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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Mr. Bergen’s Error…Part I

There’s a lot happening in the Middle East, did you notice? In fact, there’s so much that I don’t know what to comment on first, especially since things ‘on the ground’ are murky indeed. Some of them are bizarre, such as Gaddafi’s letter addressed to “ Our dear son, Excellency, Baraka Hussein Abu... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

In the Name of Islam: Only 14, Bangladeshi Girl Lashed to Death...

I know absolutely nothing about the fool who burned the Koran, let alone his motives. I may well be wrong, but I suspect it was done for ‘religious’ reasons of the kind I’ve heard of before. Something along the lines that, since the Koran is ‘Satan’s book,’ it ought to be burned. After all, we used... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 3, 2011

A Malicious and Incompetent Blogger...

Okay, I am not talking about one of our Bloggers, but if you read this because you thought I was, well then, I have succeeded. Because I really want you to read this. The S.O.B. I am talking about actually may be blogging somewhere, for all I know, not that I give a sh*t. And if you’re surprised at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Reflections on the Middle East…Part XVII

While my latest mini-series was concerned with an occurrence in the Middle East (the slaughter of the Fogel family at Itamar), I obviously had to neglect the macro-view of events unfolding in that part of the world. But I am returning to that theme tonight, and to make things easy for myself, I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Mom and Dad and Three Little Children Revisited…Part V

Before getting to the second part of my answer to Juliah, I have to thank cpclapper for his extensive comments. As has been the case before, we agree on some points and disagree on others. And while all of them are certainly worthy of debate, some of the issues he raises are of a scope far beyond... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Mom and Dad and Three Little Children Revisited…Part IV

If measured on a scale of 0 – 10, the popularity of this mini-series is in danger of sliding into the range below zero, LOL, judging by the dearth of commentary. And I agree, it’s an uncomfortable topic, even if, in the previous part as well as today’s, I am no longer talking directly about the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 25, 2011

Mom and Dad and Three Little Children Revisited…Part III

When I joined Blogit, lo these many years ago in 2006, I promised myself I would respond to each comment, and I did so – for a while. But, as much as I regretted it, lack of time forced me to abandon that practice and break that promise, especially after I added a second blog, and then a third and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 21, 2011

Mom and Dad and Three Little Children Revisited…Part II

To me it is no surprise that our ancient myths reverberate through history and shape events and lives to this day and will probably continue to do so for millennia to come. There are many more of those, but for our present purposes I only refer to the Biblical ones of the Judaeo-Christian tradition,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Mom and Dad and Three Little Children Revisited…Part I

At the end of my recent post with Caroline Glick’s piece on the murders at Itamar, Israel, (Mom and Dad and Three Little Children), I said I might provide a postscript; there is so much more to be said about that event, exemplifying, as it does, a truly frightening state of affairs not only in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Reflections on the Middle East…Part XVI (And More...)

There are really two parts to this, one on Libya and one on the 'And More' bit… As we are witnessing the events in Libya, the outcome is on a knife’s edge. The decision to intervene in Gaddafi’s war on his own people may well have come too late. A no-fly zone by itself is meaningless if he has... Sign in to see full entry.

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