Commenter Rowan Berkeley has accused me of “Jewish Orientalism.” It’s not the first time; my friend Dan Swanson (author James North) has accused me of orientalism on a number of occasions. What do I cop to: I think there’s a…
The Washington Post today today has the courage to run a cover article in its magazine with the question, “Does the Israel Lobby Have Too Much Power?” Hats off to the Post! It has done what real journalists should have…
Wall Yes, he’s my friend, but he’s good, out there, bleak but grasping at hope, and his show, at the ADD Gallery in Hudson, N.Y., has been extended through the end of the month.
Last night during the Triple-A All-Star game on ESPN, Buck Martinez and Jon Sciambi talked about Zinedine Zidane. Today I turn on Cold Pizza on ESPN and Woody Paige is talking about the head butt heard ’round the world. Zidane…
Just when I was beginning to forget all the gifts of the neoconservatives, the New York Sun Âfunded in part by Juilliard Chairman Bruce KovnerÂtook care to remind me yesterday, in a sparkling front-page editorial titled “Bring Back the Neocons”:…
I turned on Charlie Rose yesterday at lunch and had one of those frozen-to-the-table experiences. He was doing a three-part series on Warren Buffett, which concludes tonight. Rose gets access, and the access has been rewarded with an incredibly intimate…
Umm. Commenter recentdemocrat points out that Jane Harman won her primary June 6. Still doesn’t justify her war stance, or eliminate Matthews’s responsibility to take her on, but… Looks like the Observer’s going to have to dock my pay again.
Papers around the world are covering Day 2 of the Materazzi insult. The Times includes the leading favorite, promoted by Zidane’s brother, that Materazzi called Zidane, who is Algerian by descent, “the son of Harkis”Âa slur, referring to Algerians who…
Last night on Hardball, Chris Matthews gave LA congresswoman Jane Harman political cover by allowing her to sound off against the Bush Administration on Iraq. She blamed it for “enormous mistakes” in the conduct of the war and for taking…