Israel’s Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi It happened when I wrote about Rabbi Ovadia Yosef as a paradigmatic instance of moral and intellectual backwardness in the ultra-ultra-orthodox communities of Israel. On the day that I wrote I’d noted a headline and article in the Jerusalem Post: "’Sinner’ singer given 39 lashed by rabbis." I have no idea [...]
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I’ve Touched A Raw Spot Among My Jewish Readers, And That’s Exactly What I Intended To Do | The New Republic
Posted in News, tagged Ovadia, Yazdi on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
CNN interviews Iraq soldiers: none want a Republican to win the election
Posted in News on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Gary Cohen – March 15, 2008, 7:12PM I just saw a special report on CNN. The reporter was asking Iraqi soldiers who they would like to see win our presidential election. Some said Hillary, others said Obama, others just said “Democrat, whoever, Democrat”. When asked why, they said they’re fighting “a Republican [...]
The List: How to Steal an Election Without Breaking a Sweat
Posted in News on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The List: How to Steal an Election Without Breaking a Sweat Posted January 2008 From Abuja to Islamabad, autocratic regimes have become adept at manipulating “free and fair elections” to stay in power. Here’s how they do it—and how to stop them. Uriel Sinai/Getty Images Control the process How it’s done: It’s [...]
Foreign Policy: Seven Questions: Martin Feldstein on the “R” Word
Posted in News on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Is the global economy headed for a rough patch? With the world’s stock markets in turmoil, FP spoke with distinguished Harvard economist Martin Feldstein on what a U.S. recession would mean for America and the world. MARTIN OESER/AFP/Getty Images Ground control to Major Tom: Is it time to strap our helmets on and prepare [...]
Gandhi’s grandson quits peace center – Yahoo! News
Posted in News on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gandhi’s grandson quits peace center By BEN DOBBIN, Associated Press Writer Sat Jan 26, 4:12 AM ET ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Arun Gandhi said he learned at his grandfather’s feet that the world’s major conflicts can only be tackled by first solving the little problems. ADVERTISEMENT "It’s the little problems that accumulate and become big [...]
PICTURES: Virgin Galactic unveils Dyna-Soar style SpaceShipTwo design and twin-fuselage White Knight
Posted in News on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PICTURES: Virgin Galactic unveils Dyna-Soar style SpaceShipTwo design and twin-fuselage White Knight II configuration By Rob Coppinger Virgin Galactic has unveiled a SpaceShipTwo (SS2) design, created by Scaled Composites, that harks back to the NASA/USAF Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar glider of the 1960s, while Scaled’s carrier aircraft, White Knight II (WK2) has been given a [...]
DeviceGuru » Blog Archive » Robotic fly to descend on New York
Posted in News on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
fly to descend on New York Harvard University’s tiny microrobotic fly, hailed by its creators as “the first robotic fly that is able to generate enough thrust to takeoff,” will be showcased at New York’s Museum of Modern Art starting Feb. 24. The life-sized “Flybot” reportedly has a wingspan of 1.2 inches (3 cm) [...]
SPACE.com — Sun’s Magnetic Secret Revealed
Posted in News on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sun’s Magnetic Secret Revealed By Jeremy Hsu Staff Writer posted: 22 January 2008 06:04 am ET Powerful magnetic waves have been confirmed for the first time as major players in the process that makes the sun’s atmosphere strangely hundreds of times hotter than its already superhot surface. The magnetic waves — called Alfven [...]
US Middle East Adviser Says ‘US Pressure’ a Myth – News Briefs – Arutz Sheva
Posted in News on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. David Wurmser of the Delphi Global Analysis Group, a Former Senior Advisor for Middle East and Strategic Affairs to US Vice President Dick Cheney, says that there is little truth to claims by Israeli leaders that they are being presured by the US to make concessions in negotiations with the Arabs. "I find [...]
2008 Moonbuggy Race
Posted in News on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The 15th annual Great Moonbuggy Race is set for April 4-5. During the race, dozens of high school and college teams careen around a track at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville. They pilot wheeled rovers of their own design, and perhaps launch their future as the next generation of lunar explorers. [...]
