Ed Felien: Gaza and Israel, A Bit of History, Today, and A Response

BY ED FELIEN  Southside Pride  August 4, 2014 Gaza has been Arab since the dawn of civilization.  The city of Gaza was the home of the Philistines at the time of Moses.  It was an Egyptian city with an Egyptian religion and social customs.  According to the Torah the Arabs wouldn’t let the Jews pass More

Ed Felien: Straight Talk About Crimea

Was the referendum on Crimea’s independence legitimate? Does Catalonia have a right to secede from Spain? Scotland from Britain? Texas from Mexico? By Ed Felien | The Rag Blog | March 17, 2014 Posted on March 17, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer Crimea is a dangling appendix to the Ukraine. It is connected by a narrow patch of land barely 10 miles More

Ed Felien> "They cling to guns or religion”

“They cling to guns or religion” by Ed Felien   In the 2008 Presidential Campaign, Obama committed what was thought to be a gaffe that the Republicans were quick to jump on.  He said, in April, viewing the poverty in rural Pennsylvania: “You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns More

Ed Felien> “They cling to guns or religion”

“They cling to guns or religion” by Ed Felien   In the 2008 Presidential Campaign, Obama committed what was thought to be a gaffe that the Republicans were quick to jump on.  He said, in April, viewing the poverty in rural Pennsylvania: “You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns More

Harry Potter through the eyes of an Afghan child by Ed Felien

Harry Potter through the eyes of an Afghan child BY ED FELIEN   SouthsidePride.com SPOILER ALERT: Read this only if you already know how “Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows, Part Two” and the war in Afghanistan end. A large part of the charm of Harry Potter is nostalgia for the simple naiveté of childhood. More

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