The Forward used to be fearful about the charge that Israel-centric neocons drove the Iraq war planning. When Walt and Mearsheimer said as much, the Forward accused them of antisemitism; “in dark times blame the Jews.” Now, in the wake…
Jack Ross, a frequent guest blogger on this site, is a 23-year-old Jew living in Brooklyn who shares my view that Jews need to get past religious nationalism. He is preparing a biography of the late anti-Zionist rabbi Elmer Berger…
Neoconservatives Richard Perle and David Frum once wrote a book called An End to Evil, where they said it was “victory or holocaust” in going after Saddam Hussein. Now the Wall Street Journal reports that Perle is exploring an oil…
Tonight I was driving home from a friend’s in Dutchess County, near Bruce Kovner’s vast country estate, when a black cat ran across Route 82 right in front of me. I hit the brakes, missed the cat. Still, I wondered…
I turned to J Street this morning to see where they are on Netanyahu’s push for an election in Israel. No comment. AIPAC also is concerned with Iran. Isn’t there a strong American interest in heading off Netanyahu and Shaul…
I think I’m missing the point. Joe Klein is on fire, as they say. Here he is letting it rip again on the neocons and apologizing for supporting the Iraq war. Here are Josh Marshall and Jed Lewison standing up…
Great scandal produces great characters. Lucianne Goldberg… Matt Drudge… Gordon Liddy… Ollie North… In spite of his best efforts to rehabilitate himself in print, Douglas Feith is emerging as the neocon fool, par excellence. In the interview I just blogged…
Jeffrey Goldberg has a great interview with Joe Klein on his blog, remarkable for a few things. First you see Klein unbound. He’s really smart. He stands by his criticism of Jewish neocons as having dual loyalties and then sounds…
Joe Lieberman praised Rev. John Hagee and read scripture to his Christian Zionist flock, comparing Hagee to biblical heroes, Miriam and Moses. He also referred to J Street’s use of Lieberman as a poster boy for the Israel lobby. “There…