Month: August 2008

Borrowed Lives.

First,it was Mrs.Clinton who,in her imagined role as a Commander in Chief at the Tuzla Airport, claimed she was evading snipers as she ran toward a waiting helicopter after her plane landed.We know how connected to reality was...

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Odds & Ends

It’s nice to see Hillary Clinton stumping for Obama and making up with Bill Richardson, even if it is all part of a quid pro quo to pay off her campaign debt. Ick. Robert Borosage and Katrina vanden Heuvel spell it out for...

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Uri Avnery: The Anger, the Longing, the Hope

Uri Avnery, Israeli peace activist and founder of Gush Shalom (The Peace Bloc), in this article pays tribute to Mahmoud Darwish, the Palestinian poet, on his death. Darwish’ life as well as his poetry is a mirror of the...

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Hugging or Wrestling with Israel

. Jewish World: We should stop hugging Israel and start wrestling The recent row over a U.S. art installation illustrates that our blanket embrace of Israel is outdated. (Haaretz) – An exhibition in Chicago’s Spertus...

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The Short List

Anyone want to discuss the strong and weak points of the people on the short list for vice-president? Right now the short list looks like: Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson...

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