Where is Secretary of State Clinton? 150 armed settlers are reported to have attacked Palestinians in several Hebron neighborhoods and nearby villages yesterday, crying “Death to Arabs!” The scene, as Benny Morris reminds us in his new book, and as…
Real smart post by David Goldman/Spengler on what Larry Summers got that $5 million from a hedge fund for. Goldman’s speculation: What were they? For bringing in assets under management? The industry standard would be a point or so for…
A friend sent along these thoughts on how to frame the millions that Larry Summers, Obama’s economic adviser, got from a hedge fund in the last year. He and others in the Obama economic council have profound conflicts of interest…
Two smart friends respond to the report that Larry Summers received millions from a hedge fund before coming back into government, as well as hundreds of thousands for speaking engagements. Friend 1: This made my jaw drop this morning; the…
I’m fascinated by the preservation of Kafka’s diaries. Kafka gave them to his Catholic girlfriend, Czech journalist Milena Jesenska, in 1921. Kafka was slowly dying of tuberculosis then. I like to think he gave them to her because he anticipated…
Jeff Blankfort calls this Jewish McCarthyism, and I’m hard pressed to deny it. After Gaza–yes, Gaza changed everything–a Bay Area pro-Israel guy called Jim Sinkinson made a collection of angry letters re Israel published in the Berkeley Daily Planet and…
Michael Scheuer at antiwar.com, reports on a debate at Georgetown University last week hosted by the Doha Foundation. Scheuer and Avraham Burg argued for the U.S. to finally get tough on Israel, and Alan Dershowitz and Dore Gold arguing agin…
Ira Katznelson’s lecture at Columbia the other night on the expulsion of Jews from England has prompted my friend Mark, who is half-Polish, to reflect on anti-Semitism in Poland. I’ve done a fair amount of reading, although haphazardly, in this…
Good news. The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee has apparently filed federal complaints against the tax-free status of “charities” raising money for the colonists of the West Bank. An ADC spokesman tells me that they’re not discussing their investigation right now,…