Guo Wengui is suspected of scamming thousands of individuals out of $1 billion through investment schemes FILE PHOTO: Guo Wengui in 2018. © DON EMMERT / AFP The US government has charged fugitive Chinese businessman Guo Wengui […]
US markets were down on Friday, to end the worst week for the sector in over a decade © Getty Images / Jon Hicks Bank stocks led US markets lower on Friday as investors’ concerns over the […]
Beijing’s holdings of securities have dropped to their lowest since May 2009 © Getty Images / PM Images China has continued to slash its holdings of US treasury securities amid the growing threat of economic sanctions from […]
Washington is concerned by Kiev’s dwindling supply of ammunition, air defenses and experienced troops, according to the outlet Ukrainian servicemen on top of a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun near Artyomovsk. © AFP / Aris Messinis US officials believe […]
By James G. Abourezk It was only slightly amusing the other day when one of the television news networks did a short segment on Nelson Mandela visiting George W. Bush at the White House. The […]
By James Abourezk DEMOCRATS IN Congress have moved quickly—and commendably—to strengthen ethics rules. But truly groundbreaking reform was prevented, in part, because of the efforts of the pro-Israel lobby to preserve one of its most […]
By James Abourezk Wolf Blitzer around 1989, defending Israel at a Penn State University panel. Blitzer was challenged by fellow panelist Norman Finkelstein (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-8aTGnjHnI). THE FIRST TRIP I took through the Middle East started in […]
(L-r) The author, director Mike Nichols, journalist Diane Sawyer and the late Gore Vidal in Ravello, Italy. (Courtesy James Abourezk). By James G. Abourezk I’VE BEEN READING the numerous obituaries of Gore Vidal following his death […]
By Alison Weir, ifamericansknew.org, 2014, paperback, 240 pp. List: $9.93; AET: $8. Reviewed by James Abourezk Having studied enough American Indian tribes over the years, I have grown accustomed to creation myths that each tribe assigns itself as […]
By James Abourezk. Lawrence Hill Books, 1989. 267 pp. List: $18.95. AET: $14.95 for one, $18.95 for two. Reviewed by Andrew I. Killgore A few years ago Senator James Abourezk, author of Advise and Dissent, was invited by […]