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Somewhere in our archives, there is another post where I compare two stories from two papers because sometimes you can learn a great deal when you look at things side by side. Here are two short...

Sometimes I plan to write a post, and then I read something similar elsewhere and abandon my plan. Today’s Jerusalem Post editorial tackled two topics that I wanted to cover, the nature of the...

Well, the Israeli government decided that if you can’t stop the Palestinian rockets from being launched at Israeli civilians, it might as well use those civilians for propaganda purposes. So...

Okay, so spoilsport Ralph Nader, who many decades ago did some good things for the US of A, has decided once again to run as a Republican shill. As we all recall, crestfallen, in 2000 Al Gore lost...

This is a short report: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen won best picture, along with producer Scott Rudin for No Country for Old Men. That was one brutal flick but definitely memorable and exceptionally...

This one’s for me: And this Subliminal clip is for ck and for Esther: By the way, that Subliminal clip is a cover. This is the original from 1970. I think it’s safe to say the Subliminal...

Tonight (Feb. 24) on 60 Minutes, there will be a segment covering Don Siegelman’s trial and incarceration with a 7 year sentence. There are many who believe that Siegelman was hunted by the...

A lovely image of the Yarkon River at sunset by Ron Almog who seems to have a passion for sunsets in Israel. He’s also got a blog where he posts images. This has been a week of sobering threats...