July 6, 2010

Whitewashing Black September

Dominic Behan wrote in ‘My Brother Brendan’ that “[t]here’s no such thing as bad publicity e...

July 5, 2010

Setting the Stage

In my real life away from the web I sometimes take on projects to do with the making of stage scener...

July 4, 2010

The Heffalump Trap

The Guardian fell into its own Heffalump trap on July 1st with the publication on CiF of Jasbir Puar...

July 1, 2010

Battling the Boycotts

As was admirably documented by the Reut institute several months ago, anti-Israel activity operates ...

June 27, 2010

Plaiting Sawdust

Reading Antony Lerman’s latest CiF offering was about as productive as plaiting sawdust. Lerman’...

June 26, 2010

Denying Denial

The ever-estimable Bataween has already addressed on these pages the content of Gilbert Achcar’s C...

June 20, 2010

A Midsummer Day's Nightmare

Summer is here, and the Guardian has turned its attention to the activities organised for the childr...

June 9, 2010

Pumping the Party Line

Eight days on after the incident aboard the Mavi Marmara, the Guardian still refuses to differentiat...

June 7, 2010

What the eye doesn't see

We’ve all heard the old adage; what the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t worry about. There ...

June 7, 2010

Ignoring Aunt Isabel

My late Great Aunt Isabel used to say that if one has nothing intelligent to contribute to a discuss...