Here’s David Rothkopf endorsing candidacy of his quondam college roommate Michael Oren to be Israeli ambassador to the United States. Notice how Rothkopf says Obama and Netanyahu must work “together.” Maybe they shouldn’t work together? Maybe Obama should reject Netanyahu’s…
Ira Glunts writes: Eric Lynn joins the list of Jewish-Americans with a special attachment to Israel who are currently serving in the Obama administration in positions in which their Israel connections appear to present a serious conflict of interest. Ben…
The latest New York Review of Books contains an ad for a book from Macmillan that says, “The politics of Israeli governments in recent years and a drift to neo-conservatism among segments of Diaspora Jewry have substantially polarized the Jewish…
“There is a need-to-know culture, and it’s like extraneous organisms are rejected,” Rep. Jane Harman, a California Democrat who served eight years on the House of Representatives intelligence panel, said of the intelligence agencies. –From a story last fall on…
The headline of this story in today’s Virginian-Pilot is “Big money arrives in Virginia politics” and mentions two Hollywood guys: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe is employing his professional skills to bankroll his campaign. He has imported more than $525,000…
The Seattle Times engages the question that the New York Times won’t: Where is the Palestinian Gandhi. And Huwaida Arraf answers in this Op-Ed, by giving a list of people who have been killed by the Israelis while pursuing non-violent…
A friend offered this bagatelle: Thought experiment on Jane Harman: if her name were Chang Ha Lee, and the country for which she allegedly ran interference as a de facto agent were China, would the reaction be: (a) harsher, (b)…
A friend offered this bagatelle: Thought experiment on Jane Harman: if her name were Chang Ha Lee, and the country for which she allegedly ran interference as a de facto agent were China, would the reaction be: (a) harsher, (b)…
Four bloggers in Iran have been sentenced to eight years in prison and a total of 124 lashes for doing what we do on this site–it’s termed “counter-revolutionary” work in their case. The four were charged in 2004, and following…