David Brooks seeks to reframe Zionism By Scott McConnell January 18, 2010 36 When David Brooks puts forth a definition of Zionism, it merits our attention. Brooks is…
Doubts re Iran won’t deter neocon stampede By Philip Weiss January 18, 2010 11 Here are two reports of doubts re Iran’s nuclear program (thanks to Dan Sisken). First,…
Obama aide calls Israel her ‘homeland’ and a ‘healthy democracy’ By Philip Weiss December 25, 2009 132 The neocon cabal is going crazy over comments supportive of J Street from Hannah Rosenthal,…
Adelson’s ‘most important’ work is sending Jewish kids to Israel so they won’t marry non-Jews By Philip Weiss December 19, 2009 39 Fascinating interview of Sheldon Adelson on the Forward blog, by Jacob Berkman, in which the…
Schakowsky’s burqa moment gives me apprehension about my trip to Middle East By Philip Weiss December 18, 2009 11 Jan Schakowsky of Illinois is a leftleaning congressperson. But the other day she voted to…
Neoliberals replaces neocons in proffering hawkish consensus to a POTUS By Anonymous Contributor December 17, 2009 24 Add this, by Hendrik Hertzberg in The New Yorker, to the neoliberal consensus that has…
No oil for blood! By Philip Weiss December 14, 2009 34 The Israel lobby theory of Iraq war is looking better and better. Reuters, Saturday: Critics…
I naively believed that Obama’s election signalled the end of neoconservative influence By Philip Weiss December 8, 2009 5 Imbibing more and more courage, Andrew Sullivan points out that despite the sea-change election of…
Rupert’s neocon rag blasts Obama for ‘meddling’ with Israeli expansion By Jeffrey Blankfort December 7, 2009 30 Most of the time we are focusing on the NYT or the Washington Post whose…
‘intense, methodical, rigorous, earnest’ By Anonymous Contributor December 6, 2009 23 Adjectives applied to Obama’s approach to enlarging the war by Peter Baker, the New York…