I first heard about “Anna in the Middle East” in July from my friend Andrea Whitmore, a Christian activist in Kansas City. “You have to meet Anna, she’s glorious and beautiful,” Whitmore said. I looked up her website: Anna Baltzer…
A few posts down from this is a post I did mocking the ADL for being so wigged out about anti-semitic theory proliferating in the wake of the market meltdown. The Jews got out with all their money, that kind…
The ADL has a grisly poster on its site, and scary scary lead: Conspiracy theories linking Jews and Israel to the global financial meltdown are taking on global reach as the financial crisis on Wall Street continues to affect markets…
If you’re a baseball fan, you’re thrilled by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who sadly dropped the Devil from their name this year and have been rewarded by the deity; they’ve shocked baseball by leading the best division, the American…
Sarah Palin had me at hello–or when she said, My husband and I worked with our hands. I was grateful that a different set of prerequisites was being applied to public service than scoring well on the SATs or being…
My bet: Sarah Palin won’t be on the ballot come November. McCain’s message is getting killed. And though people like me love Lil Abner, the electorate is just too well-educated to want her a heartbeat away. We saw this with…
The commenters are right and I’m wrong, largely, about Sarah Palin. She’s not fit to lead the country. You’re right, all of you. That said, I still find her appealing as a person. I’d like her on my town board….
Last night Chris Matthews choked up talking about Joe Biden’s family, basically saying it was a miracle that the Democrats could field an ordinary Joe like this with a sprawling northeastern Catholic family. Two nights back he repeatedly said “we”…
I’m still reelin and rockin from Joe Klein’s statement/confession that Jewish neoconservatives made the Iraq war happen. Of course the key word in it is Jewish. That’s what’s got the Foxmans and Commentary bloggers so upset. Because the essential understanding…