Mystical Politics

More on Ward Churchill at Hamilton in today's New York Times - Unrest on Campus Over Speaker Who Sees U.S. Role in 9/11 . Some details r...

Ward Churchill, due to speak at Hamilton College this week, resigns as department chair amid furor over 9/11 remarks . He said, "the pr...

From the New York Times last week, a report on Daniel Barenboim's (the conductor and pianist) recent speech at Columbia University in wh...

It does seem rather amazing that Iraq and Palestine, two Arab nations currently under occupation by foreign forces, are the two that have m...

The Kirkland Project website at Hamilton explains their rationale for including Ward Churchill as a speaker. He is appearing as part of a y...

A nearby upstate college, Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, is hosting Ward Churchill as a speaker on Feb 3. After Sept. 11, 2001, Chur...

As I mentioned in my last blog post, Cancer [is] the top killer for those under 85 - outpacing heart disease for all but the oldest people....

Last Sunday night two of my friends died of cancer - one, Anna Vargo , was someone I had been friendly with many years ago, when I lived in ...

Today I went to the first day's session of the Orion Center's 10th annual conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls , called "New Pers...

Our Secretary of State (for at least a little while longer) demonstrates his moral cowardice in Sudan: Powell Avoids Question on Sudan Genoc...

This Ha'aretz article warns about what might happen during the evacuation of Gaza settlements: The 3rd Intifada: Settlers take on their ...

The other day I paid a visit to the Old City of Jerusalem, and tried to get to the Temple Mount, but unfortunately, the gate was closed befo...

I've been in Israel for about a week and a half, and on this very rainy day I visited the Israel Museum with a friend. We went to the Sh...

protest at Yizhar Originally uploaded by reb-lesses . Protest on January 3, 2005, against the Israeli army taking away two cara...

My thanks to Rua da Judiaria for naming my blog on his "Magen David'Ouro Os Melhores Blogs de 2004." I appreciate the boost -...

And then, for the really important news: At least 24,000 people killed by the Southeast Asian earthquake and tsunami catastrophe. "The...

And DovBear also comments on the story about the  WEST BANK SETTLERS TO WEAR ORANGE STARS . On this point, Ha'aretz points out that thi...

As pointed out by DovBear, William Donahue , the president of the Catholic League, has finally revealed his anti-semitic beliefs - the Jews...

I am currently trying to finish my paper for the Association for Jewish Studies meeting, which is occurring this coming weekend (panic!). Ab...

It’s amazing that the semester leaves so little time for any real introspection – it seems to me that it simply dies away with no encouragem...