Muslim Baiting: Peter King’s Dangerous Obsession
Filed under: Field NotesNon-violent protests in Egypt and elsewhere provided Americans with a view of the Muslim world that Peter King seems blind to. His insistence on seeing evil as the province of Islam serves no one well. Permalink | ...
John Galliano, Anti-Semitism, and the Power of Words
Filed under: Woman Up, Video, Analysis, Field NotesRacist and anti-Semitic remarks are punishable with jail time in France and denying the Holocaust is illegal in several countries. But has anti-Semitism disappeared simply because it is illegal to expr...
Rep. Michele Bachmann, Stay Out of My Bra
Filed under: Woman UpThe Minnesota congresswoman says tax deductions for breast pumps help create a "nanny state." But if a pump allows a woman enough freedom to consider breast-feeding past her paltry maternity leave, how is that not a public health i...
Israel Quietly Shuts Down Embassies as Sabers Rattle in the Middle East
Filed under: Foreign Policy, Middle East, Field NotesAs protests continue in Bahrain, Yemen, Algeria, and Iran, tensions are rising between Israel and Hezbollah. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
IRS Says Breast-feeding Expenses Are Tax Write-Offs. Finally.
Filed under: Health Care, Taxes, Woman UpLast week, the IRS agreed to allow 2010 taxes to reflect the costs of breast pumps and milk bags, which can run up to $1,000 a year for working moms. Permalink | Email this | Linking&nbs...
Railroad to Hell: France’s SNCF Expresses ‘Sorrow,’ ‘Regret’ for Holocaust Role
Filed under: Field NotesSixty-six years after Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated, a battle is still being fought over the complicity of France's national railroad in the deportation of Jews who died there. Permalink | Email this |&nbs...
Sinking Peace: WikiLeaks Posts 1,600 Pages on Spiral Decline of Middle East Talks
Filed under: Field NotesPapers show the concessions Palestinians made to Israelis in round after round of Middle East peace talks. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Julian Assange: Sex Criminal or Political Refugee?
Filed under: Woman Up, Analysis, Field Notes, WikiLeaksRather than address claims against him, Assange has been able to leverage his Robin Hood status, to claim for himself a cloak of victimization and in the process victimize his accusers. Permal...
Aharon Friedman, Capitol Hill Staffer Who Won’t Grant Wife Jewish Divorce
Filed under: Religion, Woman Up, CultureOrthodox law decrees women cannot divorce without the husband's permission. The Friedman case is complicated by a child-custody dispute. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs |...
