comment by Jerry Gordon
Brian Mosely, whom I interviewed for the New English Review in February in an article entitled, “Somalis, Shelbyville and Severe Culture Shock” had submitted a five part series on the Somali refugee problem confronting his Middle Tennessee community for a prestigious statewide AP award. Darn if he didn’t win it this […]

by Jerry Gordon, The Iconoclast, July 17, 2008
A few days ago we posted a comment on the introduction by Senators Lieberman, Collins and Cantwell of federal legislation to rein in the speculative energy commodities trading that has fueled the oil bubble: S 3248, the Commodity Speculation Reform Act of 2008. Last week propelled […]

by Jerry Gordon, The Iconoclast, July 11, 2008
Last month we posted articles on the emergence of Congressional concerns about the speculation in energy futures and derivative markets, driven through several ‘loopholes’ and the lassitude of federal commodity trading regulators. Senator Lieberman, as we pointed out in those New English Review and The Iconoclast […]

by Jerry Gordon, The Iconoclast, May 28, 2008
A tip of the hat to Imre H who sent me this incredible link to the Israeli Foreign Ministry about “Quranet- a bridge between Islam and the West”. Apparently this website was part of the ‘Tomorrow’s Spaces’ exhibit at the Presidential residence in Jerusalem during the recent Israel […]