I still think McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin will work out as a negative in the end. There are many turns in the road. She will surprise us, and not in a good way. Much as I love her populism,…
Grant Smith, the author of an important new book on the birth of the Israel lobby called America’s Defense Line: the Justice Department’s Battle to Register the Israel Lobby as Agents of a Foreign Government, today has targeted Joe Biden’s…
Ralph Seliger of Meretz USA sent me some “serious questions.” Here are two: 1. As I said, it’s fine if you personally believe in assimilation. Is it not intolerant of you to insist that we who believe in the value…
Tonight NPR did a report on Anne Kilkenny, the Wasilla, AK, housewife who wrote the email about Sarah Palin that’s gone viral. The NPR report refused to relate any of Kilkenny’s substantive statements, other than saying they were critical, merely…
Right now Republican operatives are combing bookstores from New York to Anchorage, looking for books that they can give Sarah Palin. Because let’s face it, this is not a gal who’s had time to read. Five kids, a Down’s baby,…
Bottom line, the Republicans had a darn good convention. The symbolism was well-handled, the Sarah Palin stuff was absolutely spectacular in a great old western way. Today I heard a guy saying he’d vote for her because of her looks….
The Forward has an irresponsible piece of journalism about McCain’s Jewish supporters. I use that harsh term because while the reporting is interesting and contains some new facts, there is no effort to talk about the goals of McCain’s supporters…
The National has a highly favorable review of a Palestinian road movie that includes a Bonnie and Clyde romance of illicit return by refugees to a village in Israel– Emad and Soraya decide to visit the ruins of Dawayima, Emad’s…
Just got this notice of a celebration of the poet Mahmoud Darwish on September 18: “I COME FROM THERE”: Celebrating the Life and Poetry of Mahmoud Darwish* Thursday, September 18, 7.30-9.30 pm Thompson Room, Barker Center, Harvard University A bilingual…