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I have just learned that Adrienne Rich, the renowned and brilliant feminist poet has died at the age of 82.  I am not going to go on at length, here. But I want to say that I was proud to have called Adrienne a friend. She was one of the earliest supporters of both Jewish [...]

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For those readers interested, I will be on The Sunday Show on KPFA radio this Sunday, February 26 from 10 AM to 11 AM Pacific Time (that would be 1 PM to 2 PM Eastern Time) to discuss the situation with Iran. It’s a San Francisco Bay Area radio station, but if you’re interested, you [...]

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Dear Readers, I know this week I’ve stepped a bit outside of my usual space, and there is much to say about what is going on right now with Israel, Iran, Palestine, the US, the neoconservatives, and all the other cheery subjects I usually write about. Well, I’ll be taking a couple of days off [...]

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A few days ago, I wrote here about an article in the Washington Post that was clearly misleading to its readers. That was an example of one way media distortion happens. Today, we saw another, this time from the left side of the political spectrum. As I’m sure everyone out there is aware, the Susan [...]

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I had to point this one out to my readers, even though it has nothing to do with the Middle East. I just received an e-mail news alert from the Washington Post. The headline reads: “News Alert: U.S. deficit to top $1 trillion for 4th year in a row.” Sounds like that bungling president is [...]

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