The
vandalism and destruction of Lenin statues across Ukraine is only the
latest attack on symbols of the old Soviet state and its Eastern
European satellites.
The New York Times say that Rashid Khalidi's critics accuse him of having ties to the PLO. But his allies described him as a PLO spokesperson back in the '70s.
Accusations of anti-Semitism and neo-fascism are being flung by the Russian government, Yanukovych loyalists, and the protestors in Kiev... all at each other.
Never mind the Fed's taper, it's the U.S. geopolitical taper that is stirring world anxiety. From Ukraine to Syria to the Pacific, a hands-off foreign policy invites more trouble.
Our religious myths have prepared us for that cosmic spark that will obliterate all life in an instant. It's not so easy to envision that process taking decades.
