"...the intelligence services of Arab countries still impose censorship on printed material and books and decide what is to be published and what is not to be published."

"Why the maintenance of so many secret prisons? Why not just have a central prison for detainees of the so-called "War on Terror" in the U.S. and operate it like any other prison?"

"The crucial point here is that Islamic social order does not negate the individual, or replace his/her personality in marriage. Everyone is answerable for their own deeds and actions, so individual responsibility and individuality are complemented rather than threatened: according to the Qur’an, individuality is neither reducible nor transferable."

"The media has always served, at least initially, as an extension of governmental foreign policies, especially, war policies. To inflame American passion against Spain prior to the Spanish-American War, the most powerful media mogul in the country, William Randolph Hearst sent his reporters to Cuba with the admonition: “You bring me the pictures, I’ll supply the war."

Canada has degenerated into a one-party state where voters, especially in Ontario, understandably care more about preventing a cabal of baby Bushes from seizing power than in voting out a sclerotic political machine. The only real unknown on Election Day is whether we get a majority or a minority Liberal government.

"...inside the corporate media frame, history can be supremely relevant when it focuses on Hussein’s torture and genocide. But the historic assistance of the U.S. government and American firms is largely off the subject and beside the point."

"The problem with reporting in Iraq is that it is so dangerous journalists cannot move in the streets of Baghdad anymore. Even the current Iraqi Government cannot move outside the Green Line. Are the risks worth the story or is the story worth the risk?"

"The smoking guns of 9/11 are no longer an elusive jigsaw puzzle absent of crucial pieces to create the picture."