Charles Keating had this response to Clara’s long comment re lobby, Finkelstein and censorship in the thread below, on “Spitzer’s Nobility”: I agree with Clara. Please don’t respond to her by attacking her because of her “reperations” typo. Digest what…
I was moved by Spitzer’s resignation speech. It was a beautiful piece of writing. Simple, honest, hurt, and deeply spiritual in his statement that we all fall and his desire for his public redemption through future works. Also I liked…
According to the AIPAC website, tomorrow in New York, Peter Beinart, a columnist for Time and the Washington Post and a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, will be giving a “briefing” to “discuss Jewish involvement in American politics….
Richard Witty has challenged me, re my belief that Jews make too much money: “Do you have too much money? Do you think I do?” I don’t know about you Richard, but I think I do. And no, I don’t…
A comment yesterday said I’m wrong about where Spitzer grew up. “Spitzer grew up in the Bronx, a—–e. Where did you “gather” that he grew up on Park Avenue? You’re even less successful as a journalist than you are as…
“This is probably the hardest decision I have ever had to make — any vote that may lead to war should be hard — but I cast it with conviction. And perhaps my decision is influenced by my eight years…
Here’s a news account that Obama called Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni while she was visiting the U.S. to offer his condolences on the latest Israeli victims of terror and make the right noises about a non-nuclear Iran and Israel’s…
I just heard Adam Davidson on NPR’s “All Things Considered” try to explain the reason that Eliot Spitzer was targeted. He said that after 9/11 banks/law-enforcement came up with software that scrutinized cash withdrawals to look for suspicious patterns. The…
What hath Walt and Mearsheimer wrought! Today William Arkin, the “Early Warning” blogger for the Washington Post, tries to suss out Obama’s position on missile defense systems and learns that Obama’s only comment relates to Israel: A search of Obama’s…