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Daily Archives: August 27, 2007
Dungeons & Divisions
Sheli Teitelbaum writes for The Jerusalem Report: With draft-dodging alarmingly on the rise, the IDF is generally loath to give potential recruits pointers on how to avoid the rigors of compulsory service. Not long ago, however, army psychologists publicly divulged … Continue reading
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The Wrong Poster Couple
Elizabeth Berney, an attorney, posts to my site about Friday’s Wall Street Journal column on Jewish divorces and women who can’t receive one: The refusal of certain individuals to give (or accept) a “Get” (Jewish divorce) and spousal abuse are … Continue reading
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Don’t Blame Me For Your Bad Reputation
Jack Shafer writes for Slate about New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt’s Aug. 26 column: One of the flaws in Hoyt’s thinking is his belief that one’s reputation is a possession—like a car or a tennis racket—when one’s reputation … Continue reading
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I’ll Be On The New ABC TV Show ‘I-Caught’ Sept. 11
I did a long interview with ABC News Sunday night. Here’s a link to the show. They’ll show a bunch of my video clips as part of a show on "blogebrities." I’d never heard that term before. Torah! Torah! Torah!
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Zell Disses L.A. Times
Mickey Kaus blogs: After apparent Tribune Company owner-to-be Sam Zell visited the L.A. Times a week or so ago, Publisher-for-Now David Hiller sent a memo to the paper’s staff describing Zell as a "[h]igh energy straight-talking business owner" who "[b]elieves … Continue reading
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