Private Sector Parasites. By Michael Lind.

Private sector parasites. By Michael Lind. Salon, March 21, 2013.

How rich “moochers” hurt America. By Michael Lind. Salon, March 22, 2013.

How Conservatives See Liberals. By Michael Lind.

How conservatives see liberals. By Michael Lind. Salon, March 4, 2013.

Left 3.0. By Tod Lindberg. Policy Review, No. 177 (February/March 2013). Also find it here.

Obama and the emergence of a newer left.


Right-wing journal quietly dies. By Jordan Smith. Salon, February 18, 2013.

President Obama Speaks to the People of Israel.

President Obama Speaks to the People of Israel. Video. WhiteHouse.gov, March 21, 2013. YouTube. Video by Yeshiva World News here. Transcript here, here, and here.

A Tribal Map of the Middle East. By Karl Sharro.

It’s ever so simple: a tribal map of the Middle East. By Karl Sharro. Karl reMarks, March 21, 2013.

The Expulsion of the Hyksos. By Noah Wiener.

The Expulsion of the Hyksos. By Noah Wiener. Bible History Daily, March 19, 2013.

Hyksos buildings are the latest ancient discovery in Tel Habuwa. By Nevine El-Aref. Ahram Online, March 16, 2013.

Of Freedom and Fairness. By Jonathan Haidt.

Of Freedom and Fairness. By Jonathan Haidt. Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, No. 28 (Spring 2013). PDF.

A Decade Later and the Iraq Debate Is Still Contaminated With Myths. By Peter Feaver.

A decade later and the Iraq debate is still contaminated with myths. By Peter Feaver. Foreign Policy, March 17, 2013.

Is the New York Times Inciting a Third Intifada?

Protesters fleeing from tear gas launched by the Israel Defense Forces at a protest in February. In the background, the Israeli settlement of Halamish. Every Friday afternoon since 2009, residents of the West Bank town Nabi Saleh have taken part in demonstrations against the Israeli occupation by marching to a spring that has been taken over by the settlers of Halamish but is on Palestinian-owned land.  Peter van Agtmael/Magnum, for The New York Times.

Inciting Intifada: A New Low for the Times. By Seth Mandel. Commentary, March 18, 2013.

If “Problem” Is Zionism, Peace Isn’t West Bank Activists’ Goal. By Jonathan S. Tobin. Commentary, March 17, 2013.

Do Jerusalem Homes Prevent Peace? By Jonathan S. Tobin. Commentary, March 17, 2013.

Zionism is the problem. By Ben Ehrenreich. Los Angeles Times, March 15, 2009.

Is This Where the Third Intifada Will Start? By Ben Ehrenreich. New York Times, March 15, 2013. [get pdf when NYTM Mar 17 is available]

The Resisters. Slide Show. New York Times, March 17, 2013.

Kissinger Sees Little Hope for Mideast Peace. By Indira A. R. Lakshmanan.

Kissinger Sees Little Hope for Mideast Peace, Arab Spring. By Indira A. R. Lakshmanan. Bloomberg, March 16, 2013.

The American Roots of Neoliberalism. By Daniel Steadman Jones.

The American Roots of Neoliberalism. By Daniel Steadman Jones. History News Network, March 18, 2013.

Can American Conservatism Be Salvaged? By Richard Striner.

Can American Conservatism Be Salvaged? By Richard Striner. History News Network, March 18, 2013.

Economic Inequality: Should We Call It Sin? By Ron Sider.

Economic Inequality: Should We Call It Sin? By Ron Sider. Sojourners, March 19, 2013.

Obama’s Speech to Israelis, with Commentary by Michael Lerner.

Obama’s Speech to Israelis–the text and my commentary. By Michael Lerner. Tikkun, March 21, 2013.

Obama Quotes Alinsky in Speech to Young Israelis. By Aaron Klein.

Obama quotes Alinsky in speech to young Israelis. By Aaron Klein. Klein Online, March 21, 2013.

Channels main theme of Rules for Radicals book on community organizing.

Richard Florida Concedes the Limits of the Creative Class. By Joel Kotkin.

Richard Florida Concedes the Limits of the Creative Class. By Joel Kotkin. JoelKotkin.com, March 20, 2013.

More Losers Than Winners in America’s New Economic Geography. By Richard Florida. The Atlantic, January 30, 2013.

