The pensions desperately needed and relied on by average workers have been cut dramatically so that highly paid executives can make millions more. Has the US and Israel succeeded in making Hezbollah stronger than ever? And could the destruction in Lebanon ultimately have done us some good, at least where Iran is concerned? This is the audio version of Dean Lawrence R. Velvel's blog www.velvelonnationalaffairs.com For more information on The Massachusetts School of Law, log on to www.msl.edu and to hear (and see!) the history of MSL please visit "Against the Tide" in the podcast section of iTunes or visit www.againstthetide.libsyn.com

Readers of this blog who think Israel “done bad� in the war or is the Nazified juggernaut of the Middle East or who for other reasons favor Lebanon, Hezbollah, Hamas things you will not wish to hear, will not want to know, and will automatically refuse to believe. This is the audio version of Dean Lawrence R. Velvel's blog www.velvelonnationalaffairs.com For more information on The Massachusetts School of Law, please log on to www.msl.edu and to hear (and see) the history of MSL, please visit "Against the Tide" in the podcast section of iTunes, or www.againstthetide.libsyn.com

The Senate has shown itself incapable of stopping the right wing takover of the judiciary. This is the audio version of Dean Lawrence R. Velvel's blog www.velvelonnationalaffairs.com For more information of The Massachusetts School of Law, please log on to www.msl.edu and to hear (and see) the history of MSL, please visit "Against the Tide" in the podcast section of iTunes, or www.againstthetide.libsyn.com

More on Iran and nukes... and...Lieberman obviously thinks it crucial that the Senate have a leading Democrat, like him, who will help Bush and Cheney continue to fight their misbegotten war in Iraq... This is the audio version of Dean Lawrence R. Velvel's blog www.velvelonnationalaffairs.com for more information on The Massachusetts School of Law log on to www.msl.edu and to hear (and see!) this history of MSL please visit "Against the Tide" in iTunes or www.againstthetide.libsyn.com

What do you do when an enemy uses the population as human shields? And... is the Lebanese government any different from The Taliban? This is the audio version of Dean Lawrence R. Velvel's blog, www.velvelonnationalaffairs.com for more information on The Massachusetts School of law, log on to www.msl.edu and to hear (and see) the history of MSL, please visit "Against the Tide" in iTunes, or go to www.againstthetide.libsyn.com

Shouldn't we deal with Iran now- before it is nuclear armed? This is the audio version of Dean Lawrence R. Velvel's blog www.velvelonnationalaffairs.com To learn more about The Massachusetts School of Law please log on to www.msl.edu and to hear (and see!) the history of MSL please visit "Against the Tide" in the podcast section of iTunes or www.againstthetide.libsyn.com

We now know for certain that Hezbollah is intentionally locating itself near UN positions. Why than hasn't Kofi Annan taken any action? This is the audio version of Dean Lawrence R. Velvel's blog www.velvelonnationalaffairs.com for more information on The Massachusetts School of Law, please log on to www.msl.edu and to hear (and see!) the history of MSL please log visit "Against the Tide" in iTunes, or www.againstthetide.libsyn.com

As I write this I hear guns - Aaron Sharif, The Jews will not go quietly again- Joe McCain...two searing letters, one from an Israeli citizen, one purported to be written by Senator John McCains' brother, Joe. This is the audio version of Dean Lawrence R Velvel's blog www.velvelonnationalaffairs.com for more information on The Massachusetts School of Law, log on to www.msl.edu and to hear (and see!) the history of MSL please visit Against the Tide in iTunes or www.againstthetide.libsyn.com

Why haven't the most quintessentially simple, even obvious questions been asked regarding the death of the UN observers in Lebanon? This is the audio version of Dean Lawrence R. Velvel's blog, www.velvelonnationalaffairs.com For more information on The Massachusetts School of Law, please log on to www.msl.edu and to hear (and see!) the history of MSL please visit "Against the Tide" in the podcast section of iTunes, or www.againstthetide.libsyn.com