Published three weeks ago in London, the Walt-Mearsheimer paper on the power of the Israel lobby is the biggest controversy today in the world of ideas. It has been criticized by left wing Jews, and both the Boston Globe and…
The real surprise in the third episode of The Sopranos was a throwaway line from Carmela Soprano, when she tells her hospitalized husband Tony she thinks one of his lieutenants has been holding back some of the vig in periodic…
Like a lot of folks, I follow college basketball from a distance, till March Madness, and all this season all I’ve heard about was Adam Morrison and J.J. Redick. Then as the tourney commenced, Gerry McNamara of Syracuse and the…
Amid all the joy over Jill Carroll’s release, it’s pretty inspiring that her father immediately called attention to the other kidnap victims still unaccounted for and that the Christian Science Monitor has set up a fund for the family of…
One of the fascinating things about blogging is how little it pays. Like, zippo. If you’ve worked for corporate media as much as I have, that hurts. You feel like, Wow, I used to get $3 a word, or 50…
I hung out with my parents this weekend and whenever I do I think about how assimilated I am. I grew up in a very Jewish family, now I’m like what we used to call a Waspy Jew. I can…
The freeing of Jill Carroll (a joyful moment, need I add) is a reminder that there is no democracy in Iraq. Democracy depends on free speech and a vigorous press—what kind of democracy is it where reporters are afraid to…