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Following the news in 2014 is a bit like flying a kite in flat country during tornado season. Every so often, a whirlwind of outrage touches down, sowing destruction and chaos before disappearing into the sky. These conditions are hardly new. Over the...

March 2015 Besides much else that has happened in March, I need also to somehow mark the death of Sir Terry Pratchett, or Pterry to many of his fans. Much has been posted about Pratchett in the weeks since he passed away, but as with Tolkien, he leaves...

From Amazon.com: The unique historical relationship between capitalism and the Jews is crucial to understanding modern European and Jewish history. But the subject has been addressed less often by mainstream historians than by anti-Semites or apologists...

From Ian: Khaled Abu Toameh: The "Anti-Normalization" Campaign and Israel's Right to Exist For many Arabs and Muslims, the conflict with Israel is not about a withdrawal to the pre-1967 lines. These opponents have no intention of recognizing Israel...

Good Saturday morning. It’s still unseasonably warm in Washington this morning. Go outside because it could rain this afternoon. Read Playbook, then leave Twitter and all of this behind for a bit. Tomorrow the temps will drop back to the 40s and 50s...