Iran Adapts to Economic Pressure
Oil Market Could Help It Weather U.S. Sanctions Confronted by mounting U.S. and U.N. pressure, Iran has been steadily shifting its trade from West to East and, with the benefit of record high oil...
View ArticleKurdish Rebels (PKK) vs Turkey: Updates
The Qandil mountains, a vast mountain range that straddles Iraq, Turkey and Iran. Please check comments for current articles and events Reuters October 21 Nine Turkish soldiers were killed overnight in...
View ArticleThe Road to Annapolis
If the Bush administration intended to lower expectations ahead of the Middle East peace conference it is hosting in Annapolis on November 27, the effort has been a resounding success. Secretary of...
View ArticleHow to Remember What Occupy Stands For
I was trying to think of ways that we could remember the basic tenets of the Occupy movement so that when people ask what we stand for we can more easily recall them. In this way we don’t spend time...
View ArticleThe Agonist 2012 Retrospective
During 2012, we’ve read some good posts and some great posts by contributors at the Agonist. Here’s a look back at the posts the internet remembers best according to our traffic figures, Yahoo! search...
View ArticleMonday Roundup
Guardian – ‘Climate change isn’t a challenge of the future – it’s here’ Harvard Business Review – Where the Green Jobs Really Are New Republic – Karl Rove’s Latest Project Won’t Solve the GOP’s Problem...
View ArticleSaturday Jukebox – Spring!
Ahh, Spring…: …and speaking of The Four Seasons, here they are with Spring in December: …Spring contains Tribulations, but ends in Jubilation: …some Late in the Evening Spring energy: …and the herald...
View ArticleSaturday Jukebox – Nous sommes tous des Bostoniens
We love our (formerly) dirty water: No worries, it’s just on the verge of dirty. No chance of getting lost here in Boston: Even though (non-sequitorially) love stinks! Boston – More than a feeling –...
View ArticleAgonist Top Posts – All Time
Here is a list of top posts from the Agonist in terms of hits/views. There are some posts from the Drupal (old Agonist) platform (we long for that!) and some from the WorePress platform. In any...
View ArticleFriday Cat Blogging! More Asian Cats!
Since last week’s catstravaganza featured Japanese cats, and since today’s Naked Capitalism links featured a Tibetan tiger rug (with cat, below), perhaps a few more cats from non-Japanese Asia might be...
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