Supporters of Ron Paul, I must give you points for enthusiasm. Thanks for all the comments, and for keeping them, for the most part, civil. Some of the criticism I’ve received for previous posts charges I don’t know enough about Ron Paul to dare opine.
First, I do not claim to be an expert on …
In a previous post, I wrote that Ron Paul’s performance last week on “Meet the Press” made me think he’s been spending too much time locked in the bathroom reading Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged,” a sort of unofficial libertarian manifesto. After receiving some angry comments, I wrote another post in which I explained …
Whatever else was or was not true about Benazir Bhutto, she was a human being who refused to be intimidated by terrorists – and for that she merits admiration. In a piece she wrote in October for The Wall Street Journal after an attempt on her life, she crystallizes the dilemma that all nonviolent …
You gotta love Ron Paul and his admirers. No sooner had I posted a few thoughts about the man’s performance on “Meet the Press” on Sunday than I started receiving vitriolic comments from his followers across the country. That’s ok – it’s good to get comments. But their nasty and personal tone (see comments to …
It’s no wonder all the malcontents love Ron Paul. On “Meet the Press” on Sunday, he propounded the naïve idea that the attacks of September 11 were, at least partially, America’s fault.
“They attacked us here because we were over there,” he said, referring to the U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia.
The idea, like all blaming-of-the-victim, …
From The New York Daily News
BY HEATHER ROBINSON
December 19, 2007“
When I first came to Sloane-Kettering, a small glass cabinet held all the cancer drugs that were known,” recalls Dr. Yashar Hirshaut. “So I’ve seen the transition from a very primitive time till now, where …
Why do I doubt that this story in which a Muslim risked his safety for Jews could have taken place in Paris?
Of course, it is a remarkable story and is therefore unlikely to have taken place anywhere. But what I mean is, it is extremely difficult to imagine it taking place in Paris, or …
Looks like something truly creative is coming down the pike: in this soon-to-be released film, Adam Sandler plays an Israeli counterterrorism agent who comes to New York to do hair. Finally, someone mines the great comic potential of the Israeli-in-America experience.
I’m not sure if we can expect fair depiction of Israelis in this tale …
Slavery still exists in Sudan. The enslaved—of whom there are at least several thousand—are Christians, according to Simon Deng, who was himself enslaved as a boy by an Arab Muslim family.
Last night Mr. Deng spoke at a dinner hosted by The Hudson Institute, a Manhattan think tank, about conditions in Sudan, both for Muslims in …
Timing for Maximum Impact: Insurgents Make Sure to Hit When Cameras Roll
From The Los Angeles Daily News
BY HEATHER ROBINSON
October 30, 2005
What better way for terrorist insurgents in Iraq to make headlines in the U.S. during a heavy news cycle than to attack journalists?
Monday’s three-stage attack on a hotel compound housing Western media in Baghdad was the latest desperate attempt on the part of …