If you like your satire dark, I mean jet black, you probably love the scene from episode four, season four of “Weeds,” in which Len Botwin, played by Albert Brooks, gives a history lesson to his young nephew Shane.
On a Monday morning in November, two men sat on the edge of a field in Carpinteria, 85 miles north of Los Angeles. The older one, middle-aged, wiry and bareheaded, had the face of someone who has served in the military, worked in agriculture or, in his case, both. Alongside him was a younger man who wore a black kippah and looked, from his complexion, like he spends his days indoors.
Israel’s strategic affairs minister expressed confidence that international pressure could force Iran to halt its nuclear program.
The websites of two Israeli medical centers as well as several other public Israeli websites, were hacked. The websites for Tel Hashomer and Assuta medical centers, among the largest in central Israel, were down Wednesday morning.
A British publisher has postponed plans to publish segments of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” after threats of legal action. Peter McGee said Wednesday on the website of his weekly magazine Zeitungszeugen that he would not begin publishing the segments Thursday as planned until the legal issues were ironed out.
The online-only enhanced version of President Obama\’s third State of the Union Address features charts, stats and data that helped inform President Obama\’s policy decisions.
Dr. Moshe Kantor, the president of the European Jewish Congress, was awarded France\’s highest honor. Kantor on Tuesday was presented with the National Order of the Legion of Honor, which is awarded by the French president.
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