Nov 16 2012

Kook

We Are Seeing Moshiach in Action!

By Tzvi Fishman, November 15th, 2012   The Pillar of Cloud, otherwise known as the Clouds of Glory, or Amud HaAnan, protected the Jewish People in the Wilderness, and the “Amud HaAnan” Operation…  [more]

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Nov 14 2012

Suffused with schadenfreude

Reputation, Reputation, Reputation

By Maureen Dowd, November 13, 2012   As Lyndon Johnson said, the two things that make leaders stupid are envy and sex. Macbeth kills a king out of envy. Egged on by an envious Iago, Othello smothers…  [more]

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Nov 13 2012

Fire from below

Mr. President, remember me? It’s Bill Ayers

By Bill Ayers, Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 02:00 PM CST   I have a backpack filled to overflowing with grievance and discontent, dissent and demand, as well as wild hopes and radical aspirations:…  [more]

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Nov 13 2012

They returned a new son to us

Before the 1967 lines retire, too

By , Nov.13, 2012 4:33 AM   On Saturday afternoon light rain greeted the long column of cars crawling through the narrow lanes of the Palestinian village of Jayus in the heart…  [more]

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Nov 12 2012

But when will that be?

The Israeli documentary putting military rule in Palestine on trial

By , Monday 12 November 2012 07.05 EST   The Law In These Parts, an Israeli documentary awarded this year’s Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury prize, examines…  [more]

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Nov 12 2012

Cannon fodder

Veterans Day and a caution against the cult of the military

By , Sunday 11 November 2012 19.44 EST   The video is lovely, affecting and – considering the subject matter – reasonably understated. A 60-ish guy sits…  [more]

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Nov 12 2012

Before Dave fell for Paula

The Sins Of General David Petraeus

By Michael Hastings, Nov 11, 2012  5:43pm EST   The fraud that General David Petraeus perpetrated on America started many years before the general seduced Paula Broadwell, a lower-ranking officer 20 years his…  [more]

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