Why are the Israelis Telling Their ‘Secret’ Iran Attack Plans to Jeffrey...
Goldberg, left, in conversation with Michael Oren, Bibi’s man in Washington The first question to ask when considering how seriously to take Jeffrey Goldberg’s latest alarmist screed about Israel...
View ArticleGoldberg’s Bogus ‘Ticking Clock’ on Iran
My latest, posted on TomDispatch: America’s march to a disastrous war in Iraq began in the media, where an unprovoked U.S. invasion of an Arab country was introduced as a legitimate policy option,...
View ArticleWho Made Netanyahu the King of the Jews?
In the spirit of Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Bibi: “I’m am your king!” Me: “I didn’t vote for you!” My latest in the National. Extract: (Israel’s) demand for recognition of “Jews as a people,...
View ArticleAs Egypt Goes…
You may have noticed that I don’t update this site much any more — that’s because I’m doing most of my writing on these matters on TIME.com and at the National, and doing my blogging on Facebook and...
View ArticleThe Mayhem of GOP Class Politics in 2016
Majority Report Radio conversation with Michael Brooks on the piece I wrote for the National on the political insurgency in the Republican mainstream. In America, a new era of insurgency and...
View Article“Goodnight, and Good Luck”
My February 2016 valedictory editorial note on the home page of Al Jazeera America the day we closed down. Still proud of the work we did, and the way we covered the American story The core principle...
View ArticleLiberal media’s Bernie problem isn’t new…
Found this, recently, from a piece I wrote in the National in 2016. Extract: MSNBC’s Chris Matthews didn’t even try to conceal his establishment leanings as he berated Mr Sanders in a recent...
View ArticleWhat we don’t talk about when we don’t talk about US nukes
Wrote this one back in 2016 ahead of Obama’s Hiroshima visit, but could have written it any time before or since: ‘I will never apologise for the United States – ever! I don’t care what the facts...
View ArticleObama’s unfulfilled promise to the Palestinians
A post-election piece for Vox on how Obama could redeem his promise to the Palestinians. Needless to add, perhaps, he failed to do so. Excerpts: All that survives of Oslo today are those elements that...
View ArticleThe Braais that Bind
A brief meditation on the meanings of South African cuisine for Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown. Excerpt: South Africa’s identity is complicated, contested and unresolved. While Archbishop Tutu’s...
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