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…
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Mideast Media Sampler – New York Times Op-Ed Index for February, 2013
New York Times Op-Ed Index for February 2013 1) Israel’s Mr. Normal – Roger Cohen – February 2, 2013 To get beyond nothingness, Lapid has at the very least to declare that he opposes settlement building outside the blocks that … Continue reading
Mideast Media Sampler 03/04/2013
1) Taking the lede in blaming Israel A number of bloggers have commented on the anti-Israel remarks made by Turkey’s Prime Minister Erdogan last week. Fortunatly, Secretary of State, John Kerry and others rebuked Turkey. Here’s how the New York Times’ anti-Israel blogger Robert Mackey provided context for the remarks: The … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 02/28/2013
1) Water, water everywhere At the Times of Israel, editor David Horovitz writes about how Israel’s dealt with its water crisis. (h/t Yaacov Lozowick) “How did we beat the water shortage? Because we said we would. We decided we would,” … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 02/27/2013
1) It’s been more than 20 years Jonathan Tobin writes in The Day the War on America Began: Exactly 20 years ago on this date, a terrorist attack at the World Trade Center took the lives of six people and injured … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 02/26/2013
1) Why are they staying away? Yesterday the New York Times reported Syrian Opposition’s Complaints Shadow Kerry’s First Official Trip: Mr. Kerry and foreign ministers from Europe and the Middle East are scheduled to meet in Rome on Thursday with … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 02/25/2013
Intifada: then and now In response to a recent news program in Israel, Col. Jonathan D. Halevi wrote The Palestinian Authority’s Responsibility for the Outbreak of the Second Intifada: Its Own Damning Testimony for the Jerusalem Center of Public Affairs. Even now, … Continue reading
Mideast Media Sampler 02/22/2013
1) One last Hagel post In the Hagel Pinata, Marc Ambinder complains: Democrats tend to do this as well when Republican presidents nominate people. But Republicans have done it out of pique and spite. And they’ve abdicated their advice and … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 02/21/2013
Hezbollah‘s worldwide war against Israel Gen. Shimon Shapira writes about the recently assassinated Iranian Gen. Hassan Shateri in Lebanon: Shateri’s importance is indicated by the seniority of the Iranian figures who took part in his funeral ceremony in Tehran before his … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 02/20/2013
1) The Push for Peace Walter Russell Mead argues in As Israel goes deeper into Syria and Opportunity for Obama arises: With Al-Qaeda linked jihadis in the opposition, and Iran and Hezbollah supporting the government, Israel has much to fear … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 02/19/2013
The last refuge of anti-Israel activists A few weeks ago, the New York Times reported Pro Palestinian speakers attract protests outside. The event at Brooklyn college was a Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) event focused on delegitimizing Israel. To read the … Continue reading
Mideast Media Sampler Feb. 17
The revolution + 2 Two years ago last week, growing protests against Hosni Mubarak eventually (with a nudge from the military) forced him from power. Here’s a sampling of news and comment from the New York Times of those momentous … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 02/18/2013
1) The Obama administration vs. Hezbollah Today’s New York Times features an op-ed, Hezbollah unmasked by President Obama’s national security adviser, Thomas Donilon. After providing the details of Hezbollah’s blood drenched history, (similar to a case made recently by Ambassador … Continue reading
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My latest at PJMedia
Meryl still (generously) allows me posting privileges. Last week PJMedia published 60 Minutes Not Responding to Critics of ‘Holy Land’ Segment CAMERA has more on Bob Simon’s expert, Mitri Raheb.
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Not blogging but …
I’m writing for PJMedia and Meryl generously said I can plug my stuff. I have a couple of new articles this week, the first was Washington Post Halfway Out of the Obama Tank? Nah, I don’t think the Post will … Continue reading
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What I’ve been doing during my blogging retirement
My first Pajamas Media article: The ‘Erase’ to Condemn Israel Meryl, thanks for the nudge and the excellent advice!