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Observations on Arabs

Journalist Jill Carroll is back home now, and detailing her experiences as a captive of the jihadists in Iraq in the Christian Science Monitor.( http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0814/p01s01-woiq.html ) I’m sure the details will prove fascinating, but the upshot of what she has … Continue reading

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No, I’m not Jewish

I experienced an interesting piece of synchronicity this morning as I was mulling over the news of the Peace Flotilla to Gaza. I came across this hilarious parody produced in Israel, “We Con the World.” It was evidently put together, … Continue reading

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Question from a reader

I received the question below from a reader who found my old post, “Observations on Arabs” found here: http://rantsand.blogspot.com/2006/09/observations-on-arabs.html It amazes me that I still get comments on that one. It pleases me that this time it’s not calling me … Continue reading

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What I’ve been doing lately – keeping busy and interviewing freedom fighters

Keeping busy mostly. And a good thing too, I’m in DC without my family and if I don’t keep busy I miss them dreadfully. Nonetheless, this is an interesting town – sometimes for surprising reasons. There are of course the … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Israel, idealism, and atrocities

The picture here is from Tunisia. A man is stepping on an Israeli flag. A young lady in Tunisia posted it on a Facebook page called PMWB “People who Want to Make the World Better.” Somebody recently made me an … Continue reading

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Anti-Semitism Part 1

In the early 1930s in Germany, a Nazi brownshirt stops an elderly Jewish man and demands that he answer a question, “Who is responsible for all of Germany’s problems today?” “The Jews and the bicycle riders” the old man answers. … Continue reading

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Racism versus Culturism

After I published “Obsevations on Arabs” on the Atlasphere and on my blog, I got a lot of interesting feedback. Many people with experience in the Gulf chimed in with their own observations, mostly in at least qualified agreement. One … Continue reading

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