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• How to Advocate for Israel

  Sar ShalomA recurring feature at IsraellyCool is a guide to hasbara featuring a different mistake pro-Israel advocates make each Tuesday. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Profound Differences

  

  Michael L.Most American political analysts concerned with the Middle East would probably say that I am a right-winger.How I suddenly became a right-winger is a... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Iraq War Recriminations

  Sar ShalomOf late, there has been much hand-wringing over statements by various Republican presidential candidates as to whether or not George W. Bush's war in... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Tomorrow's Column for the Elder

  

  Michael L.Tomorrow's piece is entitled, A Surprise Encounter of a Palestinian Kind, and is the most personal piece that I have published at the Elder's place. Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Happy Nakba Day!

  

  Michael L.I love Nakba Day.I understand that that many Arabs are not happy about the fact that the Jewish people escaped from the Islamic system that we call... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Good Friends and Great Friends

  Sar ShalomIn the controversy over Pamela Geller, much has been made about Geller's pro-Israel bona fides and her willingness to call a spade a spade when it... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Pope's Recognition of a Terrorist Organization

  

  Michael L.The Pope has recognized the PLO and Fatah and their various sub-organizations as equal to Israel in legitimacy.This is a significant turning point... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• I Am Back Next Week

  

  Michael L.Terrible picture of me, but a terrific picture of a 30 pound striped bass.This was a trophy fish in need of taxidermy fame... but I let it go. Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Bosch Fawstin: the Winner of the Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest in Garland,...

  

  Michael LumishWith thanks to Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer.This is what got the intended murderers stopped and killed by a strong cop in the line of duty. Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Whiplash

  

  This was a terrific film.It is what I suppose one might call a morality play with an ambiguous ending.Essentially it is the story of a young and talented drumme... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Traditional Hierarchies and Perceptions of the Middle East

  Sar ShalomIn a blog post, Paul Krugman wrote about a unifying theory of what leads to broad spectrum of ideologies on both the right and the left. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Say Hello to the Devil

  

  Michael L.This piece is a retread from a Times of Israel thing that I did just about two years ago originally entitled, Pamela Geller: The Bête Noire of... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Texas Cop Kills Two Violent Islamists

  

  Michael L.They were upset over drawings.This is one of those drawings.Actually, the artist is lying to you. That is Muhammad. Well, OK, not literally Muhammad. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Texas Cops Kill Two Violent Islamists

  

  Michael L.The Islamists were upset over drawings.This is one of those drawings.Actually, the artist is lying to you. That is Muhammad. The mayhem is home. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Principle to Evaluate People's Statements

  Sar ShalomI would like to formalize a principle that we should ask those covering the Middle East to use. Simply, if someone's interests are served by your... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Brief Note: Left and Right

  

  Michael L.More and more people tell me that I am "right-wing."I am supposed to believe that this is a bad thing, something that intelligent and civilized... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Pure Stupidity

  Michael L.I am sorry.Is that an arrogant title?We are supposed to be philosophical and sociological and understanding. We are supposed to think that the young,... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Baltimore Oriole's Game Postponed

  Michael L. Just so that no one gets the impression that the United States is free of violent insanity:BALTIMORE — Police on Monday clashed with crowds of young... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The "Linkage" Falsehood and the Riyadh-Cairo Axis

  

  Michael L.{Originally published at the Elder of Ziyon.}The primary political fault-line in the Muslim Middle East today is the Iran coalition versus what... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Don't Vote: Allah Says Not To

  

  Michael L.I want to thank our friend, k, for alerting me to this story out of the United Kingdom. Apparently some of the more Sharia-minded Muslims, in protest... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY