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Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman is a historian, lecturer, and author. You may contact her at Lfarhat102@aol.com or http://www.globalthink.net/. She also writes for the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Iran and the Voice of the People
What is the ‘World Community?’
The Terrorist Next Door Goes Global
Is There Any Hope for Afghanistan?
Rape: A Terror Weapon in the Congo, Iran and Elsewhere
Sometimes History Can Poison a Society
How a Culture Sees History Matters
The Iranian Revolution May Be In Phase Two
Can There Be Such a Thing as Too Much Democracy?
Can We Have Universal Justice and Law?
An ‘Other’ Terrorist Group Has Been Crushed
Pakistan’s Future Continues to Hang in the Balance
Anarchists have a Long and Nasty History
Can There Be Peace In Our Time?
Iran is Having an Unhappy New Year
Are Bad Ideas Coming to Your Neighborhood?
Mosques in Europe – Where’s the Reciprocity?
Is Israel Losing the Propoganda War? Maybe Not.
Why is War Always 'Disproportionate?'
Who Appointed Greek Anarchists to Run Greece?
Terrorist Profiling in Europe Being Used to Good Effect
Book Review: ‘Left in Dark Times’
Terrorists in India Go International
We Have the Pirates – Where is Terry?
Terrible Events Sometimes Have Silver Linings
On Populism and Elitism: Don’t Believe the Hype from Either Side
Who Invited Ahmadinejad to Dinner?
Terrorism Is an Escalating Process
The UN Stages another Racism Conference
Injured Pride Plays a Dangerous Role in History
Russia and Georgia – ‘Guns of August’ Again?
‘Man on Wire’: Ode to the Olympics and the World Trade Center
Don’t Romanticize the ‘Good Old Days’
Peaceful Canada Facing Big Challenges
Al Qaeda Is Having a Falling Out of Thieves
Why Are We So Negative about Our Future?
Intolerance Has a Very Long History
Why the ‘World’ Cannot Intervene against Poisonous Governments
Hezbollah Has an Unpleasant Global History
Optimists and Pessimists Have Exchanged Roles
Musical Surprises from around the World