I find that I’m still annoyed by Margaret Carlson’s crack on “Hardball” the other night that Michelle Obama is elitist because she buys arugula at Whole Foods. Carlson doesn’t want a president who’s an elitist. Or America doesn’t, she says;…
Today is a great day. Everywhere around us there are signs that the old power arrangements with respect to Israel/Palestine are ending. French President Sarkozy has convened a Mediterranean union that is focusing on ending the greatest contributor to disorder:…
Last Sunday Zev Chafets wrote a too-affectionate and familiar piece about Rush Limbaugh for the New York Times Magazine. Chafets is now a regular contributor to the Times. He had a pro-Israel Op-Ed in the spring. This is important to…
All the issues are flowing together: Iran, campaign finance, the Israel lobby, the presidential election. As I said yesterday, the Financial Times can discuss it but not our press. Last night Chris Matthews was tonguetied on the subject. When do…
Earlier this year, Jacob Heilbrunn twice used the word “cabal” in his book They Knew They Were Right, to describe the neocons at the Pentagon and in the university (I charted his cabalism here). Last year Glenn Kessler, Washington Post…
Two correspondents make points about the way the neocons pass along their political philosophy to the next generation. Says Joachim Martillo: The Jabotinskians appear to do an excellent job of socializing and indoctrinating their children. It makes a generational effort…
I’m lousy at monitoring comments, as many readers know. My excuse is I’m unpaid, and I have to make a living at the computer anyway, all day long, so it’s hard enough just to write new content for this blog…
One of the reasons the neocons are despised is that they have not been forthcoming about their true agendas. As I have pointed out, Douglas Feith completely suppresses his ultra-Zionist history in his book War and Decision. Also, he states…
When my wife and I were driving back from the supermarket tonight I tried to tell her more about Sheldon Adelson and Doug Feith and she dropped her head to her chest in weariness and said, “Doug Feith is getting…