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2012-02-04   (236)   Drop the insult "Israel-Firster" for the more important "One-Percent-Firster"
2012-02-02   (234)   Israel/Palestine was clearly heading to 2012 in 1994
2012-01-30   (233)   Time for a New American Revolution
2012-01-30   (232)   Time for the USA to be reality-based rather than faith-based.
2012-01-27   (231)   Iran believes it can cut off OIL sales to EU
2012-01-19   (230)   Constitutional Amendment to combat "regulatory capture", "electoral capture", and Citizens United
2012-01-15   (228)   One Israeli in 7 lives in occupied territories
2012-01-12   (227)   Israel's dispensable democracy
2012-01-09   (226)   The USA needs a corporate minimum income tax
2012-01-02   (224)   Are Ron Paul and Farid Zakaria allies?
2012-01-01   (223)   NDAA Section 1021: the new indefinite detention law
2011-12-30   (222)   Why did American Geophysical Union wait so long?
2011-12-27   (221)   Can ethnic nationalism ever be OK in Israel?
2011-12-26   (220)   At midnight mass, UK's Catholic archbishop describes 'deep shadow' over Bethlehem and West Bank
2011-12-25   (218)   And what of Israelis who do not speak out?
2011-12-23   (217)   Israel declares Europe irrelevant
2011-12-23   (216)   For Peru's Rio Santa, Has "Peak Water" Already Passed?
2011-12-23   (215)   Global Warming is causing disease world wide -- not (only) tomorrow but today.
2011-12-21   (214)   Newt Gingrich and the proper territory of the "invented" Israeli people
2011-12-09   (212)   What USA war spending would buy at home
2011-12-08   (211)   More on the ruthlessness of capitalism and banking
2011-12-07   (210)   Slogans for Occupy-Wall-Street
2011-12-04   (208)   Confusing Muslim anti-Israelism with anti-Semitism
2011-12-03   (207)   Must USA go to war -- or engage in terror -- against Iran?
2011-12-02   (206)   Counting our (American democratic) blessings
2011-12-01   (205)   How to save the taxpayers some money at election time
2011-11-16   (204)   Jewish and Democratic and Large? Israel can only have any two of these three.
2011-11-14   (203)   Poem: We Palestinians teach life, Sir
2011-11-14   (202)   On Israeli self-righteousness in face of international condemnation
2011-11-13   (201)   Why OWS can and should support Palestine
2011-11-06   (200)   Partial analysis of deeply flawed draft Iran sanctions legislation
2011-11-04   (199)   A Most Wonderful Eskimo Halleluia
2011-11-04   (198)   Israeli rage at PLO-in-UNESCO shows its real refusal to make peace
2011-11-01   (197)   USA must learn to play well with other children
2011-10-31   (196)   Must-Read speech by Chas Freeman
2011-10-18   (195)   One dollar a year for WNYC and NPR on Hamas Israel prisoner deal
2011-10-13   (194)   Pay as you go wars
2011-10-13   (193)   America Occupied by Wall Street
2011-10-03   (192)   Why Fewer Young American Jews Share Their Parents' View of Israel
2011-09-30   (191)   Giving Israel the green light of mild criticism
2011-09-28   (190)   The four levels of reaction by US and EU to Israeli settlements
2011-09-27   (189)   The half-a-loaf solution for Israel
2011-09-22   (188)   The premise of healthy ROI is now a historical relic that confronts Signor Ponzi
2011-09-19   (187)   Rights of Israeli civilians to visit occupied territories
2011-09-15   (186)   How Congress could usefully punish illegal anti-peace unilateralism
2011-09-14   (185)   Right of return and the Palestinian State
2011-08-21   (184)   On retroactively abandoning all knowledge of good and evil
2011-08-20   (183)   On cutting the USA military budget
2011-08-19   (182)   Israel's 9/11
2011-06-19   (181)   Why Government FOR the PEOPLE matters
2011-06-11   (180)   Might there be an international intifada to end Israeli settlements?
