Author: janinsanfran

Promoted by Steven D Martin Scheinin, a Finnish professor of international law, holds the cumbersome title of “Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism” of the...

This morning I read that Iran and Turkey are shelling the part of U.S.-occupied Iraq where the Kurds live. Administration thugs like U.N. Ambassador John Bolton keep pressing for a U.S. war on Iran. The news is all wars and...

Promoted by Steven D, with minor edits. After 10 days in Jordan and Syria meeting with residents of those countries, especially Iraqis, it is depressing, if not surprising, to return to a silly debate in the U. S. Congress about...

Last night I participated in a “progressive issues focus group,” designed to test market a pitch from the Latino-oriented voter registration group, Mi Familia Vota. They didn’t make the 10 of us who...

You can help pick the winners of a contest that will give California students scholarship money for college. Before 11am PDT, May 21, visit the contest page of the Campaign for College Opportunity. There you can read finalist...