Mehdi Hasan’s polemical take on politics, economics and foreign affairs
Liberals and leftists are falling out of love with Barack
I took a lot of flak for my cover story in the New Statesman -- "How Obama went wrong and became Barack W Bush" -- in early October, but I note the tide is turning on the liberal left. Will Straw has already blogged about how MoveOn.org has condemned President Obama for his troop "surge" in Afghanistan.
And now I see the eminent American liberal historian Garry ... read more
I am still rubbing my eyes in disbelief - UPDATED
So what are the odds? The week I write a cover story for the New Statesman, arguing that President Obama has turned into "Barack W Bush" and is emulating his predecessor's policies on human rights, civil liberties, Afghanistan and a host of other issues, the bloody Norwegians go and give him a Nobel Peace Prize. You couldn't make it up.
Over the past couple of years, the ... read more
Hello everybody! Spring has come at last. With it all the juices of Nature are going up & up in all living things, from trees to cats & dogs & human beings. For this reason I suggest that...
From melies, 21 March 20:19
I'm sorry Stan, you can't justify it that way. Regardless of the atrocities committed by Saddam and his cronies, in the years leading up to the invasion in 2003 there weren't as many deaths as...
From 2yyiam, 20 March 17:16
Did I hear that silly remark that Islam is the fastest growing faith in uk? What a silly twat you are. Are you too stupid to see that this is only because EVERY child born to islam must be a...
From A kafur, 20 March 14:12
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