California Judge Rules Steve Jobs Can’t Tear Down Historic Jackling House Military-Tech-Security California Judge Rules Steve Jobs Can’t Tear Down Historic Jackling House Richard Silverstein February 28, 2006 Daniel Jackling House, Woodside, CA. (photo: Woodside History Committee) On January 27th, California Superior Court Judge Marie... Read More Read more about California Judge Rules Steve Jobs Can’t Tear Down Historic Jackling House
European Union Busts Through Israeli Financial Siege of Palestinian Authority Mideast Peace European Union Busts Through Israeli Financial Siege of Palestinian Authority Richard Silverstein February 28, 2006 Israel, with the tacit backing of the U.S. has been tightening the noose around the Palestinian economy... Read More Read more about European Union Busts Through Israeli Financial Siege of Palestinian Authority
Wal-Mart: Feeling the Heat on Health Care Politics & Society Wal-Mart: Feeling the Heat on Health Care Richard Silverstein February 28, 2006 Wal-Mart’s CEO, H. Lee Scott, made a pitch to the nation’s governors yesterday to ease up their... Read More Read more about Wal-Mart: Feeling the Heat on Health Care
Israeli Anti-Semitic Cartoon Contest Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace The Arts Israeli Anti-Semitic Cartoon Contest Richard Silverstein February 27, 2006 An Iranian newspaper devised a Holocaust cartoon contest in vengeful response to the Muhammed cartoon fiasco. In... Read More Read more about Israeli Anti-Semitic Cartoon Contest
Tzipi Livni: Abbas ‘No Longer Relevant’ Mideast Peace Tzipi Livni: Abbas ‘No Longer Relevant’ Richard Silverstein February 27, 2006 According to the NY Times, Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, has upped the ante in the Israeli... Read More Read more about Tzipi Livni: Abbas ‘No Longer Relevant’
Dubai Ports Deal and Surrendering to Terror Paranoia Mideast Peace Politics & Society Dubai Ports Deal and Surrendering to Terror Paranoia Richard Silverstein February 26, 2006 I’ve read some wacky conspiracy theories suggested by “progressive” opponents of the Dubai ports deal, but I... Read More Read more about Dubai Ports Deal and Surrendering to Terror Paranoia
AIPAC Spying Trial to Begin in April Mideast Peace AIPAC Spying Trial to Begin in April Richard Silverstein February 26, 2006 I just wrote a post about AIPAC’s big annual bash, better known as the AIPAC Policy Conference,... Read More Read more about AIPAC Spying Trial to Begin in April
‘The Closing of the American Mind:’ Denying Visas to Foreign Intellectuals Politics & Society ‘The Closing of the American Mind:’ Denying Visas to Foreign Intellectuals Richard Silverstein February 25, 2006 I’d like to turn Allan Bloom’s neoconservative rant against multi-culturalism, The Closing of the American Mind, on... Read More Read more about ‘The Closing of the American Mind:’ Denying Visas to Foreign Intellectuals
Dubai Ports Deal: ‘War of the Worlds’ Mideast Peace Politics & Society Dubai Ports Deal: ‘War of the Worlds’ Richard Silverstein February 25, 2006 For the past week or more I’ve been doing a daily digest of news and opinion in... Read More Read more about Dubai Ports Deal: ‘War of the Worlds’
AIPAC Lobbies Congress to Bring Hamas to Its Knees While Tying Bush’s Hands Mideast Peace Politics & Society AIPAC Lobbies Congress to Bring Hamas to Its Knees While Tying Bush’s Hands Richard Silverstein February 24, 2006 The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) published a revealing article heralding AIPAC’s upcoming national conference. This is THE... Read More Read more about AIPAC Lobbies Congress to Bring Hamas to Its Knees While Tying Bush’s Hands
Raimondo Attacks Pols’ “Arab-Hatred” in Ports Deal Mideast Peace Politics & Society Raimondo Attacks Pols’ “Arab-Hatred” in Ports Deal Richard Silverstein February 23, 2006 Justin Raimondo (photo: ColoradoCollege.edu) Justin Raimondo attacks the motivations of hysterical Republican and Democratic lawmakers braying for... Read More Read more about Raimondo Attacks Pols’ “Arab-Hatred” in Ports Deal
Myths of the Dubai Ports Deal Mideast Peace Politics & Society Myths of the Dubai Ports Deal Richard Silverstein February 23, 2006 Dick Meyer, editorial director of CBSNews.com, has written a terrific article debunking the major myths that fuel... Read More Read more about Myths of the Dubai Ports Deal