The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
Daily Archives: 11/13/2007
The Bat Mitzvah Desk Fund
A few people gave me money for my bat mitzvah, and I’ve decided to apply the money towards something I’ve wanted for six years: Real desks for my students. I’ve got about $500 in the fund, since I decided that … Continue reading
A pleasant surprise
I’m listening to Phillip Glass’ “Metamorphosis” right now, thanks to reader John M. Can’t wait to hear the Galactica soundtrack CD. I’ll have just enough time to listen to both before I have to teach today. Thanks, John. Two early … Continue reading
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Poverty and terror, again
via memeorandum This is not news, but there’s another academic concluding that terror is not a function of poverty. In this case it is Alan Krueger who explains What makes a terrorist. Claude Berrebi, now of the RAND Corporation’s Institute … Continue reading
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Terrorist vs. terrorist
Hamas killed seven and wounded 85 in a rally for Yasser Arafat yesterday. Today, they’re making mass arrests. Yeah, that freedom that they promised the Palestinians? Not seeing it yet. Hamas security forces moved swiftly against their Fatah rivals in … Continue reading
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Reading Diehl
Earlier I critiqued Jackson Diehl’s column, “If this peace process fails.” Now, (via Daled Amos) I see that Noah Pollak has critiqued the column from a different perspective. The 2000-2005 terror war was not an outpouring of political or social … Continue reading
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The bomb and Iran
Barry Rubin writes about what is being done and why it needs to be done regarding the Iranian nuclear threat. (or here) What’s being attempted. …it is the last moment for three other things: * If international terms, if diplomatic … Continue reading
Abbas offers Israel ‘sea of peace’
Thats’ quoting Al-Jazeera: “If peace comes and the occupation comes to an end, Israel will live in a sea of peace,” he said on Tuesday after meeting his Israeli counterpart, Shimon Peres, in the Turkish capital of Ankara. I hope … Continue reading
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Palestinians to Israel: Surrender and we’ll have peace
Tagged near the end of an article in the Jerusalem Post detailing Saab Erekat’s insistence that the Palestinians will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state is this interesting poll data: Also according to the poll, 52.9% believe the Israeli-Palestinian … Continue reading
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