Somebody Get Jeffrey Goldberg A Tissue

To follow up on yesterday’s post about Lee Smith and frivolous charges of anti-Semitism, it appears that Jeffrey Goldberg — while conceding that Smith’s article, for which he served as the sole source, was completely lacking in substance or evidence… Continue Reading  

Robert Wright on the Ground Zero Mosque (UPDATE)

I’m a little late on this, but, if you’re interested in the some of the polemics and politics around the Ground Zero Mosque, it’s well worth reading the piece published earlier this week on the New York Times website by… Continue Reading  

Why Does Lee Smith Have A Job?

Many readers will already have seen that this blog was mentioned, along with Andrew Sullivan, Glenn Greenwald, Phil Weiss, and Steve Walt, as one of the sites “using the Internet to make anti-Semitism respectable,” in a Tablet article by their… Continue Reading  

Memo to Hamas

A friend, who has helped me understand better what is going on in Turkey, especially in light of the flotilla fiasco, has written an open letter to Hamas, which you can find here.

The Henry M. Jackson Society Hosts Friends of Israel in London

I was sent this today by a friend in the UK. It helps illustrate how the neo-con international is faring, at least in Europe. (By the way, readers should remind me at some point to recount my own experiences with… Continue Reading