Ever heard of nixiety? Its a neologism for the emotion that drives a well known journalist to post an article on the local election results in Tower Hamlets that draws more attention to his own prejudices than he probably intended.
Once again, we find a slice of the electorate in a poor part of Britain that […]
Revealed: a story from CNN on which channel the White House TVs are always tuned to:
During a briefing led by White House spokesman Scott McClellan as President Bush was traveling to New Orleans, Louisiana, the Washington Post’s Jim VandeHei asked why the White House televisions always seemed to be tuned to Fox News and if […]
Mearsheimer and Walt’s reply to criticism and charges of anti-Semitism. (”The Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy”). And while it’s at it, it also inadvertantly gives the Euston Manifesto a good kick in the trousers. Well worth a read.
Prof Cole is still accepting signatures of post-secondary teachers on this petition.
We fear that the real motive in […]
Free Alaa
Egyptian blogger Alaa has been arrested.
For UK and US readers contact details for the Egyptian Embassy:
Washington
3521 International Court, NW, Washington DC 20008
Telephone: (202) 895 5400
Fax: (202) 244-4319
E-mail: embassy@egyptembdc.org
URL: http://www.egyptembassy.us
London
Egypt Embassy
26 South Street
London W1Y 6DD
Telephone: 020 7499 3304/2401
The fallout has begun.
The election results were not particularly bad for the Labour Party but they were disastrous for Tony Blair. A carefully planned reshuffle (as opposed to a last minute scramble) has not been able to see off the detractors, the internal infighting and the downright badly timed and badly judged acts of self-preservation.
The Lib-Dems have […]
Bloggers are starting to drop their aliases and reveal their real identities.
But Wired admits that, ultimately, its about the quality of the material and not a real name that wins credibility.
But Lat, who now blogs under his own byline for Wonkette, says that he found the internet was willing to judge Article III Groupie by […]
Muslims would do well to read the extremely frank post by Rabbi Tony Bayfeld - head of the Movement for Reform Judaism. Its an extraordinary appeal to fellow Jews to consider what the actions of Jews in the USA and Israel are doing for relations with ordinary Muslims. Its a heartfelt post that has been […]
Prepare yourselves. Following the report published last week by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran’s nuclear programme, the next installment of US War ™ is preparing to get well underway.
So just to set the mood, expect to see a cornucopia of anti-Iranian/anti-Muslim screed emanating from the collective orifices of the pro-war MSM and […]
Dick Cheney has headed up a select list of guests in a ceremony to celebrate the 90th Birthday of Bernard Lewis. The guests includes, amongst others, Henry Kissinger, Sen. Joe Biden, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Prof Fouad Ajami, Prof Akbar Ahmad and Prof Francis Fukuyama.
The praise heaped on Lewis will be extensive and, like his party guests, glittering, […]
Thousands of people marched all around the world to mark International Workers Day today. From Moscow to Ramallah the people hit the streets in peaceful demonstrations. The BBC website have put together one of those In pictures widgets to mark the occassion. Take a look.
Meanwhile in Washington they marched for Darfur as well. And another […]