This week’s New Yorker has a piece by Connie Bruck on the California Republican senate primary, where votes will be cast on June 8. The race is between fiscally-conservative but socially-liberal former House member Tom Campbell and his opponent from… Continue Reading
In his zeal to defend Israel, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies’ (FDD) Cliff May cites a colleague’s contentions that the activists taking part in the “Freedom Flotilla” were obviously Islamic radicals bent on massacring Jews. From his weekly… Continue Reading
Today’s op-ed by the Wall Street Journal editorial board offers a fairly comprehensive list of the talking points which are de rigueur in defending Israel’s attack on civilian ships in international water. 1.) Mention the Gaza war in 2008 as… Continue Reading
Michael Rubin has posted yet another rant on National Review’s The Corner. This time he goes after the petty Europeans and “chattering class” for their quaint beliefs in proportionality. As Daniel Luban and Jim Lobe have pointed out, Michael Rubin… Continue Reading
American Denial Living in a Can’t-Do Nation By Tom Engelhardt Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com Graduates of the class of 2010, I’m honored to have been asked to address you today, but I would not want to be you. I… Continue Reading