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In the Gunsight: Syria or, A Nice Little War By Uri Avnery

Email Despatch 29.7.06 IT IS the old story about the losing gambler: he cannot stop. He continues to play, in order to win his losses back. He continues to lose … Continue reading

30 July, 2006 · Leave a comment

Syrians and Lebanese: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Recommended blog entry written earlier this year by Levantine Dreamhouse; see also Leila Buck’s beautifully written and conciliatory piece written about Syria from a Lebanese-American perspective, entitled ‘From Syria, With … Continue reading

29 July, 2006 · Leave a comment

The country that wouldn’t grow up

An excellent short article on Israel By Tony Judt Ha’aretz Last update – 18:05 05/05/2006 By the age of 58 a country – like a man – should have achieved … Continue reading

5 May, 2006 · Leave a comment

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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