Category Archives: Politics
Prohibited from participating in Allston Village Street Fair
Several weeks ago, I contacted Joan Pasquale, the executive director of the Parents and Community Build Group (PCBG), to inquire about the possibility of volunteers for the Obama campaign running a voter registration table at the fair.
FUD on Israel attacking Iran
In his weekly opinion column on August 22, M.J. Rosenberg argues that Israel would endanger Jews living outside of Israel by attacking Iran. Furthermore, he rattles off a frightening laundry list of negative outcomes which he claims would result from such an attack: “An Israeli attack on Iran—absent an imminent threat of attack from Iran—is… Read More: FUD on Israel attacking Iran »
Awesome McCain flip-flop fact sheet from the NJDC
The National Jewish Democratic Council just released an awesome fact sheet on some of McCain’s biggest flip-flops. Read or link to it here: http://njdc.typepad.com/njdcs_blog/2008/07/senator-mccain.html Digg it here: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain_flip_flop_fact_sheet This is powerful stuff!
Torah Judaism, Homosexuality, and Gay Marriage
The Torah does not like gays. For some Jews, this is not a difficult challenge to overcome. The Torah may have been inspired by God, but it was written by men. Its intolerance toward homosexuals can be written off as the outdated bigotry of a bygone age. For others, it is not a challenge at… Read More: Torah Judaism, Homosexuality, and Gay Marriage »
Ted Belman and the anti-Obama Smear Machine
Right-wing pro-Israel blogger Ted Belman has recently embarrassed himself by joining the stampede of conservative Republicans so desperate to keep Senator Barack Obama out of the White House that they’ll say just about anything to scare people out of voting for him. Make no mistake, Belman and his ilk are scared. The smear tactics which… Read More: Ted Belman and the anti-Obama Smear Machine »
Outrageously biased BBC News Hour story about the blockade of Gaza
To: worldservice@bbc.co.uk Cc: letters@camera.org, kklose@npr.org, info@wbur.bu.edu To whom it may concern: I just heard on the BBC News Hour, broadcast on the NPR station WBUR of Boston, an outrageously one-sided story about Hamas and the blockade of Gaza.
Letter to Sen. Bill Nelson about electoral reform
March 28, 2008 Dear Senator Nelson, I have just finished reading a March 27 article on cnn.com which discusses your proposal to overhaul the primary system, as well as to abolish the electoral college. I think you are right that the primary system needs to be reformed, and I have some ideas about how to… Read More: Letter to Sen. Bill Nelson about electoral reform »
Saving Hillary Clinton
March 25, 2008 Dear Hillary, When it comes right down to it, there’s only one thing that could save your chances of winning the nomination. For you to defeat Barack Obama, something colossally bad needs to happen to his campaign. We’re not talking “bad” like tenuous links to a corrupt entrepeneur — Tony Rezko hasn’t… Read More: Saving Hillary Clinton »
Amazing video about the Arab-Israeli conflict
I have just watched an amazing video about the Arab-Israeli conflict. I encourage everyone to view it, to forward it to others, to link to it, and to Digg it, so that as many people as possible will see it. It is available at http://www.terrorismawareness.org/what-really-happened/.