Barry’s BlueSky- Untitled May 21, 2024This can't possibly be true, because I remember people saying that there'd be a huge exodus of millionaires out of Massachusetts so the tax wouldn't work anyway. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled May 20, 2024If the ICC had issued arrest warrants only against Israeli officials, Biden would scream that it's biased to issue warrants against Israel but not Hamas. But the ICC (rightly) issued warrants against both, and Biden is screaming that to charge both is a false equivalence and outrageous. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled May 20, 2024#PoliCartoon: SHEEPLE! Sometimes I just feel like drawing a silly cartoon. :-) There’s a related blog post (link in reply) which features a lot of interesting thoughts from Frank Young about coloring my cartoons. (Frank doesn’t color all my cartoons, but he colors a lot of ‘em.)
- Untitled May 19, 2024#PoliCartoon: You're So Brave, I'd Rather Be Dead
- Untitled May 18, 2024The Biggest Crisis A #PoliCartoon by me and Becky Hawkins.
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Monthly Archives: October 2002
Chomsky, Chomsky, Chomsky…
Psst! Guess what? I’ve got a secret to tell you, and it’s something that, judging from current discourse, I ought to be ashamed of. I kinda like Noam Chomsky. I think he’s a damn smart writer. Unlike countless writers who … Continue reading
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Welcome, Someone Robert Andersen!
Huzzah! Hooray! As of about an hour ago — I am an Uncle!!!! Although they’re obviously a bit too busy to be reading my stupid blog right about now… still, congratulations to my wonderful, beautiful, smart sister and to my … Continue reading
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Meanwhile, it still sucks to be female in Afghanistan
Has anyone noticed that the war/antiwar crowds have reversed their positions when it comes to Afghanistan? The Bush administration (despite its vocal claims otherwise) has been quietly pulling back on commitments to Afghanistan, blocking a planned $174 million in Afghan … Continue reading
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More Links about Israel and Palestine…
How George Bush is trying to prevent peace talks. I don’t know how I missed linking to this excellent post by Jim at Objectionable Content last week: "I think that, at times, alarmist reminders are valuable — if the situation … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Palestine & Israel
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Is This Cartoon Objectively Pro-Terrorist?
Shortly after September 11th 2001, my pal Kevin – whose links page compliments me by comparing me to a fart, bless his heart – drew this cartoon, which is my favorite of all the political cartoons I read that week. … Continue reading
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Palestine Solidarity Conference at the University of Michigan
Meryl Yourish has posted a legal brief by some folks who were suing to shut down the "“Second National Student Conference on the Palestine Solidarity Movement" (Occam’s Toothbrush posted some quotes from the same document). A few comments: I have … Continue reading
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Anti-Semitism redux, redux. Er, redux.
The Lincoln Plawg has a good piece dissecting Larry Summers’ famous speech (as regular readers know, this is a subject I’ve commented on a time or three myself). Here’s a sample from the Lincoln Plawg: There are two main objections … Continue reading
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The Least Anti-Semitic Place in America? A College Campus.
Anti-Semitism is rampaging over our college campuses, right? Well, maybe not. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) – a group who no one could accuse of being in denial about anti-Semitism – ran a survey which found just the opposite. According to … Continue reading
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When is calling a Jew a Nazi not anti-Semitic? When she's a feminist Jew.
(Note: I’ve also criticized leftist anti-Semitism and partisanship. But because this post responds to others’ disagreements with me, and no one disagreed with that point, it doesn’t come up in this post.) In an earlier post, I wrote this: [Cathy … Continue reading
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