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May 6, 2009

At AIPAC, Obama and Netanyahu Administrations Listen to Each Other

f this year’s AIPAC policy conference stopped well short of a full-blown spat between the pro-Israel lobby and the Obama administration, it was because each side was listening to the other: Obama officials listened to Israeli fears about the Iranian nuclear threat, and AIPAC and Israel’s prime minister listened to the U.S. administration’s insistence on the inevitability of Palestinian statehood.

Wolman of Valor

Lesley Wolman was having trouble breathing.

Ashamed of Mental Illness? Shame on You!

The friendship documented in the film “The Soloist” between Los Angeles Times reporter Steve Lopez and Nathaniel Ayers, the homeless man Lopez discovers is a Juilliard-trained musical prodigy, brings to mind man’s first question to God: Am I my brother’s keeper?

Jewball, The Missing Class, Bye Bye Bybee

Honest people differ on whether certain interrogation techniques constitute torture, but empirically these techniques prevented at least one major attack against the country.

Now It’s J.J. Abrams’ Turn to ‘Trek’

J.J. Abrams is responsible for some of the most beloved entertainment of the past two decades. He is the writer/creator of the television dramas “Felicity,” “Alias,” “Lost” and “Fringe.”

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