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• The Post-Colonial Hangover and the Jihadi Bomb

  

  Michael L.One thing that is striking about this political moment is the fact that the western Left seems entirely complacent with the idea of a nuclear bomb... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why Pro-Israel Domestic Liberals Have a Sophie's Choice

  Sar ShalomWhile much of the core Israel-supporting community leans to the right on domestic issues as well as on foreign affairs and much of the community is... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Pro-government Forces Press into Tikrit

  

  Michael L.Erin Cunningham in the Washington Post tells us: BAGHDAD — Iraqi troops clashed with Islamic State militants in the northern city of Tikrit on... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Three Guys Named Jesus

  Empress Trudy In a famous experiment recounted in the book “The Three Christs of Ypsilanti”, Milton Rokeach took 3 men each suffering from delusions that he... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Who Are the Israelis Electing and Who Are They Not?

  Empress TrudyAny election in any country is mostly about domestic issues one way or another. Or at the least they're a benchmark of the nationalist-like fervor... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• In the Eye of the Whirlpool

  

  Michael L.Those of us who care about the well-being of Israel and of the Jewish people are in a very curious moment.The Speech has come and gone and the... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Islamic State Under Pressure

  Michael L.It is an unusual coalition of forces that are gathering to challenge Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's Islamic State fighters in Tikrit. Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Battle for Tikrit

  

  Michael L. Qassim Abdul-Zahra writes in the Times of Israel:BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces regained control of a town next to the Islamic State-held city... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• ISIS Unveiled

  

  Michael L.{Originally posted at the Elder of Ziyon.}In an important conversation concerning the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), between... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Daily Kos Racism

  

  Michael L.As one of the largest progressive-left blogs in the United States, Daily Kos is thereby also among the most racist blogs in the United States. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Daily Kos Quote of the Morning

  Michael L.Israel shouldn't exist, (0+ / 0-)and not all Jews are scum.There. Simple, isn't it . . .by Deward Hastings on Sat Mar 07, 2015 at 04:45:44 PM PSTJust... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• My Sunday EOZ Column: ISIS Unveiled

  Michael L.It will be a discussion of part one of the VICE News documentary entitled, The Spread of the Caliphate: The Islamic State. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Power of Empathy, Politics and Palestine

  

  geoffffLissa Johnson is a clinical psychologist with an interest in the psychology of ideology and politics, and the philosophy and politics of psychology.... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Dershowitz Has a Few Words for Obama

  

  Michael L.Writing at the Gatestone Institute, Alan Dershowitz tells us that President of the United States, Barack Obama, needs to answer a few very basic... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• "Palestinian" Jew-Ramming Fun

  

  Michael L.Itamar Sharon, writing in the Times of Israel, tells us this:Five people were injured Friday morning in a car-ramming terror attack near a Jerusalem... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• "The True Believers"

  JayinPhiladelphiaJust a quick piece to note a great discussion between Sam Harris and Graeme Wood, author of "What ISIS Really Wants," which appears online and... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Daily Kos Reaction to THE SPEECH (Part Deux)

  

  Michael L.I was going to move on, but this is too much fun to let pass so easily.I think that I want to start, this morning, with the piece written by fladem... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Daily Kos Reaction to THE SPEECH (Updated)

  

  Michael L.Again, Daily Kos is merely one progressive venue among others, but it is more or less representative of the Left in the United States, so how they... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• 23 Standing Ovations

  

  Michael L.As I begin to write this, I am listening to Netanyahu's much ballyhooed speech before a joint session of Congress and my thoughts on the speech will b... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• One of Obama's Jews Has a Few Questions

  

  Michael L. Jeffrey Goldberg writes for the The Atlantic and is one of the premier journalists in the United States today.A big part of the reason for his... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY