תומר אייגס פירסם קוד מקור הכולל חולשה קריטית במערכת הפעלה, שאותה מכירים רק בצה”ל (חולשות כאלה מאפשרות, למשל, לחדור לטלפונים או למחשבים ללא ידיעת המשתמש) Avner Cohen and I have for days been attempting to parse the Tomer Eiges tragedy to understand both what happened, and what lessons might be learned from it. After hearing […]
Dumbo as Political Allegory
I started to write this post a year ago or so after first seeing Dumbo (that’s right, I never saw it during my entire child–or adulthood–for that matter) with my then 3 year old son. The film just bowled me over it was so good. But what initially inspired me to write about it was […]
Benny Morris: Moral Bankruptcy of a Zionist Historian
Ari Shavit has published an astonishing & deeply disturbing interview, Survival of the Fittest, with the Zionist historian Benny Morris in Haaretz. In the interview, Morris reveals an outspoken anti-Arab racism and a willingness to discard all moral qualms in the effort to condone acts of Israeli terror during the 1948 War. I have read […]
George Bush and the Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment
George Bush announcing support for constitutional amendmentbanning gay marriage (credit: Susan Walsh/AP) I notice in the photo that George’s handlers chose the painting of Teddy Roosevelt charging up San Juan Hill as backdrop for his announcement. What does that imply–that George is “leading the charge” against gay marriage?? Hmmm. The constitutional amendment endorsed yesterday by […]