Did I Abandon My Creative Class Theory? Not So Fast, Joel Kotkin. By Richard Florida. The Daily Beast, March 21, 2013.

Hail to the Hipster? By Walter Russell Mead. Via Meadia, March 21, 2013.

A Decade of Despair in Iraq. By Ahmad Saadawi.

A Decade of Despair. By Ahmad Saadawi. New York Times, March 19, 2013.

The Russians Think We’re Wrecking the World on Purpose.

The Russians Think We’re Wrecking the World on Purpose. By David P. Goldman. Spengler. PJ Media, March 19, 2013.

What Russia Learned From the Iraq War. By Fyodor Lukyanov. Al-Monitor, March 18, 2013.

The Real Iraq War Lesson. By Robert Robb.

The Real Iraq War Lesson. By Robert Robb. Real Clear Politics, March 20, 2013.

No Need to Repent for Support of Iraq War. By Max Boot. Commentary, March 18, 2013.

Dragons, Democrats, or Drones? By Thomas L. Friedman. New York Times, March 19, 2013.

Egyptian Cemetery In Amarna Yields Skeletons That Spotlight Plight Of Ancient Commoners.

Excavations at Amarna. The Amarna Project.

Egyptian Cemetery In Amarna Yields Skeletons That Spotlight Plight Of Ancient Commoners. By Tia Ghose. The Huffington Post, March 19, 2013. Also at LiveScience.

Life, death and beyond in Akhenaten’s Egypt: excavating the South Tombs Cemetery at Amarna. By Barry Kemp, Anna Stevens, Gretchen R. Dabbs, Melissa Zabecki, and Jerome C. Rose. Antiquity, Vol. 87, No. 335 (March 2013).

In Photos: Ancient Egyptian Skeletons Unearthed. By Tia Ghose. LiveScience, March 18, 2013.

Grave of a commoner at Amarna. The Amarna Project.

Beware of the New Elites. By Scott Rasmussen.

Beware of the New Elites. By Scott Rasmussen. Real Clear Politics, March 18, 2013. Also find it here.

America’s New Mandarins. By Megan McArdle. The Daily Beast, February 21, 2013.

Obamanomics: Class Warfare vs. Pro-Growth Tax Policy. By Mattie Duppler.

New CF&P “Economics 101” Video Blasts Obama’s Class Warfare Tax Policy. Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation, October 30, 2012.

Obamanomics Would Fail And Here’s Why. By Catherine Jimenez. Thoughtful Women, October 30, 2012.

Obamanomics: Class Warfare vs. Pro-Growth Tax Policy. By Mattie Duppler. Video. CFPEcon101, October 29, 2012. YouTube.

America’s Retirement Crisis.

America’s Retirement Crisis. Video. America Live with Megyn Kelly. Fox News, March 19, 2013.

EBRI’s 2013 Retirement Confidence Survey:Perceived Savings Needs Outpace Reality for Many. Employee Benefit Research Institute, March 2013. PDF.

EBRI: Retirement confidence remains at record low. By Tristan Lejeune. Employee Benefit News, March 19, 2013.

Workers Saving Too Little to Retire. By Kelly Greene and Vipal Monga. Wall Street Journal, March 19, 2013. Also find it here.

US Retirement in Crisis? Let the Boomer Exodus Begin. By Walter Russell Mead. Via Meadia, March 20, 2013.

King Abdullah of Jordan: Monarch in the Middle. By Jeffrey Goldberg.

Monarch in the Middle. By Jeffrey Goldberg. The Atlantic, March 18, 2013. From the April 2013 issue.

Jordan’s King Finds Fault With Everyone Concerned. By David D. Kirkpatrick. New York Times, March 18, 2013.

Human Capitalism: How Economic Growth Has Made Us Smarter — and More Unequal. By Brink Lindsey.

Human Capitalism: How Economic Growth Has Made Us Smarter — and More Unequal. By Brink Lindsey. Video. Cato Institute, February 18, 2013. YouTube.

In the Inequality Debate, Both Sides Are Wrong. By Brink Lindsey. Forbes, August 13, 2012.

Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? By John Tierney.

Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? By John Tierney? New York Times, August 17, 2011. Also find it here.

Decision Fatigue Exhausts Self-Regulatory Resources. By Roy F. Baumeister et al.

Willpower: Self-control, decision fatigue, and energy. Talk by Roy F. Baumeister. Video. TheRSA.org, May 7, 2012. YouTube. Full audio of talk here.