People sometimes say: “Why didn’t the Palestinians pursue nonviolent resistance ala Gandhi and Mandela, just think what they might have achieved!” The truth is that many Palestinians have pursued nonviolent resistance, but they operate in an administrative atmosphere that can…
There are accusations across the leftwing blogosphere, including at Liberal White Boy and Dailykos, that Sarah Palin’s fifth child, Trig, her Down’s Syndrome baby, is actually her daughter’s. The main evidence is that Palin didn’t look pregnant when she said…
I just watched Sarah Palin’s stump speech in Missouri today on C-Span and had a few quick impressions. She’s very attractive, no one can deny this. She’s fun to watch, she’s got spark and zest. McCain stands by watching like…
The Jerusalem Post is saying that Haim Saban is supporting Obama for a reason very similar to my love of Obama, his statement at AIPAC that the great martyrs Schwerner and Goodman, two Jewish boys, were “willing to die” alongside…
Haaretz gets it. The great newspaper is trying to lead Israelis away from apartheid and toward respect for Arabs, how–by publishing this piece arguing that New York is a better place for Jews than Israel: What do “we Jews” look…
Two nights ago I went to a friend’s 50th birthday on Long Island and stayed at the house of my wife’s dear friend, Virginia Reath. In the morning I grazed her book collection, found a copy of Allen Ginsberg’s Reality…
For 25 years I was a Geico customer. I got Geico insurance because someone told me about Government Employees insurance a long time back. Big secret. Now I’m a Progressive customer, because Geico wanted $800 for my insurance for two…
I just heard Joe Trippi on NPR this morning admiring the Sarah Palin choice as potentially transformative. Not that he’s for her. But Trippi is a populist operative, and he sees the power of Palin’s appeal. Trippi emphasized that both…
Strict application of the Israel lobby theory would not have predicted Sarah Palin. Romney, Lieberman, anybody but. Palin’s an unknown quantity and she likes to buck lobbyists. Culturally she’s not tight with Jews; I wonder how many she’s even met….