Last Thursday, former White House correspondent Helen Thomas received a standing ovation in Dearborn, where she addressed a group of roughly 300 people, most of whom, I’m told, were non-Arab. Thomas, in addition to criticizing America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, talked about, “the whole question of money involved in politics” – which is to […]
I had other plans for tonight’s post. I had wanted, of all things, to write about Johnny Cash’s appearance in a 1974 episode of Columbo entitled Swan Song. It’s been one of my favorites for a long time, and I thought that a nice discussion of it would make a welcomed detour from all the […]
This video clip is worth it for the last exchange between Stephen Colbert and Israeli ambassador Michael Orin alone. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Formidable Opponent – Michael Oren www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News And, while we’re on the subject, new footage would seem to indicate that […]
It’s been requested that I move this bit of craziness up to the front page, from the comments section of a recent thread, where it was left by a reader in Ypsi Township calling himself EOS. He didn’t indicate it in his comment, but the first two paragraphs were lifted verbatim from an Israeli news […]
Noted American academic Noam Chomsky was, a few days ago, denied entry into Israel due to his vociferous condemnation of the state’s actions. Here he is discussing his views with an Israeli reporter.
