Israel’s Brutal Campaign
By Austin Thompson - Jan 15th, 2009 at 3:20 pmThe Israeli military bombed the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip earlier today, destroying thousands of pounds of food and humanitarian supplies. The attack…
Posts Tagged ‘Middle East’
Israel Bans Arab Parties
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 12th, 2009 at 2:48 pmThis is just horrifying:
The Central Elections Committee on Monday banned Arab political parties from running in next month’s parliamentary elections, drawing accusations of racism…
On the Ground With Joe the Plumber
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 12th, 2009 at 11:57 amBecause if Joe the Plumber says it, it must be true:
I’ll be honest with you. I don’t think journalists should be anywhere allowed war.…
Even Orange???
By Jesse Singal - Jan 9th, 2009 at 11:46 amI can’t vouch for it, but I think the fact that I want this photo to be real makes me a bad person:
(Since this…
Joe the Correspondent
By Jesse Singal - Jan 7th, 2009 at 2:36 pmInteresting news:
TOLEDO, Ohio — Joe the Plumber is putting down his wrenches and picking up a reporter’s notebook.
The Ohio man who became a…
Well, It’s a Start…
By Jesse Singal - Jan 6th, 2009 at 5:51 pmObama on Gaza: “The loss of civilian life in Gaza and in Israel is a source of deep concern to me, and after January 20th…
There’s Suffering on Both Sides
By Jesse Singal - Jan 5th, 2009 at 11:48 amGlenn Greenwald makes an exceedingly basic point that’s worth taking a moment to think about:
I can’t express how many emails I’ve received in the last…
Make Him An Offer He Can’t Accept
By Dylan Matthews - Dec 31st, 2008 at 1:44 pmBy now, I suspect most people have seen Zbigniew Brzezinski’s smackdown of Joe Scarborough:
It is, of course, awesome to see Scarborough’s smug sense of…
Thoughts on the Brain Stem Controlling Fred Kagan and His Buddies
By Jesse Singal - Nov 3rd, 2008 at 5:40 pmVia Spencer Ackerman, Fred Kagan had a pretty remarkable op-ed in Friday’s Wall Street Journal that I had missed until now. Check out Spencer’s post,…
Buy The Iron Cage
By Dylan Matthews - Oct 31st, 2008 at 3:10 pmEzra has a great suggestion for how to protest the McCain campaign’s Islamophobic, anti-Arab campaign against Columbia Professor Rashid Khalidi:
Presumably, this experience has not…
All Politics Is Local (Tehran Edition)
By Dylan Matthews - Oct 14th, 2008 at 10:51 amIt looks like the 2009 Iranian presidential race could get very, very interesting:
TEHRAN — Former President Mohammad Khatami, a moderate under pressure by political…
Did Ahmadinejad Really Threaten to Destroy Israel?
By Jesse Singal - Oct 1st, 2008 at 1:20 pmI second Dylan’s take on Iran hysteria, particularly the stuff about how people tend to assume Iran will act in a completely irrational, suicidal manner,…
Tell Me What It Look Like, Tell Me What It Is
By Dylan Matthews - Oct 1st, 2008 at 10:59 amLos Angeles Times media critic Tim Rutten wants you to know that he’s very, very disappointed in your lack of moral seriousness:
[Islamist radicals] mean…
The Weekly Standard Trots Out Some Familiar, False Ideas About Terrorism
By Jesse Singal - Sep 30th, 2008 at 4:13 pmJamie Kirchick’s piece in the current issue of The Weekly Standard is worth responding to, as it perfectly encapsulates much of what’s flawed about the…
Politicizing Iraq 2.0: Beta Release Coming as Early as 2011
By Jesse Singal - Aug 25th, 2008 at 1:28 pmFrom the AP:
Iraq and the United States have agreed on a date for the departure of American combat troops, as part of a broader…
