The "Deep State" and the Unspoken Crimes of the U.S. Empire, Operation Gladio

By Gary Weglarz, March 14 2017

The key institutions of Western societies have lost their credibility.  They fail to merit either the respect or loyalty of the domestic populations they purport to serve. Testing the validity of this assertion requires examination of Western institutions from a holistic rather than fragmentary perspective. This is easier said than done. There exists a massive amount of near real-time web based information available for us to process daily if we are attempting to keep abreast of world events.  This often leaves us diligently evaluating recent events, while lacking the opportunity to step back and assemble these discrete events into a more comprehensible whole.

Criminalizing Free Expression in Israel

By Stephen Lendman, March 14 2017

In February, Association for Civil Rights in Israel executive director Sharon Abraham-Weiss blasted Netanyahu for "lashing out against the media," saying it's "an almost regular occurrence," a matter "of genuine concern." He's waging war on free expression and the rule of law. Repressive legislation portrays "(s)ocial and human rights activi(sts) as traitors," wanting them" forcibly eliminate(d) from the Israeli discourse…"

Stronger U.S. Economic Growth? Over My Dead Body, Says Janet Yellen

By Mike Whitney, March 14 2017

The U.S. economy is weak. Very weak. But the Federal Reserve is planning to raise interest rates anyway. Why? Here's what's going on…