R.W. Apple’s 12/5 memorial service at the Kennedy Center, lately rebroadcast on C-Span, was a good look at the social ways of powerful journalists. Apple seems to have socialized—surprise—on the Democratic lib/left. A eulogist, the powerful corporate lobbyist Anne Wexler, who is married to former NEH boss Joseph Duffey, reminisced about Read More
On truthdig, antiwar activist Tom Hayden offers his experience of being certified by pro-Israel forces, including the Berman machine in Los Angeles, back when he was running for state office:
Twenty-five years ago I stared into the eyes of Michael Berman, chief operative for his congressman-brother, Howard Berman… “I represent the Israeli Read MoreObviously, we’re going to be dealing with guns and violence this week. But before we turn our focus to the domestic variations on the theme, let us, for a moment, consider two seemingly unrelated items from the European theater:
First, there was the stunning-no, make that shocking, absolutely shocking!-attack on Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic’s Read More
