Month: May 2009

Lebanon Uncovers Extended Israeli Spy Ring

. Lebanon makes 25 arrests ahead of June 7 elections (Haaretz) – Lebanese authorities have arrested the deputy mayor of a village in the country’s Bekaa Valley suspected of belonging to an Israeli spy network, the...

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A historic realignment?

 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS  Cross-posted from the Th!nkaboutit euroblogging campaign. The Irish Times has just produced a new poll directly comparable to the one I analysed two weeks ago in Data, Data, Data.  The general...

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National Shame

When I was growing up it never occurred to me that the United Nations would issue a report in my lifetime citing America for a ‘deplorable’ human rights record. Part of that was a bit of innocence I had about our...

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The President’s Red Meat

Bush cleared brush to prove he’s a regular guy. Obama eats burgers. The strange thing about it is that he’s got more of a reputation as a health-conscious eater than as someone who powers down Five Guys’...

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