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…
Category Archives: Media
Out of context
What’s missing from this AP piece on the Lebanese president insisting he won’t ask Hizballah to disarm? Lebanon’s president says the government cannot ask Hezbollah to give up its weapons at a time of heightened tension with Israel. A U.N. … Continue reading
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Rogin’s understatements
In this dispatch at Foreign Policy (via memeorandum) Josh Rogin writes: “Clearly one way that Iran is increasing its influence in the region is by exploiting the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians,” Ross said, echoing statements made by U.S. … Continue reading
The NYT’s one sided debate
I did a quick roundup of op-eds appearing at the New York Times website duirng the year 2010. I suppose it may be somewhat arbitrary, but I did a search on the words “Israel” and “Hamas” between January 1, 2010 … Continue reading
Wednesday briefs
Cold… cold… cold… burning up! What freeze? The AP is the only news outlet that claimed a “de facto freeze” on building in Jerusalem, and now the AP is effectively recanting that claim—but without issuing a correction or retraction. Funny, … Continue reading
Why we need bloggers
Take a paragraph from a recent New York Times news story: The talks with the two leaders had been expected to begin last month but were delayed after Israel announced plans to build 1,600 housing units in East Jerusalem, where … Continue reading
The peace process is about to continue … no it isn’t … arrgh!
What’s the current state of Middle East negotiations? According to the New York Times … they’re back on track … maybe The American envoy to the Middle East, George J. Mitchell, planned to meet on Friday with Israeli and Palestinian … Continue reading
Monday briefs
Liar liar pants on fire: Hillary Clinton says the U.S. will “help shoulder” Israel’s burdens. Really? So how’s that stopping Iran from getting a nuclear bomb coming along? That bad? Shyeah. Here’s the thing, Madame Secretary: Bibi Netanyahu is wise … Continue reading
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Briefly
Just because you’re a diplomat doesn’t mean you’re smart: Wow, is this the stupidest diplomatic incident ever, or what? A Qatari diplomat decided that the rules don’t apply to him, so he sneaked a smoke in an airplane bathroom, and … Continue reading
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Fixing the narrative, one letter at a time
In the last week or so, I wrote a letter to the AP complaining about their one-sided version of the history of Hebron, which had a thriving Jewish community until the massacre of 1929, after which the British allowed Muslims … Continue reading
Our objective media at work
The Atlantic, which is actually a magazine (and website) that I admire, linked to my most recent post. But there’s a difference between their post title and what I actually titled my post. Funny. I titled the post “Obama’s full-court … Continue reading
Briefly
If it’s Monday, it’s time for another Palestinian whitewash from the AP: Wow, look! A Palestinian crusading against corruption! It’s almost as if the Abbas government isn’t continuing the Arafat tradition of stealing billions in aid and hiding them in … Continue reading
A tale of two protests
I’m so tired of the media bias. Look at these two AP articles about two protests that occurred in Washington yesterday. One was against the Iraq war. One was against the health care bill. First, the anti-war protest: Thousands of … Continue reading
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Of grievances and perceptions
Last week in an article about the eviction of two Arab families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, Isabel Kershner of the New York Times summed it up: For those who want to see a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, … Continue reading