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…
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Hamas cracks down on Palestinian freedoms
I’m never going to get tired of referring to this lying op-ed the New York Times published: “Palestinians want, on their terms, the same thing Western societies want: self-determination, modernity, access to markets and their own economic power, and freedom … Continue reading
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Fifty things about me, on my 50th birthday
Part one. Part two. Part three. Part four. Part five. In honor of my fiftieth birthday, which is today, I am finishing my 50 Things About Me series. 41. I have a tendency to mark my birthdays these days with … Continue reading
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Israeli-Arab MK: Israel has no say over Temple Mount
The true Fifth Column in Israel: An Israeli Arab member of the Knesset (yeah, that apartheid Israel, they have Arab members of Israel’s version of Congress) says that Israel has no legal jurisdiction over the Temple Mount. The digs, replied … Continue reading
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An ignatius mess
(h/t Media Backspin) In Palestinian Security Paradox, David Ignatius writes: Security is the magic word. No peace deal will work until the Palestinians are able to provide security that Israelis can trust. But right now, people are paying lip service … Continue reading
The beginning of Hamas’ end?
The natives of Gaza are getting very, very tired of Hamas tyranny and brutality. As the mourners sat on a long row of plastic chairs in the alley next to Ibrahim’s home, his father was too distraught to join in … Continue reading
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Philippe who?
There is precious little coverage of what ought to be considered Watergate for the international media, but yesterday brought some dramatic news. After telling the court that he had 27 minutes of video of the conflict near Netzarim junction the … Continue reading
What I wrote in the NY Times
Before I started blogging. (OK before there were blogs.) I was a letter writer. When I didn’t like what I read in the newspaper I’d write a letter to the editor. Well 10 years (and 2 days) ago, I had … Continue reading
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What I didn’t read in the NY Times
Taint by Association by Clark Hoyt The bigger question is whether The Times should be publishing him at all. But why would the Times give a spokesman for a terrorist organization a platform to promote Hamas? If he wanted to … Continue reading
Another puzzled muzzled
It is by accident that I have stumbled on the post Haram for us, Halal for Israel by an Egyptian blogger(ess) Zeinobia. Look in Wiki for haram and halal, but for the purpose the former means “forbidden” and the latter … Continue reading
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The Bat Mitzvah Desk Fund
A few people gave me money for my bat mitzvah, and I’ve decided to apply the money towards something I’ve wanted for six years: Real desks for my students. I’ve got about $500 in the fund, since I decided that … Continue reading
A pleasant surprise
I’m listening to Phillip Glass’ “Metamorphosis” right now, thanks to reader John M. Can’t wait to hear the Galactica soundtrack CD. I’ll have just enough time to listen to both before I have to teach today. Thanks, John. Two early … Continue reading
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Poverty and terror, again
via memeorandum This is not news, but there’s another academic concluding that terror is not a function of poverty. In this case it is Alan Krueger who explains What makes a terrorist. Claude Berrebi, now of the RAND Corporation’s Institute … Continue reading
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Terrorist vs. terrorist
Hamas killed seven and wounded 85 in a rally for Yasser Arafat yesterday. Today, they’re making mass arrests. Yeah, that freedom that they promised the Palestinians? Not seeing it yet. Hamas security forces moved swiftly against their Fatah rivals in … Continue reading
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Reading Diehl
Earlier I critiqued Jackson Diehl’s column, “If this peace process fails.” Now, (via Daled Amos) I see that Noah Pollak has critiqued the column from a different perspective. The 2000-2005 terror war was not an outpouring of political or social … Continue reading
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The bomb and Iran
Barry Rubin writes about what is being done and why it needs to be done regarding the Iranian nuclear threat. (or here) What’s being attempted. …it is the last moment for three other things: * If international terms, if diplomatic … Continue reading