aaronteed: the world through the eyes of amess

This seems like such an obvious point, but it is apparently not obvious to the many people who oppose the Cordoba Initiative’s planned mosque in lower Manhattan, so let me state it as clearly as…

And in other news, the United Nations sides with Israel. The more I read about this cross-border skirmish between the Israeli and Lebanese armies, the more it seems like a set-up. The Lebanese…

Many Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have a dream: to work or live in Israel. Some even say they are prepared to pay large sums of money to obtain Israeli citizenship. Others pay a lot…

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The ADL has criticized the idea of building a mosque and community center near the site of Ground Zero in lower Manhattan. If I read the press release correctly, the ADL is opposing the building of…

Walt and Mearsheimer put forth exceedingly controversial arguments, which means that they attract a lot more undesirable would-be allies than do your typical Middle East commentators. Those allies…

From the outside, Keith Bulluck has heard all the preseason chatter about the “other” teams in the NFC East. He didn’t understand why everyone was overlooking the Giants then, and…

The Goldstone Report was released last September.

The Goldstone Commission members were appointed on April 3. They first convened on May 4. They spent about 10 days in Gaza listening to testimony…

Barefoot Contessa, meet Hamas. Hamas, say hello to Mort Zuckerman. The winner of Goldblog’s press-release-of-the-week contest:

HAMAS IN THE HAMPTONS

Bomb Shelter Exhibit Fights Terrror with Art

The Lt. Governor of Tennessee, Ron Ramsey, is running for governor. And he thinks America’s constitutionally guaranteed freedom of religion may not apply to Muslims.

At a recent event in…

The Library of Congress’ DMCA exception for jailbreaking is big news for our community. The new ruling basically says that jailbreaking or unlocking devices is not illegal. But I think…

Jacob Weisberg:

Supporters of boycotting Israel seldom focus on China, or Syria, or Zimbabwe, or other genuinely illegitimate regimes that violate human rights not in deviation from their own…