The Contrarian Progressive

The Islamic State (IS) or as I like to call them, the band of idiots formerly known as ISIS, is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enig...

As my regular reader will remember, recently, I suggested that the actions of the band of idiots formerly known as ISIS appear ludicrous un...

Just as I don't hold Netanyahu in high esteem, I don't have much respect for Mahmoud Abbas, the President of Palestinian Authority (...

I was getting ready to post the rest of my Netanyahu series when the latest Gaza episode began. As I was about to embark on a brief tour de...

Sometimes, you get lucky.  You write something and a couple of days later you get confirmation. Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has ju...

I am fascinated by ISIS, the shadowy group that popped out of nowhere to defeat the Iraqi army and to invade large swaths of Iraq (and Syria...

In a previous post , I discussed how Netanyahu and conservative forces have been pushing Israel inexorably towards a one state solution and ...