Pro-Israel Group Tries to Smear the Protesters
Oct 19, 2011 A right-wing, pro-Israel group called the Emergency Committee for Israel has released a commercial that portrays the ongoing protests against the cozy relationship between government and corporations as anti-Semitic. (more)
Abbas to Seek Palestinian Statehood at the U.N. Next Week
Sep 16, 2011 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced that he would seek recognition of a Palestinian state at the United Nations Security Council next week, a move that intensifies already considerable tensions in one of the Middle East's most intractable conflicts. (more)
Arab Spring Monster
Aug 29, 2011
Israel on a PR Campaign
Nov 29, 2010 Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is on a kick to improve his country’s standing in Europe. His strategy? Develop a cadre of “allies” abroad who will serve as walking PR agents for Israeli policy.Democratic Values, Islam and the Judeo-Christian Tradition Fallacy
Aug 12, 2010 There are now warnings emanating from some circles that Muslim leaders are seeking gateways through which to implement an "Islamification" of American politics and society.
God Gets the R. Crumb Treatment
Oct 19, 2009 Drawing God is an age-old challenge, but ultra-quirky illustrator R. Crumb was up for it -- although it took a lot of white-out to do the job, which seems fitting somehow. Crumb tackled the first 50 chapters of the Old Testament in his latest creation, simply titled "The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb," and lo, it is good.
Charles Taylor Finds Yahweh
Jun 10, 2009 Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has found a new religion, reports say. The one-time African dictator, on trial at The Hague accused of crimes against humanity, has decided to convert to Judaism. According to one of his wives, after arriving in the Netherlands "he got to know that he really, really wanted to be a Jew."
The Truce
Apr 28, 2007
