John Judis of the New Republic begins this very thoughtful article about Jim Moran in an angry way, by saying that the congressman’s statement that we wouldn’t be invading Iraq were it not for the Jewish community’s support was “false…
A little while ago in New York’s East Village, I met the playwright David Zellnik to talk about the latest with his sweeping historical play: “Ariel Sharon Stands at the Temple Mount and Dreams of Theodor Herzl.” The play offers…
In my extended section below, you will see that on Amy Goodman today, Seymour Hersh said much what Mike Gravel said (in my previous post): the tattoo for war in Iran is being beaten by pro-Israel money in the political…
I keep declaring that the Walt and Mearsheimer is historic, that it has blasted down a wall in the American discourse. I keep getting more evidence. The following exchange took place on the Jim Lehrer News Hour last night, between…
One of the pleasures of last night’s wild-card playoff game was Kaz Matsui’s fine performance. He started the Rockies’ rally in the bottom of the 13th, getting a double off Trevor Hoffman. A couple years ago, Matsui was run out…
The Providence Journal has a good column today about Chris Dodd’s book about his father Thomas Dodd, a Nuremberg prosecutor. The piece excerpts a September 1945 letter from the father that characterizes Jews in a negative way: “You know how…
Eric Alterman now weighs in on Freedom’s Watch’s pro-Israel agenda. The thing I love about Alterman is that he is very upfront about his Jewishness as an important factor in his thinking, even as he is capable of raising questions…
In order to torture my friend Dan Swanson, I called him this morning and chanted, “Cub-bies, Cub-bies.” He’s from the south side of Chicago, and White Sox fans hate the Cubs. But the Cubs are in the Playoffs, representing the…
This weekend the Times did a piece on Freedom’s Watch, the new pro-war advocacy group. Once again it left out the Jewish angle, that the leaders of the group are rightwing Jews (one of whom has given $60 million to…