Tidings to gladden a neocon’s heart
Can it be? Hearts and minds changing in the Moslem world?
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Rolling back with Rosen and Bay
[Note: I’ve posted an update to this article here.] Jay Rosen and Austin Bay have recently posted an interesting exchange of ideas about Bush and the press. You can find it here on Rosen’s blog, and here on Austin Bay’s … Continue reading →
I didn’t know Mick was a fan of mine
The nearly geriatric Rolling Stones have a new song out called “Sweet Neo Con.” “It is not really aimed at anyone,” Jagger said on the entertainment-news show’s Wednesday edition. “It’s not aimed, personally aimed, at President Bush. It wouldn’t be … Continue reading →
For tomorrow morning
I took the day off from heavy posting, and expect to return tomorrow. But I thought I’d offer the following passage from one of my favorite authors, something to think about for tomorrow morning. For those of you who love … Continue reading →
Egyptian psychiatrist: on suicide bombers
Dr Sanity calls attention to a program that aired in July of 2005 on Al-Arabiya TV, featuring the wife and young children of a Palestinian suicide bomber named Salah Ghandour. The following text is taken from the MEMRI translation of … Continue reading →
Light, heavy; heavy, light
I wrote two other posts today that are of what you might call the “light” variety–not about anything deeply emotional, or about politics or any earthshattering world events. Until yesterday I’d been doing “heavy” post after heavy post, and I … Continue reading →
Even if the shoe fits, I don’t think I’ll wear it
On beautiful days–and we’ve had an awful lot of them lately–I exercise by doing some fast walking at a local park that features a lighthouse, cliffs, and spectacular ocean views. All around me I can see people relaxing and having … Continue reading →
The wheels of justice grind slow, but they grind exceedingly fine?
And exceedingly slow. All I can say is, wow! Via Scott Kirwin at Dean Esmay.
Continue reading →Spambots: the invasion of the comment snatchers
Every now and then there’s a certain kind of message that’s left on my telephone answering machine. I bet you get them, too: those cozy chatty little communications that try to get you to believe the person leaving it is … Continue reading →
Able Danger and the firewall: getting some perspective
The Able Danger controversy has been brewing for some time now, with swirling speculation about Jamie Gorelick, the 9/11 Commission, and the role of Sandy Berger in a possible coverup. Then it kind of simmered down. Right now it’s in … Continue reading →
Grieving parents in war–Part II: protesting parents, why now?
[For Part I, go here.] It doesn’t take a therapist to note that many people, when struck by the tragic loss of a loved one, are angry as well as sad. That anger can be unleashed in a variety of … Continue reading →
Pushing for the draft
The Kathe Kollwitz thread seems to have engendered a heated discussion, sparked by another “anonymous,” once again (or perhaps the same “anonymous” once again), who said that those who are for the Iraq war and consider it so “noble” would … Continue reading →