Holy chapter in the Gospel of America’s Goodness

Zero Dark Thirty: CIA hagiography, pernicious propaganda

By , Friday 14 December 2012 10.03 EST   I’ve now seen “Zero Dark Thirty”. Before getting to that: the controversy triggered this week by my commentary on the debate over  [more]

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Islam saved Jewry

So, what did the Muslims do for the Jews?

By David J Wasserstein, May 24, 2012   Islam saved Jewry. This is an unpopular, discomforting claim in the modern world. But it is a historical truth. The argument for it…  [more]

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So much for a chastened Republican party

Christian right enforces GOP senators’ vote against UN disabilities treaty

By , Thursday 6 December 2012 10.55 EST   I couldn’t sleep at night if I were a senator and did not vote for this. So said  [more]

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Nostalgic for the values that existed

Both Arab and Jew lived in the original Palestine. Why, Moshe Dayan asks, can’t they do so again?

By Robert Fisk, Sunday 2 December 2012   “I was born here and I have a right to live here – the…  [more]

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Bloody science

Sod the scientific warnings – here’s why I’ll keep on running

By , Saturday 1 December 2012 06.00 EST   Bloody science. For a discipline that’s supposed to be all about accuracy and provable facts, you never know…  [more]

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A wise and gentle old man

  Dear Friends: Reproduced below, after my personal comments, is a movie review by the much-admired critic A. O. Scott that appeared in the Sunday New York Times this past week. Featured in the write-up is a man whom I…  [more]

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A peace beyond all peace

Israel demands our support because it fights its ‘war against terrorists’ in our name

By Robert Fisk, Tuesday 20 November 2012   Enough is enough. Now we have even “National Infrastructure” Minister Uzi Landau – one of my favourite dogsbodies…  [more]

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