So far, a strange silence reigns among commentators and opinion pages in the American news media over Israel's actions in Gaza. While the Bush ad…
Read moreI've raved a number of times about National Public Radio's superb jazz profiles series, but they have really outdone themselves this time wit…
Read moreI hope all readers of Balter's Blog are with their families and loved ones. Very best wishes to my regular readers and the occasional ones too.
Read moreI'm going to cut to the chase and say that this is the basic conclusion of an editorial in today's Los Angeles Times , entitled "Is the…
Read moreHere is a story that gives one hope. According to a story in the French daily Le Monde , three philosophy professors on the way to a conference in K…
Read moreNational Security Archive Update, December 23, 2008 "We can bomb the bejesus out of them all over North Vietnam." Archive Publishes Treasur…
Read moreThe findings of Stanley Milgram, the psychologist whose infamous 1960s studies demonstrated that average people would administer potentially fatal le…
Read moreToday's International Herald Tribune features a story by Ethan Bronner about Avraham Burg, "How a Zionist in Israel went from leader to sc…
Read moreAfter spending most of this year in Boston teaching, I am now on my way home to Paris. I am looking forward to seeing my family, going for my morning…
Read moreHere is the video , courtesy of the BBC. I have to admit that Bush showed good ducking reactions and kept his cool. Of course, it's not his life …
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