2011-06-03   (178)   The fear of annihilation
2011-05-25   (177)   Do WNYC-NPR mean what they say about good reporting?
2011-05-22   (176)   An international intifada -- shaking up the Israel/Palestine status quo
2011-05-18   (175)   Managing Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar for RSS Feeds
2011-05-14   (174)   If Jerusalem is not in Israel, what is?
2011-05-11   (173)   Visceral report of exile of Palestinians in 1967 war
2011-05-11   (172)   J-Street, Israeli Concessions. and making Israel give up her driver's license
2011-05-11   (171)   My Double Plagiarism With Apologies to Mahmoud Darwish
2011-05-09   (170)   Israel Palestine Extermination and Ishi
2011-05-06   (169)   CUNY Kushner Wiesenfeld and Schmidt
2011-05-02   (168)   How the USA generates free money and fights expensive wars without paying for them
2011-04-30   (167)   Jeffrey Goldberg-Quick Observations About Hamas and Israel
2011-04-23   (166)   Litigating Palestine Conference Videos
2011-04-08   (165)   Review of "Griftopia" by Matt Taibbi (2010)
2011-04-06   (164)   What UNSC-465 and ICJ 7-2004 actually say
2011-03-14   (163)   Why we must remake the American political system
2011-03-11   (162)   Egypt to Libya's Rescue?
2011-03-06   (161)   2011 is the new 1947
2011-03-04   (160)   Baird, Weiner, Cohen (Nation Institute) discuss Goldstone-Report at New School
2011-02-27   (158)   How the corruption of President Obama hurts the USA
2011-02-22   (157)   The draft UNSC resolution that the USA vetoed
2011-02-20   (156)   If 1948 war began as civil war, there should be one state today
2011-02-18   (155)   Palestinians, Israelis, and Obama are all asking for help
2011-02-18   (154)   Why the USA opposes UNSC resolution calling Israeli settlements illegal
2011-02-16   (153)   No painless way for wavering Zionists to see the light
2011-02-14   (152)   Israel will get much smaller now
2011-02-11   (150)   After Egypt, the USA must have the next Facebook Revolution
2011-02-08   (149)   Population, global warming: time to wake up, just as if there were to be a tomorrow.
2011-02-08   (148)   Shortcomings of the Avishai NYT proposal
2011-02-07   (147)   Dictatorships and USA-style oligarchies alike infantilize the public
2011-02-06   (146)   Too much population, too much CO2, too much money lead to Egypt
2011-02-01   (145)   The CIA, NSA, PDQ, and ABC all missed Tunisia and Egypt -- can we get our money back?
2011-01-31   (144)   The Warlords of the USA (Corporations as Persons)
2011-01-29   (143)   Is USA support for dictatorships paternalism, democracy, or corruption?
2011-01-26   (142)   A Cow More Sacred
2011-01-25   (141)   Abbas and friends show the world that PLO was not the rejectionist
2011-01-24   (140)   Israelis and Palestinians in crisis
2011-01-20   (139)   Agha and Malley in NYRB get it so wrong
2011-01-04   (138)   Einstein 1948 letter warning of Israeli fascism still relevant
2011-01-01   (137)   123pabdotcom-re-implements-COMMENTS
2010-12-18   (136)   There can be a Palestinian State and Occupation too
2010-12-14   (134)   Cost of abandoning Israeli settlements
2010-11-23   (133)   American and Israeli weapons -- caveat emptor
2010-11-22   (132)   Zionism is brutal theft
2010-11-20   (131)   Violence by (illegal) Israeli settlers constitutes Pogroms (Ehud Olmert)
2010-11-19   (130)   Best explanation of the federal deficit I-ve seen
2010-11-08   (129)   Advice to President Obama after the election -- become explainer-general and act unilaterally
2010-10-21   (126)   How I-P peace talks looked in 1990
2010-10-18   (125)   Why Palestine's Arabs saw beyond Cultural Zionism in 1930
2010-10-17   (124)   When did "Jewish Homeland" become "Jewish State"
2010-10-16   (123)   Do Arabs really refuse a Jewish state in Palestine?
