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Posted on July 14 2008 : 07:00 PMI have mentioned several times on this blog my deep affection for the New Yorker. My mom started subscribing to it when she came to this country in 1946 and it has always been in her home. On my iPod I have several New Yorker podcasts, both fiction and non-fiction and they are truly inspiring. I love reading the magazine, and I whole-heartedly agree with publisher Si Newhouse's reverential reference to it as "The Only." So I was quite taken aback by all the controversy surrounding the Obama cartoon.. I find this cartoon pretty amusing and not the least bit tasteless, but I would be the first to admit my tastes are not quite conventional. What I do find totally tasteless is the controversy surrounding it. Since I originally wrote this piece the controversy got even more out of hand, so I have substantially updated it. Read More... ( 6465 bytes in body) 
Posted on July 13 2008 : 07:18 PMFrank Rich has an extremely well-articulated piece on why torture is not just immoral, but dangerous. Read More...
Posted on July 08 2008 : 06:38 PMI have a very nuanced view on the use of psychoactive substances. My drug of choice is caffeine delivered via coffee, and I do enjoy wine and the occasional scotch and soda. But in general I don't see the necessity or benefit in "enjoying" life through a drugged haze. Read More... ( 1374 bytes in body)
Posted on June 24 2008 : 10:53 AMAs this article clearly points out! In another measure Iraq is number one in the world (just turn the list upside down). Fortunately, Israel improved this year and went from number 3 to number 5! USA isn't doing too bad either. Read More... 
Posted on June 14 2008 : 11:53 PMFor once, a NY TImes article that actually interviews Palestinians. Read More... 
Posted on June 10 2008 : 01:02 PMThis article sounds just like something I would write. Read More...
Posted on June 06 2008 : 06:44 PMRemember when Bush & Co used to claim they have no interest in permanently staying in Iraq? Remember when right after the invasion, Bush addressed the Iraqi people and said the US will leave as soon as possible? Stack that up on the high pile of all the other lies of Bush & Co. OIL is forever. Read More...
Posted on June 02 2008 : 01:53 PMThe Hagee story keeps getting worse. No surprises here. I am very reluctant to trot out the "anti-semite" label, but Hagee is a classic case. The fact that Lieberman continues to defend the man, is a reflection of his utter moral bankruptcy. On other fronts, some good news. Bad press on the Fulbright scholarship fiasco seems to have helped. Read More...
Posted on May 30 2008 : 09:46 AMDetails in this article. Just to get some facts straight: it was Fatah that attempted a coup d'etat (with US aid) against Hamas, not the other way around. In other news, the US and Israel (along with other luminaries such as China, Russia, India and Pakistan) are among the handful of countries not signing a treaty banning cluster bombs. Read More...
Posted on May 24 2008 : 11:38 PMIn the Jewish Bible, idolaters are often referred to as worshippers of wood and rock. This is a way to mock the beliefs of pagans, since no intelligent person can actually believe a piece of wood or rock shaped by the hands of man, is in fact a god. Such a belief would have an inherent logical contradiction - it would mean a man could create a god, so how is the god more powerful? More sophisticated pagans obviously don't actually think of the stone or wood idol as a god, but as a manifestation on which to focus their worship. No doubt less sophisticated pagans do believe the idol is the god itself, which made idol worship an easy target for the authors of the Bible. More than just an object of ridicule, idol worship is considered one of the most morally reprehensible sins in Judaism, one which Jews are enjoined to die rather than commit this sin. I have often referred to the Orthodox right wing settlers as idol worshipers - they worship the wood of the Shulkhan Arukh (literally the Set Table, the authoritative anthology of Orthodox Jewish law and practice) and the stone of the land of Israel. To see their idol worship in action, one need only read this article from the Washington Post, describing these fools defending Hagee's words. Read More... ( 11046 bytes in body) |
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"Entre los individuos, como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz -- Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace" -Benito Juárez
"It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it." -Eleanor Roosevelt "Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul" -Thomas Paine | |
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