Apoplexy of fear and hatred

Brigitte Gabriel is a vicious and probably deranged Islamophobe

By Hussein Ibish, October 1, 2009   A lot of readers seemed to benefit from and enjoy my evaluation of Irshad Manji from yesterday’s Ibishblog posting, and I have been…  [more]

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And here a miracle occurs

The Myth of a Better Deal

By Stephen M. Walt, August 10, 2015   Foreign policy is serious business, because getting it wrong has real consequences. When countries conduct foreign policy in a cavalier or incompetent way, real human…  [more]

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A legendary brawler

Debate, WWWF-style

By , August 06, 2015   Back in 1957, when Donald Trump and I were both in middle school, I used to have this running argument with my grandfather, Bill Connors. A retired railroad worker and…  [more]

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Detailed, orderly and articulate

Obama Isolates Netanyahu as Head of Warmongers

By , Aug 06, 2015 12:34 AM   WASHINGTON – Some 200 people gathered at a plaza named for Saudi King Salman at American University in Washington on Wednesday and waited…  [more]

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Olei HaGardom

The Problem With Netanyahu’s Response to Jewish Terror

By J.J. Goldberg, August 4, 2015   When you leave Jerusalem’s Western Wall plaza through the Dung Gate out of the Old City, your gaze turns naturally southward toward another hill glimmering…  [more]

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Funny things

Dear editor, This is a letter about funny things. A random collection perhaps, but some readers may discern a veritable fountain of flummery, deep and wide, that flows through them all. Funny thing about that young bigot slaughtering all those…  [more]

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40 years after

Ode to Nam on the 40th Anniversary of its End

By J. Randall O’Brien, February 15, 2015   He came home from Nam But never made it back. I saw him last just before He left for the war. We…  [more]

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