Sen. James Inhofe (R, OK) feigns”outrage that we have so many humanitarian do-gooders right now crawling all...
Mideast Peace
New York Times architecture critic, Herbert Muschamp rhapsodizes about Seattle’s new Central Library in The Library That...
Alex Witchel profiled Mimi Sheraton in Undisguised Pleasures of a Former Critic. Turns out that Sheraton’s mom,...
We have had a relatively mild winter (only one cold spell during which the temperatures went down...
The New York Times reported yesterday in An Afghan Gives His Own Account of U.S. Abuse that...
Hesperion XXI at Berkeley concert duringprevious U.S. tour (credit: funfolks.com) Yesterday night, I had the great privilege...
Barcelona Haggadah (14th century),Jews departing synagogue(credit: modia.org) Historical Background: In this current age of venomous Arab-Jewish relations,...
It has taken several days for the enormity of the Abu Ghraib torture scandal to sink in....
Richard Perle finally finds IraqiWMD! (credit: Al-Jazeera.info) The New York Times ran an expose yesterday, How Pair’s...
In the summer of 1987, my brother was teaching Chemistry at Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA....
Natan Alterman pictured on a record coverfor his Magash Hakesef (“On a Silver Platter”)(credit: Israeliscent.com) Palestine is...
“First there is a mountain, Then there is no mountain, Then there is…” Juanita, Donovan You read...
