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: Middle East
For want of a press card
I know that there are those who claim that Iran is misunderstood. The case of Roxana Saberi though is instructive. Iran’s PressTV first reported on her arrest on March 4. Saberi had told her father in a phone call February … Continue reading
The bloggers’ message
Earlier I wrote about President Obama’s outreach to Iran and lamented the fact that he didn’t mention the imprisonment of Roxana Saberi in his Nowruz message to the Iranian regime. Bret Stephens mentions a parallel concern in Will Obama listen … Continue reading
Israel and Gaza
The War in Gaza hasn’t really ended it has just moved into a different venue. Now we get to see it taken apart within the blogosphere and the MSM. Not to mention the report filed by the UN. If you … Continue reading
Breaking the ice with Iran
During the campaign Michael Totten wrote about why Barack Obama’s pledge to renew relations with Iran wouldn’t amount to anything. Withdrawing all U.S. forces from the Middle East likewise is not going to happen. Obama may want to bug out … Continue reading
Is Ha’aretz is pulling a Scott Thomas on us?
Remember Scott Thomas? The New Republic’s crack reporter who wrote about supposed atrocities in Iraq? The one who was utterly disgraced and proven to be a liar? This Melanie Phillips article on Ha’aretz’s claims of IDF abuse in Gaza makes … Continue reading
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A mysterious quiet falls over southern Israel
There have been no rockets or mortars fired from Gaza since last Saturday. The question is: Why? Has Hamas come to some kind of secret agreement in order to get their prisoners released? Was this one of the conditions that … Continue reading
Obama reaches out to Iran with stump speech
President Obama probably figures what the heck, stump speeches worked on enough suckers to get elected the most inexperienced candidate in the history of America, so why not try the same tactics on the Iranians. I don’t think they’re going … Continue reading
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Engaging Syria
David Schenker lays out the possibilities of American-Syrian rapprochement # U.S. diplomatic engagement with Syria comes at a particularly sensitive time, just a few months before the Lebanese elections, where the “March 14” ruling coalition faces a stiff challenge from … Continue reading
Banality of a weasel
I suppose I should be generous to Roger Cohen. According to Roger Simon, Cohen flew out to LA on his own initiative – and dime – in order to defend his defense of the Iranian regime. But Simon writes that … Continue reading
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Israel and the media: Tunnel vision, blindness, or outright bias?
Yesterday, the Israeli press carried Hassan Nasrallah’s recorded speech released on Mohammed’s birthday. It’s a pretty important speech, you would think, since Britain has recently announced that it is seeking to establish ties to Hizbullah. And it’s a very important … Continue reading
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To Alice Walker in Gaza: Shut up and write
Yet another idiot toured Gaza, declared the results of the war horrible, and blamed Israel. This one, though—well, she’s toeing the Hamas propaganda line quite closely. Walker did not respond directly when asked whether Hamas – classified as a terrorist … Continue reading
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The other Iranian moderate
I have chosen this headline, since I have already posted on one such moderate in Hashemi Rafsanjani – a moderate murderer. The man who is much on the agenda these days, mainly as a moderate alternative to Mahmoud the Mad … Continue reading
Hamas withholding Shalit video
The big visit by Moussa Abu Marzouk was, in part, to get
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Operation Cast Lead now Operation Melting Away
There was an acrimonious cabinet meeting earlier today in Israel, with Ehud Olmert and his Ehud Barak having words. But these are the most discouraging words of the meeting: Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter told the cabinet that Israel’s achievements … Continue reading
Roger Cohen: Straw man simplicity
Soccer Dad and Snoopy have both had their shots at Roger Cohen’s unbelievably naive column that claims that Iranian Jews are free. Now it’s my turn to reply to his response. The indignation stems from my recent column on Iranian … Continue reading
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