Re Jacob Weisberg’s piece saying that racism is the only thing that is keeping Obama’s lead so low, I just drove about 500 miles in the last few days thru this great land of ours, blue states only, and I…
I hope everyone read the Times Book Review section yesterday, the front-page blast of Kenneth Pollack’s book, Out of the Desert, by Max Rodenbeck. Rodenbeck (a wonderful writer in the NY Review of Books) says just what I say about…
I’ve been on Cape Cod for the last few days and had a few more observations about elite east coast culture. The impression I had earlier this summer of cohesion of Jews and gentiles in the ruling class is just…
Just free associating now, here’s stuff I loved about the Olympic events I saw: I thought Matt Mitcham last night in the diving was amazing. I don’t really care for the diving, but that kid’s story won me over. The…
A commenter on my antisemitism post pointed out that I am overly responsive to Richard Witty, and I think this is true. Richard and I knew each other first when we were teenagers. We were like family, I remember playing…
The other day I got a scolding call from my friend Steve F, who’s very pro-Israel and said that I only blame one side for the problem when the truth is he and I are not very far apart on…
Jacob Weisberg has a smart and emphatic piece on Slate about how it really is racism that’s hurting Obama… To the rest of the world, a rejection of the promise he represents wouldn’t just be an odd choice by the…
Timesman Ethan Bronner has written a good response to As’ad AbuKhalil’s critique of his obituary of Mahmoud Darwish in the New York Times. He points out that he does speak Arabic OK and that he has spurred the hiring of…