Starbucks: Wall Street Darling Doesn’t Stint on Health Insurance Politics & Society Starbucks: Wall Street Darling Doesn’t Stint on Health Insurance Richard Silverstein August 18, 2005 Starbucks New York Times ad touting its employee health insurance plan A few weeks ago the Times... Read More Read more about Starbucks: Wall Street Darling Doesn’t Stint on Health Insurance
How Is Stem Cell Research Like Nazi Medical Experiments? Let Jim Dobson Tell You Jews & Judaism Politics & Society How Is Stem Cell Research Like Nazi Medical Experiments? Let Jim Dobson Tell You Richard Silverstein August 17, 2005 One thing I’ve learned to expect of the Christian Right is that the “outrageousness” limit of their... Read More Read more about How Is Stem Cell Research Like Nazi Medical Experiments? Let Jim Dobson Tell You
What Rhymes with ‘Puck’? Children & Family What Rhymes with ‘Puck’? Richard Silverstein August 16, 2005 My 4 1/2 year old son, Jonah is exploring the wonders of language. He knows a lot... Read More Read more about What Rhymes with ‘Puck’?
American Jews: Unwitting Supporters of Settler Terror? Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace American Jews: Unwitting Supporters of Settler Terror? Richard Silverstein August 15, 2005 David HaIvri, Natan-Zada’s ‘terror mentor’? (credit: Rjews.net) Nathaniel Popper has written an eye-opening account in The Forward... Read More Read more about American Jews: Unwitting Supporters of Settler Terror?
A Settler Prays for ‘Lesser Israel’ and ‘Greater’ Israel-Palestine Mideast Peace A Settler Prays for ‘Lesser Israel’ and ‘Greater’ Israel-Palestine Richard Silverstein August 15, 2005 Is there anyone out there reading this post point to any story about Gaza disengagement that doesn’t... Read More Read more about A Settler Prays for ‘Lesser Israel’ and ‘Greater’ Israel-Palestine
Sharon Willing to Dismantle Some West Bank Settlements Mideast Peace Sharon Willing to Dismantle Some West Bank Settlements Richard Silverstein August 15, 2005 While I generally detest Ariel Sharon, I must say he continues to compel our attention by his... Read More Read more about Sharon Willing to Dismantle Some West Bank Settlements
Abramoff Indicted for Falsifying $23-Million Business Loan Jews & Judaism Politics & Society Abramoff Indicted for Falsifying $23-Million Business Loan Richard Silverstein August 11, 2005 Jack Abramoff is a worried man these days (credit: David Burnett/NYT) The Hollywood ‘Treatment’ I’ve avidly followed... Read More Read more about Abramoff Indicted for Falsifying $23-Million Business Loan
Maureen Dowd on Cindy Sheehan’s ‘Absolute Moral Authority’ Politics & Society Maureen Dowd on Cindy Sheehan’s ‘Absolute Moral Authority’ Richard Silverstein August 11, 2005 Cindy Sheehan ‘can’t get no respect’ from George Bush or the local sheriff (credit: AP) I find... Read More Read more about Maureen Dowd on Cindy Sheehan’s ‘Absolute Moral Authority’
Tainted Tzedakah: What Do You Do if Funds Are Ill-Gotten? Jews & Judaism Tainted Tzedakah: What Do You Do if Funds Are Ill-Gotten? Richard Silverstein August 10, 2005 I’ve been asked by a religion website to write an article about the issue of tzedakah. Specifically,... Read More Read more about Tainted Tzedakah: What Do You Do if Funds Are Ill-Gotten?
Blog Stalking: Can We Protect Ourselves from Hate? Military-Tech-Security Blog Stalking: Can We Protect Ourselves from Hate? Richard Silverstein August 10, 2005 I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the issues of blog stalkers for very personal reasons.... Read More Read more about Blog Stalking: Can We Protect Ourselves from Hate?
Tikun Olam Interview on All for Peace Radio: Part 2 Mideast Peace Tikun Olam Interview on All for Peace Radio: Part 2 Richard Silverstein August 8, 2005 I had my Andy Warhol brush with fame (mine lasted 15 minutes) last week on Mike Brand’s... Read More Read more about Tikun Olam Interview on All for Peace Radio: Part 2
The Moral Dilemma of Israeli Divestment Mideast Peace The Moral Dilemma of Israeli Divestment Richard Silverstein August 6, 2005 I’ve deliberately stayed out of the debate about the divestment campaign by U.S. Protestant churches against American... Read More Read more about The Moral Dilemma of Israeli Divestment