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…
Tag Archives: President Obama
Mideast Media Sampler 03/13/2013
1) Being a reporter means never having to say you’re sorry The New York Times has reported on the UN report that raised doubts about the death of Omar Masharawi. Isabel Kershner wrote U.N. Ties Gaza Baby’s Death to Palestinians: … Continue reading
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NYT: peace process failing despite the great work of the administration
Contrary to the upbeat assessment of the Washington Post, Mark Landler of the New York Times can’t figure out why the Middle East peace process isn’t going smoothly. In Risks and Advantages in U.S. Effort in Mideast, Landler begins: When … Continue reading
The president plans; Abbas throws pie in his face
Last week I offered qualified praise to the editors of the Washington Post for their observations about President Obama’s meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu. The one part of the editorial that I didn’t like was towards the end: Now Mr. … Continue reading
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Tagged President Abbas, President Obama, Prime Minister Netanyahu
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The messaging or the strategy?
In a meeting with fifteen Rabbis last week, White House shief of staff Rahm Emanuel said that the administration “screwed up the messaging.” Part of me wants to buy that, but I’m very skeptical. I’d have been a lot more … Continue reading
Is Obama, Carter, but without the good fortune?
In his devastating critique of ex-President Jimmy Carter, Our Worse Ex-President, Joshua Muravchik wrote: Carter’s interest in the conflict is in one sense natural: the agreement he mediated between Israel and Egypt at Camp David in 1978 stands as one … Continue reading
Imagine if he had shouted out “macaca”
President Obama’s coolness towards Israel has busted a lot of myths about Jewish influence. Still it’s a curious phenomenon with possibly negative consequences. Yet if we are seen as neutral, just watch the rest of the world get the message … Continue reading
Cohen: the President doesn’t “get” Israel
Richard Cohen thinks that the pro-Israel crowd is being paranoid. As for myself, I receive e-mails saying that Obama, that klutz, asked Binyamin Netanyahu whether Jews could alter the age-old prayer about returning to Jerusalem and substitute the word Israel. … Continue reading
Blaming Bibi
This week’s Baltimore Jewish Times featured an article (previously mentioned here) U.S.-Israeli Ties: What’s Really Happening? by Dr. Robert O. Freedman. Over the course of the article Dr. Freedman covers much important territory; unfortunately he also lets his prejudices get … Continue reading
Posted in American Scene, Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, The One
Tagged PM Netanyahu, President Obama
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Imposing
Two weeks ago David Ignatius wrote: In retrospect, it seems clear that the step-by-step approach was a mistake: Constructive ambiguity, in this case, proved destructive. It allowed the Israeli right wing to perpetuate the idea that it could have it … Continue reading
“Ideological and vindictive”
via memeorandum Jackson Diehl, not someone I consider to be pro-Israel, nonetheless acknowledges what the administration is doing: U.S. pressure on Netanyahu will be needed if the peace process ever reaches the point where the genuinely contentious issues, like Palestinian … Continue reading
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Taking the smart out of smart diplomacy
Washington Post reporter Scott Wilson writes of President Obama’s new approach to diplomacy “Shared interests define Obama’s world. Wilson starts: President Obama is applying the same tools to international diplomacy that he once used as a community organizer on Chicago’s … Continue reading
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The shoals of Middle East peacemaking
The Washington Post, today, faults the Obama administration for its early forays into Middle East peacemaking. The administration also concluded, wrongly, that obtaining an unconditional Israeli settlement freeze was an essential first step. In fact settlements are no longer a … Continue reading
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The President’s teachable Mideast moment – the Washington Post vs. the New York Times
The Washington Post surprised yesterday with an editorial Tough on Israel: But the administration also is guilty of missteps. Rather than pocketing Mr. Netanyahu’s initial concessions — he gave a speech on Palestinian statehood and suggested parameters for curtailing settlements … Continue reading
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The cost of confrontation
Yesterday I blogged about the consequences of President Obama’s pressure on Israel. Daniel Pipes sees it as a sign that the administration is prepared to precipitate a diplomatic crisis with Israel. However Barry Rubin was less concerned. He observed that … Continue reading