Archive for August, 2006



Letter to Financial Times

Sir, Nick Kochan, (”Mideast investment will produce a peace dividend“, August 30) writes, “It may not be long before Israel’s claim to be the only democratic Middle Eastern country, so much part of its argument for support, is challenged.” Kochan’s comment, and others’ like it that assume Israel’s status as a democratic nation, remind […]

Letter to NY1

Robert Hardt – Director of Politics
NY1 News
75 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY, 10011
(212) 379-3330
Robert.Hardt@ny1news.com
I’ve recently learned of the criteria that New York 1 News has adopted in selecting candidates for the Senate debate taking place tonight at Pace University. Your station has refused access to all candidates who have not reached 5 percent in the […]

Letter to Miriam Harris-Botzum

To: Miriam Harris-Botzum (mharrisb@phi.devry.edu)

Miriam Harris-Botzum,
As an academic and teacher, I’m sure that you teach your students to adhere principles of academic honesty. In fact, I would expect that you enforce your school’s academic integrity policy found in the DeVry University handbook for your campus in Philadelphia, which states:
In speaking or writing, plagiarism is […]

Masked and Anonymous

Sometimes, albeit rarely, you walk out of a movie feeling like you’ll never be the same again. There is a distinct changedness feeling that I’ve experienced so many times after first seeing some movies. Even more rarely does this feeling actually hold over time. For me, those in the latter […]