The August 19 New York Review of Books features an important letter from former intelligence officer Fulton Armstrong about how the Bush administra…
Read moreI’ve been debating this issue with a Jewish friend of mine who is against the mosque but should know better (he is a liberal and voted for Obama, but…
Read moreThis is the caption on one of the signs (see photo at right) held at a protest against the "Ground Zero Mosque" yesterday, August 22. So t…
Read moreI haven't weighed in on this issue, even though I am about to become a part-time New Yorker, because much ink has been spilled and everyone who r…
Read moreA big debate has broken out in the UK over Tony Blair's announcement that he will donate the entire proceeds from publication of his memoir (whi…
Read moreSo says Gideon Levy in a superb column in Haaretz . Please read it. Thanks again to the superb Mondoweiss blog for the heads up.
Read moreThere is a lot of excitement building over this fall's planned wave of boats to Gaza, including one from New York organized by USTOGAZA . The spo…
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