God bless Al-Jazeera for airing a debate between two Americans that would never take place on American television: John J. Mearsheimer and Norman G. Finkelstein dispute the question, Was Israel’s security a motivator of the Iraq war? Nay, said Finkelstein….
I love Wikipedia. But I was reading the Wikipedia entry on Thomas Friedman today and it said, As a child, he was molested once at a Jewish summer camp where Abe Foxman was a counselor. Period. A few hours later,…
The other day I praised Jerrold Nadler–cause he’s a smart guy who voted against the Iraq War. But along with Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Nadler has lately sponsored useless AIPAC-type legislation to recognize the Jewish refugees from Arab countries after ’48: When…
During last night’s Yankees broadcast, announcer Ken Singleton matter of factly described Kansas City Royals pitcher Zack Greinke as having suffered from depression and anxiety that he’s gotten treatment for. Yahoo Sports has a similar straightforwardness. The Kansas City Star…
Hurray for the Times. On Tuesday it carried a profile of John McCain’s friend, the Rev. John Hagee, that pointed up his maximalist position re the West Bank as Israeli territory forever and quoted Rabbi Eric Yoffie, the head of…
I just got back from Bloomington, Indiana. My first visit there. The place has always resonated in my mind because my parents’ best friends made aliyah, moving to Israel in 1968, after living in Bloomington. It wasn’t just the ’67…
Christopher Varley sent along another email reflecting on his trip to Israel, which was a lot of fun, but mentally very tiring. Israel’s much vaunted history feels freshly minted and somewhat contrived. I saw evidence of this everywhere. The Eretz…
Hillary’s finished. Later, people will say, This was the week the campaign died. The causes: –The Bosnia lie seems to be driving her latest falling poll numbers. The Bosnia footage is the kind that will forever feature in retrospectives of…
Most of you know about the Diveroli case, in which a 21-year-old Florida kid gota $300-million arms contract with the Defense Department and proceeded to supply defective arms to Afghanistan. After the wonderful Times investigation was published in March, Henry…