Monday, January 14, 2013

Striving for an illusion-free Middle East peace. By Shlomo Avineri.

Striving for an illusion-free Middle East peace. By Shlomo Avineri. Haaretz, January 13, 2013. Also find it here.

Netanyahu: Tactical genius, strategic idiot. By Gideon Rachman. Financial Times, January 14, 2013.

Israeli women soldiers have “right stuff” for border watch. By Dan Williams.

Israeli women soldiers have “right stuff” for border watch. By Dan Williams. Reuters, January 11, 2013. Also find it here.

Teacher told to remove Bible verses, Reagan quote from class.

Teacher told to remove Bible verses, Reagan quote from class. Video. America Live with Megyn Kelly, Fox News, January 14, 2013.

Andrew Jackson on Himself as David and Henry Clay as Goliath.

Andrew Jackson on Himself as David and Henry Clay as Goliath:

It appears we live in evil times, when those exalted to high dignified & honorable stations have abandoned the course dictated by truth & honor, and move on to self agrandisement regardless of the use of means by which it may be acquired. What wickedness would not men commit who, for political effect would falsly assail female charecter that they might rule. I have always thought Clay corrupt, that he would do any thing to promote his own views—but I was not prepared to believe, untill I reed the proof, that the Secrataries of War & Navy, were base anough to enter into his views, become his panders, secretely to slander me, but it appears I put too high a value on their honor & attachment for truth—Under all circumstances that surround me, I confess it requires much philosophy to bear things with calmness & equanimity of temper—My political enemies have not Judged of me rightly—they cannot provoke me to an act of rashness—should the uncircumcised philistines send forth their Golia[t]h to destroy the liberty of the people & compel them to worship Mamon, they may find a David who trusts in the god of Abraham Isaac and of Jacob, for when I fight, it is the battles of my country. I am calm & composed, trusting in the Lord of hosts, I believe him Just; and therefore look forward to a time when retributive Justice will take place, & when Just attonement can be required and enforced. . . . Mr. C. it is said, is very wroth & threatens as loud as the champion of the Philistines did of old.

Source: Andrew Jackson to Robert Young Hayne, July 9, 1827. The Papers of Andrew Jackson. Harold D. Moser et al. editors. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2002. Volume 6, p. 357.

American Values Die Without Great Communicators. By Jarrett Stepman.

American Values Die Without Great Communicators. By Jarrett Stepman. Human Events, January 8, 2013.

Welcome to the new Civil War. By Andrew O'Hehir.

Welcome to the new Civil War. By Andrew O'Hehir. Salon, January 5, 2013.

Lincoln’s unfinished war rages on, as the neo-Confederacy tries to turn back the clock on women, gays, God and guns.

Southern Discomfort. By George Packer. The New Yorker, January 21, 2013.

Obama and Moderate Republicans See Conservatives as Common Enemy. By Rush Limbaugh. RushLimbaugh.com, January 14, 2013. Also find it here.

James Tracy, a professor at Florida Atlantic University, claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax.

James Tracy, blog posts on the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Memory Hole.

Florida conspiracy professor suggests Sandy Hook massacre didn’t occur, was cooked up by Obama to promote gun control. By Philip Caulfield. New York Daily News, January 9, 2013.

James Tracy, FAU Professor, Disputes Newtown Sandy Hook Massacre Account. By Mike Clary. The Huffington Post, January 8, 2013.

Florida professor defends theory that Newtown shootings never happened. By David Edwards. The Raw Story, January 9, 2013.

Sandy Hook conspiracy theory tests limits of free speech. Video. America Live with Megyn Kelly, Fox News, January 14, 2013.

Hundreds sign up to live in the Citadel – an armed, “defensible” fortress community planned for Idaho. By Daniel Miller.

Hundreds sign up to live in the Citadel – an armed, “defensible” fortress community planned for Idaho. By Daniel Miller. Daily Mail, January 14, 2013.

Patriotic Group To Build Armed “Defensible” Neighborhood Fortress. By Gregory Gwyn-Williams, Jr. CNSNews.com, January 12, 2013.

The Citadel website.

III Citadel Blog

III Citadel Project. By Kerodin. III Percent Patriots.

The Real Origin of America’s Gun Culture. By Carole Emberton.

The Real Origin of America’s Gun Culture. By Carole Emberton. History News Network, January 14, 2013.

Hagel: Terrorists attack because they lack hope. By Aaron Klein.

Hagel: Terrorists attack because they lack hope. Defense nominee claims Palestinians “chained down many, many years.” By Aaron Klein. Klein Online, January 10, 2013.

Hagel: U.S. Should Give Up Nukes Before Rogue Nations. WorldNetDaily, January 11, 2013.



Riz Khan: Chuck Hagel on U.S. foreign policy, Part 1. Al Jazeera English, March 21, 2009. YouTube.



Riz Khan: Chuck Hagel on U.S. foreign policy, Part 2. Al Jazeera English, March 21, 2009. YouTube.

Chuck Hagel’s Jewish Problem. By Bret Stephens.

Chuck Hagel’s Jewish Problem. By Bret Stephens. Wall Street Journal, December 17, 2012.

Why Hagel Matters. By Peter Beinart. The Daily Beast, January 7, 2013.

In Defense of Hagel for Defense. By Nicholas D. Kristof. New York Times, January 9, 2013.

Chuck Hagel and the Neocon Smear Machine. Robert Wright. The Atlantic, December 19, 2012.

The End of Courtship? By Alex Williams.

The End of Courtship? By Alex Williams. New York Times, January 11, 2013.

Hacking the Hyperlinked Heart. By Amy Webb. Wall Street Journal, January 11, 2013.

Darwin Was Wrong About Dating. By Dan Slater. New York Times, January 12, 2013.