Category Archives: Geopolitics

Where Are Your Grocery Dollars Going?

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

In March, the USDA released the newest figures in a series of data entitled The Food Dollar; an annual breakdown of food prices that tracks where each dollar spent on groceries actually goes.  The results are startling.  For 2008 (the … Continue reading →

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Freedom of Offending

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

“Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of offending culture, religion or traditions.” –Staffan de Mistura, the top U.N. envoy in Afghanistan, who is wrong about that. It feels weird having to defend a bizarre, craven Christian-supremacist.

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Because We Like Our Tofu Well Done

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, “Son, go work today in my vineyard.” He answered, “I will not,” but afterward he changed his mind, and went. He came … Continue reading →

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How Is the Empire?

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

Lol, General. Mere days after accusing Afghans of burning their own children in an attempt to exaggerate claims of civilian casualties, Commander of US Forces in Afghanistan David Petraeus has been caught on camera joking with Defense Secretary Robert Gates … Continue reading →

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“Run, comrade, the old world is behind you!” 1968, 2011 and Revolutionary Solidarity

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

“Everywhere I hear the sound of marching, charging feet, boy Cause summer’s here and the time is right for fighting in the street, boy” —The Rolling Stones, Street Fighting Man I have before me the wooden poster my parents gave … Continue reading →

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The Next Source of Instability, Pt. II-Libya, Oil and Democracy

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

Libya is the latest country to come to a boil over the spreading revolutionary fervor that toppled Hosni Mubarak’s rule in Egypt and caused Tunisian President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali to flee in January.  Sandwiched between the two newly liberated … Continue reading →

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The Busy Signal’s diavlog series: J.A. Myerson Interviews Mark Danner – "Has Obama Gone Over To The Dark Side?"

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

Mark Danner is the James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and the Humanities at Bard College and the Chancellor’s Professor of Journalism and Politics at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He is a longtime staff writer at The … Continue reading →

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Egypt Should Be Rapturous; Obama Should Be Ashamed: Thoughts on the Resignation of Hosni Mubarak

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

After 18 days of protests demanding his immediate resignation, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak finally yielded to the cries of the people and surrendered his power to the military, taking the first meaningful step toward a democratic Egypt.  The brilliance of … Continue reading →

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Dispatches From My Couch, Pt. III—From Irhal to Mabrouk via Tahrir

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

On the anniversary, coincidentally, of both the Iranian Revolution and Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, after the eighteen most thrilling days of my life, Hosni Mubarak left the office of the Egyptian President and fled Cairo for Sharma El Sheikh. … Continue reading →

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The Next Source of Instability

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

Food shortages are fueling unrest all over the world. In Tunisia, riots spurred by rising grain prices and food scarcity could not be quashed, and as anti-government sentiment rose to a deafening, piercing pitch, President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali was … Continue reading →

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