Blog: CONSILIENCE PRODUCTIONS

From Haaretz: In a series of secret meetings in Europe between September 2004 and July 2006, Syrians and Israelis formulated understandings for a peace agreement between Israel and Syria. Here you have the potential for a huge breakthrough to the...

With the Democrats retaking Congress this week, it's notable to go back to a recent Op-Ed by Paul Krugman, which he basically hits out of the ballpark: The truth is that the movement that took power in 1994 -- a...

From here in the Big Apple, an amazing story: A New York City construction worker has been hailed as a hero after rescuing a student who had fallen onto the tracks at a New York subway station. Wesley Autrey jumped...

What a telling ending to Saddam's death and apt commentary on the state of affairs in Iraq that his last moments would be so filled with derision and confusion. From the NY Times: A new video that appeared on the...

The War on Iraq continues and will most likely escalate even with Saddam's hanging today. It's doubtful that his death will lead to anything other than more death. This cannot end well, and yet it's really the only accomplishment that...

After many decades of intentional ambiguity, Israel has now finally admitted what everyone already knows: they possess The Bomb. Prime Minister Olmert told Germany's Sat.1 channel on Monday evening: "Iran, openly, explicitly and publicly, threatens to wipe Israel off the...

The backbone of a healthy Democracy is an educated citizenry, and these days it seems like every conversation about any policy topic comes down to "What is wrong with our education system and what can we do to fix it?"...

Chuck Hagel must be one of the Republican senators that Joe Biden spoke of before the election as ready to break with the administration: There will be no victory or defeat for the United States in Iraq. These terms do...

Read Andrew Sullivan's entry: The United States is a rogue nation that practices torture and detainee abuse and does not follow the most basic principles of the Geneva Conventions. It is in violation of human rights agreements and the U.N....

When on Earth will the American public take notice that electronic voting machines are vulnerable to hacking (i.e. stolen elections)? Finally, the research over at BlackBoxVoting.org has reached the mainstream media. The New York Times has finally covered the continuing...

Wow! Here we have Libby's testimony to Fitzgerald's grand jury regarding the origin of the outing of Valerie Plame, the C.I.A. agent who's married to Joe Wilson. A former White House aide under indictment for obstructing a leak probe, I....

Negroponte Makes the Most of His Post as Minister Without Portfolio By Jeff Stein, CQ Staff On many a workday lunchtime, the nominal boss of U.S. intelligence, John D. Negroponte, can be found at a private club in downtown Washington,...

How on earth has California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson approved the use of obviously flawed Diebold voting machines? It staggers the mind, especially if you've been following this issue, as we have. Kevin Drum (of The Washington Monthly), who...

Lest the U.S. public has forgotten, Tom Englehardt over at Tomdispatch.com has this to say about our "super-bases" going up in Iraq: There are at least four such "super-bases" in Iraq, none of which have anything to do with "withdrawal"...

From Jon Heller: President Bush has often insisted that "if you harbor a terrorist, you're equally as guilty as the terrorists." In that regard, it's instructive to consider the ongoing extradition battle between Venezuela and the United States over Luis...

As a belated tribute to the late, great, Martin Luther King, we link here to his momentous speech announcing his opposition to the Vietnam War. Delivered on April 4, 1967, at the magnificent Riverside Church in New York City, this...

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Hmmm...the most talked about pictures in Washington that nobody has seen (Bush and Abramoff, that is)... Is Abramoff sending a message to the Bushies - "pardon me or else?" '06 will be a dramatic year in Washington, DC, that's for...

As we enter the new year, let's hope that our elected officials take the threat of stolen votes seriously. From this article in the Miami Herald (12/15/05), we learn: A political operative with hacking skills could alter the results of...

"The Bush administration did not seek a broad debate on whether commander-in-chief powers can trump international conventions and domestic statutes in our struggle against terrorism," said Radsan, the former CIA lawyer, who is a professor at William Mitchell College of...

The NSA Spy Scandal continues to unfold, and, unfortunately, the end result could be crippling to the U.S. court system. Over at Boomantribune, they're talking about the following: in criminal law, the doctrine that evidence discovered due to information found...