I'm posting this because 500words gave a shout-out in her blog that anyone interested in seeing the comment could click though to here, so in the (probably unlikely) event that someone does, they have something to see.

BTW I am fine with the comment being removed;  the topic was beginning to… Read full post »

What really happened during the recent war, and what can be done to prevent it from happening again?

Paul Berman, a progressive intellectual, professor of Journalism at New York University and editor of Dissent and The New Republic, has some great words about the subject.  You can read the inte… Read full post »

From today's U.S. News and World Report:

Who'd Run the Best Daycare?

Daniel Pearl's father wrote a perceptive and moving essay about the meaning of his son's death.  His description of our world today is better than anything I could possibly write.

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As a previous post about anti-semitism on this forum seems to have turned into a chaotic jumble of personal jibes and off-topic debates, I'm attempting to resurrect this important topic on my (very first)  post.

This is a crucial topic - you can't get any more serious than ge… Read full post »