On the occasion of the death of Barbara Handler, co-founder of Mattel, veteran breast-cancer activist, and creator of the Barbie doll (who died over the weekend at age 85), the New Republic’s Michelle Cottle writes a nice

On the occasion of the death of Barbara Handler, co-founder of Mattel, veteran breast-cancer activist, and creator of the Barbie doll (who died over the weekend at age 85), the New Republic’s Michelle Cottle writes a nice

…So it seems an Israeli drone caught on video the “funeral procession” of a “martyr,” shrouded in a Palestinian flag and being carried by some of his brethren as oart of a Palestinian authority PR photo op. All very somber. …Except for one thing: about midway through the procession, the martyr’s body accidentally fell out of the flag and hit the dirt. [Cut!] No problems. Because as the video shows,

…So it seems an Israeli drone caught on video the “funeral procession” of a “martyr,” shrouded in a Palestinian flag and being carried by some of his brethren as oart of a Palestinian authority PR photo op. All very somber. …Except for one thing: about midway through the procession, the martyr’s body accidentally fell out of the flag and hit the dirt. [Cut!] No problems. Because as the video shows,

Hypothetical question for that strong contingent of libertarians who haunt the blogs: Were, say, Bill Gates and Steve Forbes (and a motivated cadre of the ultra rich), to buy up all the private property in New York City, would they then be able to decide who could or could not come and go on their property — provided they were careful to pick attributes other than race, religion, age, and

From U.S. News and World Report: “How Canadian subsidies led to a new slaughter of seal pups”: In the early 1980s, animal-rights protests led to a virtual shutdown of the seal fur industry. But in recent years, the Canadian government has quietly orchestrated a comeback of the hunt, and today sealers kill more animals

From U.S. News and World Report: “How Canadian subsidies led to a new slaughter of seal pups”: In the early 1980s, animal-rights protests led to a virtual shutdown of the seal fur industry. But in recent years, the Canadian government has quietly orchestrated a comeback of the hunt, and today sealers kill more animals

For those of you still interested (and God only knows why you would be), ‘t turns out that those salacious and damning emails attributed to “The Bachelor,” Alex Michel — emails detailing his conquest of Trista and the cold realities of network TV politics — were faked. The whole thing was a Crimson

Rabbi Avi Weiss of the Coalition for Jewish Concerns is calling for a boycott of The New York Times. Weiss is upset about what he feels has been the Times’ disproportionate coverage of the Palestinian viewpoint with regards to recent events in the Middle East, and so he’s asking people not only to cancel subscriptions, but to refrain from purchasing obits, wedding announcements, and classified ads — a large source

Rabbi Avi Weiss of the Coalition for Jewish Concerns is calling for a boycott of The New York Times. Weiss is upset about what he feels has been the Times’ disproportionate coverage of the Palestinian viewpoint with regards to recent events in the Middle East, and so he’s asking people not only to cancel subscriptions, but to refrain from purchasing obits, wedding announcements, and classified ads — a large source