“Maggie’s Mauling for Blair”
Great title from the Sunday Mirror. Iraq war quote of the day, from Lady Thatcher: Britain should never have been involved and it will be very difficult to get our troops out in anything like the near future.
“Story of Isaac”
As a supplement to today’s article, “Toward a Meaningful Yom Kippur,” I’ll include these lines from Leonard Cohen: You who build these altars now to sacrifice these children, you must not do it anymore. A scheme is not a vision and you never have been tempted by a demon or a god. You who stand [...]
If Tom Ridge Has Any Extra Duct Tape…
He might consider putting some over Paul Wolfowitz’s mouth. Another brilliant gem from the undersecretary: Pressed by House Democrats about whether the administration planned to withdraw U.S. troops right before the 2004 presidential election, Wolfowitz assured them that no decisions were being made on political grounds. “These are national security decisions; they have to be [...]
Democratic War
Was looking for a picture and stumbled across this gem: Clark for President!
Ever Heard of Deir Yassin?
It was the site of a 1948 atrocity. From Ha’aretz: The attack on April 9, 1948, killed anywhere from 108 to 254 [Arab] villagers – the number is still debated – and accelerated Israeli expropriation of land. One man’s terrorist and all that…
