Israel Shamir is a Russian-born Jew and Israeli citizen. He often has interesting things to say. Trolling Russia By Israel Shamir The edifice of world post-1991 order is collapsing right now before our eyes. President Putin’s decision to give a miss to the Auschwitz pilgrimage, right after his absence in Paris at the Charlie festival, gave it the last shove. It was good clean fun...

Martin Luther King: An American Hero Where is his replacement? Paul Craig Roberts Today (January 19) is Martin Luther King Day, a national holiday. King was an American civil rights leader who was assassinated 47 years ago on April 4, 1968, at the age of 39. James Earl Ray was blamed for the murder. Initially, Ray admitted the murder, apparently under advice from his attorney...

C.S. Lewis on Liberty by David Theroux Here is David Theroux speaking about C.S. Lewis, a religious person who did not share the progressive view that government power should be used for moral crusades. As I emphasize in my Christmas column, Christianity elevates the individual and gives him a voice. From the voices of individuals moral consciousness can bring reforms. Of course, government must incorporate...

Dmitry Orlov Explains the Stupidity of Washington and Its Punk EU Vassals This is an education about Russia. If you haven’t the patience, turn to the conclusions. http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2015/01/peculiarities-of-russian-national.html

Journalist Finian Cunningham Wonders If There Is Any Limit To The Credulity of Western Populations WesternPolitics of high-octane emotion by Finian Cunningham So America's top diplomat John Kerry wants to give France "a big hug" to condole over the recent spate of alleged terror attacks in that country. Speaking in Paris while laying a wreath for the 17 victims of violence, Kerry said that "America feels the pain...

From Jim Quinn, The Burning Platform NOTE: There are official inflation figures after "substitution" and "quality improvement" adjustments. The actual inflation absent these statistical manipulations is much higher. http://www.theburningplatform.com/2015/01/16/no-inflation-unless-you-eat-food-use-water-live-in-a-house-or-apartment-heat-your-home-get-sick-travel-pay-car-insurance-go-to-school-mail-letters-or-do-your-taxes/ Government data reports are so funny. The blaring headlines today tells us that prices dropped in December. We are all saving billions from the drop in oil and gas. Hallelujah!!! The corporate MSM never digs into...

King World News Interviews PCR Charlie Hebdo Realigns Europe With Right-Wing Anti-Immigration Political Parties http://kingworldnews.com/dr-paul-craig-roberts-broadcast-interview-available-nowdr-paul-craig-roberts/

Charlie Hebdo: Report from Europe Paul Craig Roberts Note: The first video has the most visual information. Here is a video of the execution of Amedy Coulibaly. It is a German website with the actual live French video of the police assault on the deli. There are three videos. The first one repeatedly shows Coulibaly with tied hands containing no weapons shot downand killed when...

Charlie Hebdo Update Paul Craig Roberts Readers, with the exception of neoconservative William Kristol, appreciated the questions I raised about the Charlie Hebdo affair. https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/01/13/charlie-hebdo-paul-craig-roberts/ Europeans sent me videos and news reports from Europe. One video compares the car in which the killers escaped with the car in which the ID of one of the accused brothers was allegedly found and makes the point that...

Ruin Is Our Future Paul Craig Roberts Neoconservatives arrayed in their Washington offices are congratulating themselves on their success in using the Charlie Hebdo affair to reunite Europe with Washington’s foreign policy. No more French votes with the Palestinians against the Washington-Israeli position. No more growing European sympathy with the Palestinians. No more growing European opposition to launching new wars in the Middle East. No...