Jesus is my Gun Sight
Uhm. Not so much. It must have seemed like a good idea at the time I suppose. I mean when you look at any kind of armament you can’t help but notice all…
Leonard Cohen Madness
I stumbled upon a site dedicated to Leonard Cohen called Leonard Cohen Files. Do me a favor and click on the link, then click on the link in the menu on the left…
The Nominee From Israel
Although figure skaters may be left at home in Israel when The Winter Olympics’ torch is kindled in February, some Israeli filmmakers will get to travel to LA for the Academy Awards telecast…
What about Iran? Former CIA Director Gives His Opinion
Here at the Herzliya Conference, there hasn’t yet been a panel fully devoted to Iran (that comes tomorrow). But you can tell that its on a lot of people’s minds. Even in speeches not directly…
Big in J.A.P.an
(Cross-posted at my blog) (…Tx for teaching me protocol, V.) Travel literature (or film), when boiled down to its essence, is almost always about some combination of the 3E’s: Escape, Expunge, Expand. The protagonist…
US-Israeli Relations
Yesterday, day two of the Herzliya Conference, the morning session addressed the topic of US-Israeli relations. Israeli and American speakers made it evident that, in their opinion, there still exist strong relations between…
Live from the Herzliya Conference
I’m here at the 2010 Herzliya Conference, hanging out in the New Media Room. (Unfortunately, I’ve missed the first two days of the conference due to illness, so I’ll be working hard to…
Nachman Ravers
VBS.TV, the video arm of Vice Magazine runs a cutting edge counterculture series called Vice Versus with cool video site Babelgum. And what exactly counts as hip, fresh and happening these days? Steampunks?…
