Barry’s BlueSky- Untitled May 18, 2024The Biggest Crisis A #PoliCartoon by me and Becky Hawkins.
- Untitled May 17, 2024#PoliCartoon: Fat Patients, Fat Patience #FatAcceptance
- Untitled May 17, 2024Thinking of that time that Degas painted the actress Ellen Andree sitting and looking pensive in a cafe, and Monet saw Degas' painting and decided to find the same actress and get her to pose in the same cafe so he could do his own version.
- Untitled May 17, 2024Copyright claims often go too far, crushing free speech and not allowing for the way artists are influenced by, repurpose, and even coincidentally echo, other art. Not this time, though! Jeff Dieschburg is a straight-up tracer who adds NOTHING original when he paints his copies of photos. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled May 17, 2024#PoliCartoon: Defending Free Speech
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Category Archives: Palestine & Israel
Criticism as Punishment: Retribution, Utility, and Outrage
In the field of criminal law, there are two main philosophical schools on how society is allowed to punish offenders. The first is the retributive school — basically arguing that we can punish people solely based on how much they … Continue reading
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Peace Pulse
The Israel Policy Forum has set up camp in the blogosphere with its new venture, “The Mideast Peace Pulse”. The IPF states its mission as “to promote active U.S. engagement to achieve a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and … Continue reading
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Suheir Hammad, A Poet Whose Work You Should Probably Know
Given some of the discussion generated by Jake’s comment on David’s Breaking The Seals post, I thought people here might be interested to know about (if you don’t already) the work of Palestinian poet Suheir Hammad. I wrote about her … Continue reading
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What if the two-state solution collapses?
A brace of pessimism from Stephen Walt: There are two trends at play that threaten to undermine the two-state option. The first is the continued expansion of Israel settlements in the land that is supposed to be reserved for the … Continue reading
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Iranian Experts Out Harry Potter as a Member of the World Zionist Conspiracy
Late last month, the Daily News published this article: Harry Potter part of Zionist conspiracy, Iranian film claims. The ridiculousness of the video speaks for itself, and so, except for a couple of points that I think bear making, I … Continue reading
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Recent Article: U.S. Media Bias Toward Israel
For anyone who is interested I wrote an article recently in where I interviewed Dr. As’ad AbuKhalil and FAIR representative Peter Hart. The article was about U.S. media bias on the coverage of Israel. This is my original article which … Continue reading
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Cultural Resistance and Revolution in Palestine
In a recent Crossing the Line podcast, Seth Porcello interviewed Juliano Mer–Khamis, a director of the Freedom Theater in the Jenin refugee camp, a theater for children. Mer–Khamis gives us these solemn words of wisdom: The Palestinian people are going … Continue reading
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Was left to bleed to death
Please take 10 minutes out of your time to watch this short interview clip of Amer Shurrab, who lost two of his brothers in the same day during the recent war on Gaza. I’m not sure why the person who … Continue reading
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Is Criticizing Israel Dangerous For Your Career?
Ezra Klein, using himself as an example, says that “Criticizing Israel is not an act of courage because it’s not actually dangerous for your career.” Well, it’s certainly true that it hasn’t been a problem for some people’s careers. Ezra … Continue reading
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