2010-10-14   (122)   "The Count of Monte Cristo" sheds light on US Foreign Policy
2010-10-08   (121)   How might civil society persuade the nations to oppose the USA-Israeli pro-Apartheid axis
2010-10-03   (120)   On choosing between various seemingly pointless pro-Palestine actions
2010-10-01   (119)   The USA as Banana Republic
2010-09-30   (118)   Will Israeli-US Doctrine of No-Peace bring in other actors
2010-09-24   (117)   Democrats and Republicans are the same, only different
2010-09-13   (116)   Ninth Circuit overreaches in Mohamed v. Jeppeson Dataplan
2010-09-09   (115)   America spirals into a failed Democracy -- II
2010-09-08   (114)   America spirals into a failed Democracy -- I
2010-08-24   (113)   Selected UN Resolutions regarding Israel in Palestine
2010-08-24   (112)   UN Member States should enact BDS Legislation against Israel, following Turkey's lead
2010-06-05   (110)   Driver of hijacked vehicle is guilty, not the owner
2010-06-05   (109)   Orwell would have loved targeted assassinations
2010-06-04   (108)   Reflections on Israeli Boarding of the Mavi Marmara
2010-05-13   (106)   The occupation is illegal
2010-05-12   (105)   How we REALLY get in trouble from unregulated markets
2010-05-07   (104)   The Four Israels
2010-05-06   (103)   Reaction to the suggestion that I visit Israel
2010-05-05   (102)   The Lebensraum Argument for Israel and slow Frog Boiling
2010-05-02   (101)   Questioning Mearsheimer's Prediction
2010-04-30   (100)   BDS, Caterpillar, and Volvo: a Modest Proposal
2010-04-28   (99)   Please tell us, why are Israeli settlements in the US national interest?
2010-04-28   (98)   Why an anti-Zionist has trouble with Zionism defined as support for "a" Jewish State.
2010-04-28   (97)   Eating our way to Destruction?
2010-04-27   (96)   Comment on "US hegemony, not the lobby, behind complicity with Israel"
2010-04-27   (95)   Israel Can Have Democracy and a Large Jewish Majority Subject to a Palestinian Right of Return
2010-04-26   (94)   Why the International Corporations Make the USA Maintain and Use Our Huge Military
2010-04-25   (93)   Proposed UN General Assembly Resolution for the Removal of Israel's Settlers and Wall from All Occupied Territories
2010-04-19   (92)   Three all-too-Human Evils: Church Sexual Abuse, Israel Palestinian Abuse, Global Warming
2010-04-15   (91)   UNSC and ICJ are Agreed: Israel's Settlements are Illegal
2010-03-30   (90)   What will US Policy for Israel/Palestine Look Like Post Petraeus?
2010-03-27   (89)   Why it is wrong to refer the territories Israel occupies as "administered" or "disputed" rather than as "occupied"?
2010-03-26   (88)   Judah Magnes saw it all coming when he spoke of an Israel built on militarism and imperialism
2010-03-25   (87)   What Israeli/Palestinian Peace will Take
2010-03-16   (86)   A note to Congress: You've supported Israeli foreign policy for 43 years. It's time now to support your president's foreign policy.
2010-02-27   (85)   Edward Said Debunks the "Clash of Civilizations"
2010-02-25   (84)   Beware the deliberately hidden passive voice and the deliberately hidden and still misleading unexplained "we".
2010-02-22   (83)   Chesterton's "Charles Dickens" -- Chapter VI in Praise of the Patriotism of Dissent amid Warnings about America.
2010-02-22   (82)   What can the EU Initiative (Recognizing a Palestinian State) Achieve?
