JERUSALEM — Whenever a new religion has conquered an old one, it has been common practice throughout history to convert the old shrines to new synagogues, churches, and mosques. To the victor belong the spoils, after all. The pagan Roman Empire was very tolerant for its day. As the realm grew to include a new people, […]
Entries Tagged as 'Law'
The Ground-Zero Mosque and the Politics of Religion
August 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Christianity, Culture, Islam, Israel, Jihad, Judaism, Law, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War on Terror
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Economic Issues: Smarter than a Fifth-Grader
June 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Conservative Pundits, Culture, Economics, Education, Finance, Globalization, Law, Personal, Politics
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed column, Daniel Klein makes the case that conservatives understand economics better than liberals: Zogby researcher Zeljka Buturovic and I considered the 4,835 respondents’ (all American adults) answers to eight survey questions about basic economics. We also asked the respondents about their political leanings: progressive/very liberal; liberal; moderate; conservative; very […]
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Journalism Career: Register with Government?
June 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Boston, Business, Civil Liberties, Education, Journalism, Law, Massachusetts, Personal, Politics
A state legislator in Michigan has proposed a bill that would encourage journalists to register with a “Board of Michigan Registered Reporters” list to help the public know which ones are legitimate: State Sen. Bruce Patterson is introducing legislation that will regulate reporters much as the state regulates hairdressers, auto mechanics and plumbers. Patterson, who […]
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Definition of Journalism: Public Journalism for Online Reporters
June 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Boston, Business, Education, Journalism, Law, Marketing, Massachusetts, Media, Personal, Politics, SEO, Technology, The Middle East
JERUSALEM — Ha’aretz, an Israeli newspaper, asks the important question of how the Internet has changed journalism in light of a local conference on “Democracy and its Challenges”: Having a laptop and cell phone with a camera built into it doesn’t necessarily make you a journalist, the journalist and writer Pierre Asselin said on Monday… […]
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Economic Peace for Palestine
May 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Civil Liberties, Culture, Economics, Islam, Israel, Law, Palestine, Politics, The Middle East, War, War on Terror
JERUSALEM — New York Times columnist Roger Cohen returns from a trip to the West Bank and notes some economic improvements as a Palestinian family moved from Massachusetts to the disputed territory to set up a brewery: It’s not easy to trade that sort of buck-is-a-buck agnosticism for the ferocious identity politics of the Holy […]
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The Meaning of the Bible
May 19th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Bible, Christianity, Culture, Egypt, Israel, Judaism, Law, Personal, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, Torah
JERUSALEM — What is the overall theme of the (Hebrew) Bible, taken as a whole from Genesis to Chronicles?* That was the question that Daniel Gordis, senior vice-president of the Shalem Center and author of “Saving Israel: How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May Never End,” addressed at recent lecture I attended. […]
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Another Role
May 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Administrative, Blogosphere, Blogroll, Education, Law, Personal, Uncategorized
Hello, all. I would like to introduce a new project I’m working on: LawSchoolReference.com. As the new primary blogwriter for the site, I will cover topics of interest to anyone considering law school, from the LSAT (Law School Admissions Test) through the application process, including a bit about what it’s like to be a law […]
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Jerusalem Day
May 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Britain, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Culture, Europe, Islam, Jihad, Judaism, Law, Palestine, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War on Terror
JERUSALEM — Today is Jerusalem Day in Israel, which celebrates when the city was reunified under Jewish control during the Six-Day War in 1967. I had wanted to write an essay on the subject, but David Goldman had already written what I had wanted to say: “The passions that rage over Jerusalem reveal the desire […]
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