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My letter to the UC-Irvine newspaper

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Below is the text of a letter to the opinion page of the New University Newspaper (UCI) tonight regarding the past two weeks of Israeli-Palestinian “discourse”.
(I don’t know if it will be printed next week.)
Now that the Israel 60th Birthday celebration and the “Palestinian Holocaust” week have concluded, I would like to make a few [...]

Hate fest at UCI day 3

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

* My previous post should read day 2
Today, the Muslim Student Union continued their “Palestinian Holocaust” Week at UCI. Today’s featured speaker at noon was Anna Balzer, a young Jewish-American activist, who has traveled often to Israel and the Palestinian-occupied territories. She is a Palestinian sympathizer, and is associated with the International Women’s Peace Service.
I [...]

Hate fest at UCI-Day 3

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

On Tuesday, the Muslim Student Union continued their anti-Israel week at UC-Irvine. At 12 noon, they opened their program with Jim Lafferty, a lawyer from LA. Lafferty is with the LA chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, a liberal legal activist group. He is also associated with Answer, an anti-war group and KPFK Radio, a [...]

Why we are suspicious of Muslims

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

 
The on-going dispute at UC-Irvine (where I teach) over the Israel/Jewish/Muslim issue is bringing up (again) an unpleasant but obvious question; that is, the position of American Muslims in American society-especially since 9-11. Today, many American Muslims are feeling isolated, besieged, under suspicion, and forced to choose between their religion and their country. They know [...]

Nonie Darwish at UC-Irvine

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

This week, I was fortunate to be able to hear Nonie Darwish speak at UC-Irvine as part of the week-long celebration of Israel’s 60th birthday. I have previously written about Darwish in my blog (Three Muslim Heretics). Briefly, she was born in Cairo and has lived in Gaza. Her father fought against Israel and was [...]

“Wild Bill” loses it again

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

I swear, Bill and Hillary Clinton must be reading my blogs. No sooner did I call for Bill to bust loose again, he responded today in some place called Fayetteville, WV.
Standing before the usual crowd of curious on-lookers, Bill took exception to a woman in the crowd questioning his claims of all the work he [...]

Of egg-heads and African-Americans

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Just when we thought the Democratic primary couldn’t get any more bizarre, Hillary and her supporters seem to be pulling out the race card again. In the wake of the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, Mrs Clinton (starting to remind us Gloria Swanson in her portrayal of Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd.)is justifying her insistence [...]

Jamiel Shaw Update-May 5, 2008

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Jamiel Shaw Update- May 5, 2008
Today, Jamiel Shaw Sr spoke on the John and Ken radio show on KFI (Los Angeles)on the pending prosecution of Pedro Espinoza for the murder of Jamiel Shaw Jr. Mr Shaw is due to meet with LA DA Steve Cooley tomorrow and is demanding that the asst. DA assigned [...]

Israel Fest at UC Irvine-With Hate Fest to Follow

Monday, May 5th, 2008

This week, I-Fest, the 60th anniversary of the birth of the state of Israel is being commemorated by the Jewish student group, Anteaters for Israel, Hillel and the Jewish Student Union.
The tone of the celebration is upbeat, featuring food, music, belly dancing, a Shabbat dinner and nightclub event. The theme of the week is “Peace, [...]

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