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Israel and Gaza

I have not had a free moment (or at least enough time) to respond thoughtfully to the important comments in the posts below (1, 2). Here is a piece I…

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Frontiers of Interventionist Public Policy

Porn industry seeks federal bailout Makes as much sense as bailing out the automobile industry: “With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex is the farthest…

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A Contribution to Moral Clarity

“Orwell, blinding tribalism, selective Terrorism, and Israel/Gaza,” by Glenn Greenwald

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Zbig on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

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A New History of the Roman Empire

I’m about 100 pages into Peter Heather’s really gripping book, The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History. It’s a great read. I wish I had more time just…

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What Is Olmert Thinking?

Israeli troops ‘move into Gaza’ Another great success, like in Lebanon, where his actions greatly strengthened Hezbollah? An election pitch that he is the toughest opponent of terrorist rockets? Or…

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Budapest the Hot Place to Visit

A long time ago, on a visit to Budapest when the Communists still ruled, I visited the Gellert Baths for an old-fashioned Central European experience. (It was on that trip…

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WordPress Plugin Available for an Unjustly Imprisoned Blogger

I encourage you, as you begin 2009, to think about a victim of censorship who has languished in prison for years and was condemned to endure two more years without…

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A Great Lady Leaves the Stage….

Helen Suzman, a champion of justice, 1917-2009. (Here’s short BBC film clip about her.)

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