The Republicans appear to be attempting to split the Jewish vote through very crude and mean-spirited tactics, mostly (coded) racial appeals, especially to older Jewish voters in South Florida. But c'mon. His name is Baruch! And he's as pro-Israel ...

Good idea. It's a positive that the majority of Iranians and Americans are on very similar wavelengths on issues of shared concern. It's also a sad truth that their fates are tied to the will of their lunatic leaders, in both countries.

All I want to say about Livni for now is that I find it interesting that in the American mainstream she's considered centrist. At least Time did in its recent profile story. It adds in passing that she was in the Mossad and her parents ...

I'd like to mention here an excellent documentary called "The Power of Nightmares," which was produced by the BBC -- it explores the parallels between the intellectual development between the neocon movement and the radical Islamists. ...

Sorry, I'm just looking at these horrifying pictures of smiling torturers. Reminds me of those recently-released photos of smiling SS auxiliary women eating blueberries.

Yeah, there are "Paulites"; I'm not among them. As for my alleged man-crush on those authors, does reading someone's work make you a devotee? That I didn't understand.