Speaking to VP Cheney and others at American Enterprise Institute the other night, Bernard Lewis did what he does best: warns that we are involved in the Crusades with jihadists whether we like it or not. Masking hysteria in (impressive)…
There have been a lot of comments on my Michael Walzer post. I want to deal with one right off. Realistic Dove has taken me on, saying that the “far left” has a problem with Jewish identity, and accusing me…
Last night in an Iraq panel at Barnard arranged by the Working Families Party, Rep. Jerrold Nadler said that WMD was merely an “excuse” for the Bush Administration to invade Iraq. The real reason was “simple” and “psychological.” I could…
The other night at Columbia, student groups including Lionpac, Columbiaâs version of Aipac (the Israel lobby), held a panel on âWhat to do about Iran?â They invited three experts. One was a fullblown neoconservative, Herbert London, the ruddy-faced former mayoral…
I’m surprised that I’ve seen no coverage of political theorist Michael Walzerâs lecture at Yivo Institute last month on the issue of Jewish identity: “Are We a People?” Surprised because it was such a strong lecture, and such a disturbing…
Zalmay Khalilzad is now a lock for the U.N. Ambassadorship. Smooth as a crocodile. Even looks like one. Here is a wonderful portrait of Khalilzad as a grad student in the late 70s, from Anne Norton’s book, Leo Strauss and…
My dad’s real smart, even if he doesn’t agree with me on my Middle East politics, and a couple weeks ago he said something that stuck. He was saying that Jimmy Carter’s book is a sign of rising anti-Semitism (something…
A few weeks back I brought up the charge of dual loyalty with respect to the neocons who claim that Israel’s interests and the U.S.’s interests are identical. A very sensitive question, yes, and a lot of people got upset…
The New York Times’ stunning piece last week about the American Jewish Committee’s effort to smear leftwing Jewish critics of Israel as antisemites did what 1000 blogs, 100 human rights reports, even 10 pieces by Tony Judt, could never do:…