conflict that exiled the Palestinians and contributed to the death of several hundred thousands not to mention the more than 4 million exiles. Arafat could not ask for any thing but support for his 13 different security forces. Read the rest of this entry »

The decision by the Arab foreign ministers to attend the Annapolis conference was the first Israel victory according to Zvi Ba’rel of Haaretz. Protestors on both side of the conflict are massing in apposition to the conference, which changed from a conference to settle the conflict to a conference to start a peace process that may take 100 years or so. Even with all of the protest and premature claims of victory there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a conference where all issues are put on the table and where US honesty and integrity if not partiality is put to the test. Read the rest of this entry »

Ever since I was a young boy growing up in Palestine, I heard the standard and often spoken words” America is always to blame”. The Majority of Arabs and Muslims blame America for every thing from failure of political systems and institutions, to failure in crops , failure in accountability and transparency, failure to tackle the presence of corruptions and incompetence, and of course failure to bring about political reforms and much needed changes.More… Read the rest of this entry »

Few minutes ago, I received an email from Al-Hewar Center in Washington enclosing an article written by professor Clovis Maqsoud titled (not correct) 72 hours separate salvations from chaos. 72 hours separate success or failure of having a new president. Read the rest of this entry »