This graph is from Alexa.com. It’s a comparison of the New York Times’s net traffic to the traffic of a free porn site called redtube–my mom told me about it. I think redtube is a little over a year old,…
Ira Glunts, who lived in Israel and volunteered for the IDF–see you can’t judge a book by its cover–sends me this scary piece from Haaretz that suggests Obama will put no pressure on Israel, and trust Dennis Ross: Washington sources…
The Daily News is reporting on Emanuel’s father’s racist comments re Arabs. They called the congressman’s office. No response yet. But who else in the press is touching this ugly declaration that involves the next White House chief of staff?…
Juan Cole says, Give Emanuel a chance, don’t judge him by his father. Fair enough. He adds sensibly: Obama and Emanuel have a choice. They can work toward Israel’s survival by making one last push for a two-state solution now….
A few years back I had an argument with one of my journalistic mentors, who is Jewish (almost all of ’em were). I was naming Jewish names in power and he bridled. “But are they Jews qua Jews?” Why call…
I am sure that there are times that my tortured Jewish approach to events in the Middle East must aggravate readers. Anna Baltzer is clearer than I am about this, so is Jeff Blankfort. They get the Jewish part out…
At least someone’s reporting on the Israel lobby. Haaretz reflects concern about the effect on Israeli causes of Sheldon Adelson’s troubles at his gambling empire, Las Vegas Sands, and gets off a line: Sands’ chief problem is that as its…
Tonight I had another of the endless exchanges I’ve had with friends about Who is Rahm Emanuel? And what does it mean for Obama and the Middle East? Of course we can’t answer that, which makes it so exciting, it’s…
Gideon Levy in Haaretz can talk baldly about the great religious issue of this campaign, whether Obama is for Israel or not. Here we can only talk about the Christian right. Levy urges Obama to talk to Iran and Hamas…