Millbank Calls Out Obama on Israel Policy
sharply-worded critique Dana Millbank, has delivered a sharply-worded critique of Obama's handling of the Israeli State which the WaPo touted as follows:Netanyahu's victoryMilbank: For all of Obama's...
View ArticleObama's Too Hard on Israel Says Richard Cohen
The longtime manager of the New York Yankees, accustomed to a Prussian professionalism in the hitting and fielding of baseballs, moved over to the astonishingly hapless New York Mets in 1962 and,...
View ArticleForget Elections -- Framing Should Be the Focus
I see no way of "going forward", as Obama likes to say, unless we start re-framing issues on the basis of what I just mentioned. like what I described. I emphasize here NO WAY because without some...
View ArticleWithout Rule of Law Our Society Fails
America was founded by lawyers--we may be angry at lawyers but they keep us from shooting and stabbing each other when we are in conflict with each other. We need to be grateful for Anglo/American...
View ArticleIt's Time to Give Up on Climate Change
As the mood of the Cancun Conference tells us there is no realistic hope that anything meaningful can happen to stop the effects of climate-change. The United States has, from the beginning of the...
View ArticleDrifting Over the Edge 1
Dmitri Orlov is an interesting commentator. He has been claiming publically since about 2006 that the U.S. is on the edge of collapse similar to what the Soviet Union went through only a bit worse. He...
View ArticleDrifting Over the Edge 2
We can blame “them” all we want but as my first teacher in politics Walt Kelly had his main character Pogo say “Yep, son, we have met the enemy and he is us.”Leaders and media personalities all have...
View ArticleSuper-heroes
"Superhero movies are like fairy tales for older people," continues Lee, whose voice envelops the listener with a raspy, lilting warmth. "All those things you imagined --if only I could fly or be the...
View ArticleClimate Change, the Media and Us
NPR is not exactly gung-ho on covering Climate Change but it presented a thoughtful (for NPR) segment on climate change and the fact that Americans are less likely to "believe" in climate change today...
View ArticleWe were Waiting for 9/11
In the late 90's I shared an office with a Chinese academic who, because of the fact he belonged to a family of scholars going back many generations, was put in a work-camp on the Mongolian border...
View ArticleA Necessary Foundation
I don’t like occupying myself with politics very much. It’s a part of life but a relatively minor part for me. If I had my druthers I would and pursue my real love which is art in all its forms. I am...
View ArticleThe Occupy Moment is Over
And long live Occupy! Time to occupy our lives for the winter. It is time to take stock and plan for spring. Inevitably old habits and tendencies die hard. Individual spokespeople and elite committees...
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