What Libby Said to Miller and Did He Know Valerie Wilson Was CIA Agent? Politics & Society What Libby Said to Miller and Did He Know Valerie Wilson Was CIA Agent? Richard Silverstein September 30, 2005 Today’s New York Times article about Judith Miller’s testimony before the grand jury investigating whether Bush Administration... Read More Read more about What Libby Said to Miller and Did He Know Valerie Wilson Was CIA Agent?
National Jewish Democratic Council: All Wrong in Their Approach to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Mideast Peace Politics & Society National Jewish Democratic Council: All Wrong in Their Approach to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Richard Silverstein September 30, 2005 The NJDC sent me an announcement about Howard Dean’s upcoming tour (or as they call it, “Israel... Read More Read more about National Jewish Democratic Council: All Wrong in Their Approach to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Tom DeLay: How the Mediocre Have Fallen! Politics & Society Tom DeLay: How the Mediocre Have Fallen! Richard Silverstein September 29, 2005 When the future King David first hears about the death of his beloved friend, Jonathan, in battle... Read More Read more about Tom DeLay: How the Mediocre Have Fallen!
No Direction Home and Why a Bob Dylan Can Never Happen Again Film-TV-Media Folk & World Music Politics & Society No Direction Home and Why a Bob Dylan Can Never Happen Again Richard Silverstein September 29, 2005 I watched No Direction Home this week and came away with some strong emotions. I thought the... Read More Read more about <i>No Direction Home</i> and Why a Bob Dylan Can Never Happen Again
TimesSelect and Its Impact on Blogs Military-Tech-Security TimesSelect and Its Impact on Blogs Richard Silverstein September 28, 2005 I blog using many New York Times links in my posts. With the recent rollout of TimesSelect,... Read More Read more about TimesSelect and Its Impact on Blogs
In Memoriam: Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936-2005) Mideast Peace The Arts In Memoriam: Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936-2005) Richard Silverstein September 28, 2005 I just received a deeply saddening e-mail notice from Brit Tzedek informing me that one of Israel’s... Read More Read more about In Memoriam: Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936-2005)
Michael Ignatieff on America’s Broken Contract With Katrina Survivors Politics & Society Michael Ignatieff on America’s Broken Contract With Katrina Survivors Richard Silverstein September 27, 2005 Michael Ignatieff wrote a brilliant piece, The Broken Contract, in last week’s Sunday New York Times Magazine... Read More Read more about Michael Ignatieff on America’s Broken Contract With Katrina Survivors
Sharon Wins Likud Party Vote and Retains Leadership Mideast Peace Sharon Wins Likud Party Vote and Retains Leadership Richard Silverstein September 26, 2005 Sharon casts ballot in Likud party vote(credit: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters) Ariel Sharon has won a vote in the... Read More Read more about Sharon Wins Likud Party Vote and Retains Leadership
Chinese Government Tells Bloggers: “Register or We’ll Shut You Down” Military-Tech-Security Politics & Society Chinese Government Tells Bloggers: “Register or We’ll Shut You Down” Richard Silverstein September 26, 2005 Got this scintillating tidbit from Huffingtonpost.com via Yahoo News: China’s government announced that it would only allow... Read More Read more about Chinese Government Tells Bloggers: “Register or We’ll Shut You Down”
Israeli Supreme Court Refuses to Address War Crimes Mideast Peace Israeli Supreme Court Refuses to Address War Crimes Richard Silverstein September 25, 2005 To anyone who loves or cares about Israel (as I do), the thought of charging Israeli officers... Read More Read more about Israeli Supreme Court Refuses to Address War Crimes
Smash Israeli Reality Show Aims to Spruce Up Country’s Image Film-TV-Media Mideast Peace Smash Israeli Reality Show Aims to Spruce Up Country’s Image Richard Silverstein September 24, 2005 I was intrigued by a wire story in the New York Times this week which reported that... Read More Read more about Smash Israeli Reality Show Aims to Spruce Up Country’s Image
Senior Hamas Leader Envisions Recognition of Israel Mideast Peace Senior Hamas Leader Envisions Recognition of Israel Richard Silverstein September 23, 2005 My mood today about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is best illustrated by Jesse Jackson’s chant at the 1984... Read More Read more about Senior Hamas Leader Envisions Recognition of Israel