David Bromwich, a prof at Yale, is an important voice on the left. Last year he had what I believe is the only reasonable response to Walt and Mearsheimer–impressed by the scope of their work, disturbed by their findings–and said…
It was exciting to hear Obama’s pastor, the fiery and bookish Jeremiah Wright, denouncing state-sponsored terrorism against the Palestinians on national television. You don’t hear this kind of statement in the mainstream! And the same day appears Janny Scott’s fabulous…
A black president and a black governor of New York, or so I hope. I watched Governor-in-Waiting David Paterson’s press conference yesterday with interest. He’s an appealing guy. He has a very soft and warm manner, he doesn’t speak very…
I’m trying to have more dialogues with Richard Witty because he’s a smart guy who disagrees with me, also I’m grateful that he’s come to this site overcoming his objection to a lot of stuff said here. (On a personal…
Gawker has the “Emperors Club” listing for “Kristen,” the prostitute at the heart of the Spitzer story. It says that she is a “swimsuit model.” A friend of mine in the modelling business, at a good agency, once told me…
Richard Witty and I have been emailing one another about the Israel lobby definition issue; and I will post that exchange soon. But this a.m. he jumps the gun and asks me a bunch of very socratic questions. As if…
My response to the pictures of Ashley Alexandra Dupre is the same as most other guys I know: beautiful chick, amazing rack. I’d apologize for my crudeness but everyone is saying, or pretending to say, “What was he thinking?” I…
Charles Keating responds to Richard’s post of this a.m. re financial corruption being the issue, not the sex: The possibility of corruption & conflict of interests certainly is there when a high level government official is paying call girls (look…
The other day Dan Fleshler took me to task me for my sarcastic refrain, “There is no Israel lobby.” He called it a “glib distraction.” He said everyone acknowledges there is an Israel lobby, the real question is how much…