2010-02-22   (81)   Is J-Street Really Different from AIPAC? Some Questions to Help Decide.
2010-02-17   (79)   President Obama's Duties and Opportunities
2010-02-09   (78)   Why Corporations Should Not Be Allowed to Lobby or Campaign, Under the Doctrine of Ultra Vires.
2010-02-05   (77)   How J-Street fails to help US, Israel, or US Jews longing for Peace
2010-02-05   (76)   Anticipated Response to President's Demand that Israel Remove All Settlers and the Wall
2010-02-04   (75)   US Governance: Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic and Manufacturing Icebergs
2010-01-20   (74)   Following Reagan's success with the USSR, Bush-Obama defeat the US's own communism by massive military spending.
2009-10-15   (73)   What President Obama said about the US paying for new housing for Israeli settlers returning to Israel (Don't I wish!)
2009-10-13   (71)   Why not Three States?
2009-09-17   (70)   Consequences of income-based price of mandated health insurance.
2009-09-17   (69)   Settlement of displaced and misplaced persons in a Palestinian-Israeli peace
2009-05-22   (64)   Does criticism of Israeli actions constitute anti-Semitism? Really?
2009-04-20   (63)   Larry Summers, women in science and mathematics, and economic ruin.
2009-04-16   (62)   COMMENT on: Uri Avnery's 'Rest Has Come to the Weary'
2009-04-14   (61)   What to do while we while we wait for 0-state, (another) 1-state, 2-state "solution."
2009-03-30   (60)   Three Mile Island and Global Warming
2009-02-24   (59)   Should Shareholders Control Corporations (and Banks)?
2009-02-13   (58)   A comment on Re: "Cut the Military Budget" by Barney Frank 2/11/2009
2009-02-12   (57)   After the Israeli Election, what must change is US policy.
2009-02-04   (52)   Comment on "Bad bank, bad plan", Dean Baker's proposal for bank rationalization.
2009-01-31   (51)   Comment on "To George Mitchell, Arriving on the Shores of Despair", by Gershom Gorenberg, January 29th, 2009.
2009-01-27   (50)   "Well, and if Peter hadn't caught the wolf? What then?"
2009-01-26   (49)   Israel, over-reaching, closes the circle, forcing peace.
2009-01-25   (48)   Which Israel regarded as a terrorist organization . . .
2009-01-25   (47)   Global warming is killing the US's western forests today! The emergency is upon us and we do nothing. None so blind as he who will not see.
2009-01-25   (46)   US's controlled media subvert foreign policy. An alternative "newspaper of record" is needed.
2009-01-22   (45)   New York City celebrates terrorists.
2009-01-22   (44)   Prosecute powerless Arab and Muslim prisoners for war-crimes but let powerful former US administration officials go? Sets the wrong tone, President Obama.
2009-01-21   (42)   Why governments want war while their people want peace.
2009-01-21   (41)   On buying a newspaper the morning of the day after.
2009-01-20   (40)   Why he rejected a militaristic Zionism: Letter from Judah Magnes to Chaim Weizmann (September 7, 1929)
2009-01-20   (6)   Ada and Eve and Adam and Steve
2009-01-18   (39)   The Palestinian refugees can return and Israel can be a Majority-Jewish state -- a Modest Proposal only somewhat less likely to be chosen than any other two-state peace.
2009-01-17   (33)   Olmert's boast really a call for help
2009-01-15   (31)   Israel's right to exist is not a right to be a predominantly Jewish state
2009-01-13   (32)   Threats to world food supply - the Faustian bargain of the 'Green Revolution'
2009-01-02   (34)   Reflections On Benny Morris's "Why Israel Feels Threatened" (NYT 12/30). Revised 2009-01-18
2008-12-03   (24)   Obama should end illegalities of Israeli occupation before pressing for an Israeli/Palestinian peace treaty


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