http://www.theaugeanstables.com "Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you." (William Blake, 1796) Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:38:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have not posted for a long while because I'm madly trying to get my manuscript to the editor by the end of the month, and I much appreciate the fascinating conversations that are taking place in the comment section. Here's a topic to discuss: The Upcoming Rachel Corrie Trial: Go ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/03/13/rachel-corrie-again/ I just received the link to this piece from someone on my Class of '71 Listserv. She presents herself to everyone as a lover of peace, but she apparently is drawn to some of the worst war-mongering propaganda around. I don't have time to tackle this right now. I welcome ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/02/09/anthony-lawson-on-gaza-comments-please/ Enderlin has responded to an article by Reuven Pedatzur which attacked his coverage of the Al Durah story. It's not online, but here's a PDF of the "deadwood" version (HT/Barry Nimat) and below a transcript (HT/CAMERA) Regarding "Mohammed is not dead," January 24, by Reuven Pedatzur The claim that there was not ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/02/02/enderlin-hits-bottom-keeps-digging/ Judge Richard Goldstone spoke yesterday at Yale in the framework of the George Herbert Walker Bush Jr. Lecture in International Relations. Obviously a most prestigious platform for someone of stature, but inappropriate for a figure who is not only highly controversial, but has done much to marginalize himself, as Noah ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/01/28/the-coke-lite-of-international-law-goldstone-speaks-at-yale/ Alan Dershowitz has written a 45-page article dissecting the Goldstone report's "evidentiary bias," which he is submitting it as evidence to the Secretary General of the UN. It's now up at Understanding the Goldstone Report: Alan Dershowitz, THE CASE AGAINST THE GOLDSTONE REPORT: A STUDY IN EVIDENTIARY BIAS THE CASE AGAINST ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/01/26/much-worse-than-most-of-its-detractors-and-supporters-believe-dershowitz-on-goldstone/ This one, for example (read MSNM for staff): 4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/01/25/the-darwins-are-out-why-do-some-remind-me-of-the-msnm/ I recently posted the article that Daniel Kalder wrote about apocalyptic in the Spectator. Now he's published the interview he had with me at Breitbart's Big Journalism. Death Wish: Why Are We So In Love with the Apocalypse? Posted by Daniel Kalder Jan 24th 2010 at 3:38 pm Christianity, End Times, ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/01/25/death-wish-why-are-we-so-in-love-with-the-apocalypse-kalders-interview-with-me/ I have just published an article in MERIA (Middle East Review of International Affairs) on Goldstone's Gaza Report in two parts: The Goldstone Report Part I: A Failure of Intelligence and The Goldstone Report Part II: A Miscarriage of Human Rights From the conclusion: Intimidation and Advocacy: The Narcissistic Payoff There is something ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/01/25/the-goldstone-report-part-i-a-failure-of-intelligence/ Several years ago I was asked to write an essay on the progressive case for Israel. The editor did not like the essay -- thought it too convoluted, I think. I just ran across it, and thought I'd put it here. Comments welcome. The Progressive Case for Israel, the ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/01/24/the-progressive-case-for-israel-the-arabs-and-the-global-community/ I have not had the time to post on the Haiti Earthquake and the Israeli response. It's not really the subject of this blog, and I've just started teaching so I have no time. For those who want more coverage on this, go to the IDF blog, and ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/01/18/haiti-and-israel/