Category Archives: Magazines and Newspapers

Is Mexico a Failed State?

Posted on March 28, 2009 by

Martin Peretz seems to think so: I am extremely pessimistic about Mexican-American relations, not because the U.S. had done anything specifically wrong to our southern neighbor but because a (now not quite so) wealthy country has as its abutter a … Continue reading →

Posted in International Politics, Latin America, Magazines and Newspapers | 3 Comments

The Nation on Gaza

Posted on January 22, 2009 by

[No links in this post. Feel free to visit The Nation's website if you are so inclined.] I don’t read The Nation that much these days. What’s the point? The authors always provide a standard lefty perspective that is predictable … Continue reading →

Posted in International Politics, Israel and Zionism, Magazines and Newspapers, Radicalism, War | 1 Comment

Ernest Sternberg: A Revivified Corpse, Left-Fascism in the Twenty-First Century

Posted on January 14, 2009 by

Ernest’s Sternberg’s review of Bernard-Henri Lévy’s, Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism (New York: Random House, 2008 ) in Telos (A Revivified Corpse: Left Fascism in the Twenty-First Century) is well worth reading (also check out … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Archives, History, and Historiography, Magazines and Newspapers, Radicalism, Theory, Totalitarianism | Leave a comment

What Part of “Not” Does the New York Times Not Understand?

Posted on September 10, 2008 by

I was reading today’s NYT in my office and came across this brief piece from the editors, “Meaner Streets in Washington.” Here is a bit: Congress is considering a reckless piece of legislation that would eviscerate gun controls in the … Continue reading →

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Honest Reporting: The New York Times and Israel

Posted on July 29, 2008 by

[H/t Grand Muffti. This goes in the “tell me what I don’t already know” department. HonestReporting has an important analysis of anti-Israel bias in the NYT. Post links to the report on anti-Zionist blogs which claim the newspaper is part … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Zionism, Magazines and Newspapers, Media, NYC | 1 Comment

Standpoint Magazine/Online

Posted on June 15, 2008 by

Just a nod of approval to the new Standpoint magazine and website. First Democratiya and now this. Why don’t we have similar projects in the U.S.? In the “About Us” section: Standpoint’s core mission is to celebrate our civilization, its … Continue reading →

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Democratiya 13 (Summer 2008)

Posted on May 28, 2008 by

Somewhat related to the post below, the current edition of Democratiya (13, Summer 2008 ) contains some articles revisiting May 1968. I have not had a chance to read it but here’s what you’ll find: Editor’s Page Letters to the … Continue reading →

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The New Criterion: Special Section on Education

Posted on May 14, 2008 by

The recent edition of The New Criterion has a special section concerning education. I’ve only had a chance to read Paquette’s article but all of them look interesting: Introduction: What was a liberal education? by Roger Kimball An introduction to … Continue reading →

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Jane’s: Dozens of Iranians and Syrians died from poison gas missile blast

Posted on September 21, 2007 by

[From Israel Insider] Additional proof of cooperation between Iran and Syria in the development and deployment of weapons of mass destruction was revealed Monday in a Jane’s Magazine report that dozens of Iranian engineers and 15 Syrian officers were killed … Continue reading →

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Schoenfeld: Fare Thee Well, Alberto Gonzales, and Good Riddance

Posted on August 29, 2007 by

[Hat tip to Gabriel Schoenfeld at Contentions] Alberto Gonzales is leaving the Justice Department with a lot of sensitive business pending. One open case of exceptional importance concerns the leak of highly classified information about the National Security Agency’s terrorist-surveillance … Continue reading →

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