Monthly Archives: December 2007

Notes on the Post-Bush Mideast

Posted on December 24, 2007 by Tony

Should auld aquaintance be forgot… A year from now, the Bush Administration will be emptying its desks into cardboard boxes and preparing to hand over to its successor. And, it’s a relatively safe bet that the menu of foreign policy … Continue reading →

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Hillary’s ‘Southern Strategy’: Muslim-Baiting

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Tony

So this is the big secret that Hillary’s campaign is trying to warn us will crop up like some old floozie of Bill’s to wreck the Dems chances if they nominate Obama? Hillary surrogate Senator Bob Kerrey casually tossed out … Continue reading →

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An Inconvenient Truth for Israel

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Tony

Uri Avnery argues that the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate on Iran is a catastrophic blow to the Israeli leadership, which has been using the “Iran threat” as a political organizing principle at home and abroad. Continue reading →

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Constructing Hanukkah

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Tony

Guest Column: David Shasha, the founder and director of the Center for Sephardic Heritage in Brooklyn, New York, is one of my favorite weekly email reads. (You can subscribe, too, by contacting him directly.) He offers a fascinating, and very … Continue reading →

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