Monthly Archives: May 2011

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-05/how-obama-can-capitalize-on-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/   If there was any lingering doubt, in the minds of his readers, that he had access to ‘a key’ White House official, Opinionator Emeritus (OE) has laid them to rest, with the opening sentences from his latest essay: … Continue reading →

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/evil-does-not-die-of-natural-causes/2011/05/05/AFhTKG2F_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions   Here is The Good Doctor (TGD) in a bellicose mood, that is to say, in his guise as a Neo-Conservative Political Theologian, discoursing on the nature of evil. The title of his essay is ‘Evil does not die … Continue reading →

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/05/06/bin_laden/index.html One is forcefully reminded by Mr. Glen Greewald’s eloquent and well argued essay of the deep psychic wound that 9/11 is and will remain: the destruction of the deeply held belief in American Exceptionalism, in American invincibility. This, perhaps, … Continue reading →

Stop reading the intellectual impostors. Read Mr. Rosen's report on Al Qa'eda! http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middle-east/al-qaeda-was-always-a-fringe-group-with-no-roots-in-the-arab-world?pageCount=0

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-boot-bin-laden-20110503,0,2161613.story Here is Max Boot on Osama bin Laden. A Neo-Conservative Historical Fiction might be a more apt subtitle of his latest opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times of May 3, 2011. Erased from this historical sketch in service … Continue reading →

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/opinion/03brooks.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Mr. Brooks has the enviable talent to turn anything he writes into Cheese Whiz. It is completely ersatz, it comes sealed in a jar, with a shelf life of near eternity, and it almost resembles food. We, his readers, … Continue reading →

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I know that you are tired, by now, of the nonstop crowing on all the 'respectable television networks' as the celebration of the death of the great Satan bin Laden is endlessly recounted and embroidered with details, as they become … Continue reading →

Here is a brilliant piece of political observation and commentary by Michael Blim. Mr. Blim deserves a wide readership just on the strength of this particular essay, alone. But here is hoping that we will be able, on a regular … Continue reading →