Jan 11, 2014 | Foreign Policy, History, mic, World Affairs
Published: mic (January 11, 2014)
“I am 73 years old. I’ve seen everything. I’ve met the kings, the queens, the presidents, I’ve been around the world. I have one thing that I would like to do: to try to reach peace.”
When Ariel Sharon uttered these words in the first year of his tenure as prime minister of Israel, observers of Middle Eastern politics were understandably skeptical of their sincerity.... Read Original Article
Dec 9, 2013 | Conservativism, Foreign Policy, History, mic, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism, Terrorism, World Affairs
Published: mic (December 9, 2013)
Back in the 1980s, Ronald Reagan, Dick Cheney, and other paladins of the American right labeled Nelson Mandela a terrorist.
While mainstream conservatives tend to renounce this characterization today, it still has currency in more ideologically zealous circles. Indeed, some people on Twitter are already tweeting away reiterations of the infamous “terrorist” designation.... Read Original Article
Aug 1, 2013 | Jewish Experiences, mic, World Affairs
Published: mic (August 1, 2013)
co-author Tillie Adelson
Before we were columnists at PolicyMic, Tillie Adelson and I were just ordinary Jewish twenty-somethings visiting Israel for the first time through Yael Adventures. Yael, or Birthright as it is better known, is a program that offers a free trip to the Jewish State for young Jews between the ages of 18 and 26 who have never been there before.
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Jul 20, 2013 | Foreign Policy, Jewish Experiences, Media Issues, mic, Scandals, World Affairs
Published: mic (July 20, 2013)
How does an American political historian cope with the death of Helen Thomas?
She was a pioneer for female journalists, an old-fashioned shoe-leather reporter, an astute observer of Washington’s grimy, smarmy underbelly who had personally interrogated every president since John F. Kennedy. When Stephen Colbert used the third act of his legendary 2006 White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech to pay her a tongue-in-cheek tribute, few in the press corps doubted that the honor was well deserved.... Read Original Article
Jun 16, 2013 | Arts and Entertainment, Class Issues, mic, World Affairs
Published: mic (June 16, 2013)
co-author Tillie Adelson
There is a phenomenon about celebrities that we have decided to dub the “Bono effect” or more currently the “Angelina Jolie effect.” In summary, it refers to the tendency of the rich and famous to engage in conspicuous charitable and/or philanthropic endeavors for reasons that smack more of self-aggrandizement than genuine nobility of spirit.... Read Original Article
Mar 10, 2013 | Foreign Policy, Jewish Experiences, mic, World Affairs
Published: mic (March 10, 2013)
To anyone who may doubt the appalling nature of the late Hugo Chavez’s mistreatment of his nation’s Jewish community, it’s worth noting that communist dictators are generally a pretty vile bunch. As such, it should go without saying that when one Marxist authoritarian feels compelled to call out another one on a humanitarian flaw, decent people everywhere should take notice.
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