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As Egypt Goes… 1 Feb 2011 | 06:50 am
You may have noticed that I don’t update this site much any more — that’s because I’m doing most of my writing on these matters on TIME.com and at the National, and doing my blogging on Facebook and T...
Who Made Netanyahu the King of the Jews? 19 Oct 2010 | 04:35 am
In the spirit of Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Bibi: “I’m am your king!” Me: “I didn’t vote for you!” My latest in the National. Extract: (Israel’s) demand for recognition of “Jews as a people, indi...
Goldberg’s Bogus ‘Ticking Clock’ on Iran 25 Aug 2010 | 08:23 am
My latest, posted on TomDispatch: America’s march to a disastrous war in Iraq began in the media, where an unprovoked U.S. invasion of an Arab country was introduced as a legitimate policy option, th...
Why are the Israelis Telling Their ‘Secret’ Iran Attack Plans to Jeffrey Goldberg? 12 Aug 2010 | 05:35 pm
Goldberg, left, in conversation with Michael Oren, Bibi’s man in Washington The first question to ask when considering how seriously to take Jeffrey Goldberg’s latest alarmist screed about Israel gea...
World Cup 2010 4 Aug 2010 | 06:43 am
For a variety of reasons, I ended up watching the World Cup Final on a TV tied to a tree at the soccer fields in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn… Click here to read the full set of my TIME.com world...
The Eve of Destruction? 4 Aug 2010 | 06:09 am
Last time around the U.S. encouraged this, what will Obama do? Tuesday’s cross-border firefight between Israeli and Lebanese government forces might simply have been a misunderstanding. And the rocke...
Another Remarkably Stupid NYT Op Ed on the Mideast 3 Aug 2010 | 03:00 pm
Okay, I don’t have much time here, it’s recycling night — and the New York Times seems to revel in recycling really tired Israeli PR lines. Today, it’s Ephraim Karsh trotting out a mish-mash of misrep...
On Iran, Liberals Are Enabling Another Disastrous War 1 Aug 2010 | 02:40 am
Beinart chats with friends in high places: Liberal “hawks” like him played a major role in enabling the Iraq debacle In 2003, the United States launched an unprovoked invasion of Iraq, a country that...
Is War Talk Painting Obama Into a Corner on Iran? 30 Jul 2010 | 07:46 am
Despite the escalating war rhetoric, conventional wisdom holds that the U.S. military establishment and even President Obama himself believe that the potential consequences of a military strike that p...
How Do You Say ‘Duh!’ in Urdu? 27 Jul 2010 | 08:38 am
So how do you say “Duh!” in Urdu? There’s nothing new or remarkable in the suggestion that Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence agency (ISI) has been aiding and abetting the Taliban insurgency in Af...
