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Old Media Monday: Reviewing the Reviewers

New York Times: Sunday Book Review cover: Alan Brinkley on The Dark Side by Jane Mayer: "In some respects, the Bush administration is simply following a familiar path by responding to real dangers with illegal and deplorable methods. But Jane Mayer’s extraordinary and invaluable book suggests that it would be difficult to find any precedent in American history for the scale, brutality and illegality of the torture and degradation inflicted on detainees over the last six years; and that it wou...

RAND: Not "Wrong War" But "War Wrong" For Fighting Terrorism

The RAND Corporation , originally founded as a think tank for the military, has just released a study, "How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al Qa'ida" (PDF) (Summary-PDF), which concludes that "Police and intelligence agencies, rather than the military, should be the tip of the spear against al Qaida in most of the world, and the United States should abandon the use of the phrase 'war on terrorism.'" This has always been blindingly obvious to me, a DFH, since the one thing al Qaida ...

A new generation of imperialist cheerleaders in the US ( Haughty and dismissive)

McCain's Mad Dog Advisor Max Boot By NIKOLAS KOZLOFF While most all of Bush’s neo-conservatives have been discredited, a new generation of imperialist cheerleaders stands to grasp the reins of foreign policy in the event that John McCain wins the November election. One up and coming hopeful is Max Boot, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and an informal adviser to the Arizona Senator’s campaign. I first became aware of Boot as a college undergraduate at UC Berkeley in the late...

Nefesh B'Nefesh International Blogger Conference

Mary Carlisle spreads the word about the Nefesh B'Nefesh JBlogger Convention “You have to come with me,” I tell Karen. “Why?” “Gosh, there's no telling what kind of trouble I'll get into without you.” Karen gives me a long, penetrating stare. When she does this I immediately become ten years old—a helpless dork. “What kind of trouble?” Karen asks reasonably. I'm stumped. Here's the thing: Nefesh B'Nefesh is sponsoring the First International Jewish Bloggers Convention in Jerus...

Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2008 (AP)

Israel to swap prisoners with Hezbollah Wednesday (AP) AP - The Israeli government said it will swap prisoners with the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah on Wednesday, closing a chapter between the enemies two years after they fought an inconclusi...

Tony Snow, My Friend & a Real Mensch, R.I.P.

By Debbie Schlussel **** PLEASE NOTE UPDATE **** I'm very saddened to learn of the passing of my friend, Tony Snow, from cancer, this morning. I've known Tony for more than two decades--since I was literally in junior high school, and he was an editorial writer for The Detroit News before it transformed into the Detroit Newsistan. At that time, the newspaper was actually worth reading, and under then-Editorial Page Editor Thomas Bray, Tony was a rising star as his deputy. Tony was not afraid to ...

Israeli tank fires at cameraman & two kids

Israel - Final Footage Recorded By Cameraman Shows An Israeli Tank fires a Round and Miss Two Kids By Inches Author: NEWUSER101 Keywords: Israeli fire at camerman palestine crimes israeli

Weekend roundup

I'm back home, so posting will return to normal. MAN will feature several significant stories this week, so be sure to check back often. In the LAT, Holly Myers explains why Steve Roden is an artist's artist. Roden at Vielmetter was the best show of new work I saw in LA last week. That's the same sun spinning and fading... (2008) at right. This is a little bit out of date because I was traveling, but this story from the Chicago Tribune is troubling for about umpteen reasons. In short, an art exh...

King Abdullah: don't miss peace chance

Jordan's king warned Wednesday that it would be a "serious mistake" to miss the chance for an Israel-Palestinian peace this year, as called for by U.S. President George W. Bush. King Abdullah II said that the Middle East must "move...

Rumor On NYSE Floor FedEx to Miss by Half On Weak Economy and Fu

Disaster type numbers being quoted as everyone rushes to dump stocks ahead of iranian national bank. Israel has placed all reservists on high alert. Comics sent me an email saying he has prepared the official american terms of surrender while hiding...