On September 6, 2006, Mordechai Vanunu, a Christian convert from Judaism, was once more inside of the Israeli Supreme Court. He returned this time, regarding an appeal against the renewing of the restrictions against him which have forbidden him to leave Israel and to speak to media or foreigners, ever since he was released from 18 years in jail on April 21, 2004.

The restrictions have been imposed in the name of Security, for the Israeli government has maintained Vanunu could still have a secret he has not yet told about the underground nuclear weapons facility in the Dimona. Vanunu has not been there in 20 years, and International Inspectors never have.

In 1976, at the height of "The Troubles", [which extended from 1969 to 1998] the "Peace People" movement organized the largest nonviolent demonstrations in the history of Northern Ireland. The following year Betty and Mairead Corrigan Maguire were awarded the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize for their leadership and vision.

The conference room doors blew open. The rush of wind hit the officers in the meeting room and the concussion made their ears pop. Col. Robert Cortez instantly knew what it was. He ha heard such sounds before. He was a Vietnam veteran. He knew the concussions, the rush of wind, the smoke and fire. The Pentagon had been hit. It was under attack. He was certain of it.

Today's global culture expresses its broad identity with the inexhaustible use of images, print media and a virtual connection to its citizens, spun country by country. Un-spinning spin is a citizen's route to truth. But it takes uncommon energy and the will to know. The spinmeisters depend on that very human tendency, effectively demonstrating that the spin on the printed word can and does form cultural definition, opinions and boundaries. Textual Imagery at its most powerful.

After Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's recent remarks at the U.N., during which he referred to President Bush as "the devil," and then held up and recommended Noam Chomsky's, "Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance" he told reporters, "The people of the United States should read this ... instead of the watching Superman movies."
And they are, for as of last Thursday afternoon, "Hegemony or Survival," [published in 2003] leaped into the top 10 on Amazon, and it had been ranked 20,664 the day before.

Some intellectual and philosophical thought has come to light over the issue of international terrorism and the obvious clash between Western civilization and Middle Eastern culture. The issue comes about in a hot topic debates regarding The War on Terror. Much of the world wishes to appease the international terrorists and be very careful not to disrespect them, draw the wrong cartoon or point out historical issues, which we are about to be doomed to repeat.