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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And Now For Something Completely Different
Posted in Uncategorized on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Responses to Planned Parenthood Victory Show Media Bias From the Progressive Side Too
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abortion, breast cancer, Daily Kos, Huffington Post, Komen, Planned Parenthood, Pro-choice, Washington Post on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
A classic example of media distortion
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged deficit, Media Bias, Obama, Washington Post on January 31, 2012 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
A Thanksgiving Thought
Posted in Uncategorized on November 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Thanksgiving is a holiday I love, largely because I make it my own. It is a time set aside for reminding myself of the things I have in my life that are truly wonderful, a time I need because I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking of what I don’t have or once had and lost. [...]
We Are All Prisoners Here
Posted in Gilad Shalit, Palestinian Prisoners, Uncategorized, tagged B'Tselem, democracy, Gilad Shalit, Hamas, human rights, international law, Israel, Justice, Middle east, Palestine, rule of law on June 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In my latest for Babylon Times, hosted by Souciant, I look at two subjects that each demand their own justice: Gilad Shalit and the many Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.