The lobby now admits it is a ’sliver,’ unrepresentative of majority of American Jews
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 5th, 2009 4:35 am by HL
The lobby now admits it is a ’sliver,’ unrepresentative of majority of American Jews
Months ago I declared that Gaza had cracked the Israel lobby. It did so by causing non-affiliated Jews to at last speak out about Israel/Palestine policy. These Jews had traditionally ceded the foreign-policy turf to their pro-Israel cousins (as I…
Sponsored Topics: Gaza - Israel - Barack Obama - American Jews - Middle East
Marine Finds Unlikely Reinforcements Online: Nerds
John Hodgman was right. It’s the revenge of the nerds in America right now. These past few years we’ve seen self-proclaimed, highly-influential nerds using the power of online technology to play a huge role in driving public policy, political campaigns…
Sponsored Topics: John Hodgman - Rey Leal - Politics - United States - Society and Culture
Coming Home from War is No 4th of July Picnic
I’ll never forget my Independence Day at war. On July 4, 2003, I was in Baghdad, preparing to return home with my infantry platoon after six months fighting Saddam’s Army and an insurgency that was just beginning to exact its…
Sponsored Topics: Baghdad - Saddam Hussein - Iraq - British Army - US
