Advertisements Tom Friedman is back, at least for a minute. He stirred up a bit of a fuss last week when he wrote that the US was beginning a “reassessment” of its relationship with Israel due to the current government’s excesses. Well, it wasn’t necessarily so, but the fact thatContinue Reading
Advertisements It’s a mantra, but unlike many, it’s one that seems irrefutable. But does Israel have a right to self-defense against a people it occupies? International law differentiates between obligations for protection of civilians under a state’s control–which means, essentially, policing and civil defense obligations–and self-defense rights, which has aContinue Reading
Advertisements Thanks to the news show Democracy NOW! I’ve developed an annual July 4th tradition of listening to James Earl Jones read Frederick Douglass’ brilliant speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Douglass’ speech was an important early example of white people trying to pat themselves onContinue Reading
