Commentary

Neighborhood Bully: Israel, Gaza and a Column in Haaretz

Without any of the irony of Bob Dylan's song from 1983, a writer named Gideon Levy in the Israeli newspaper ...
The Cinch Review

A view of what’s coming

I've often linked to pieces by Richard John Neuhaus. Among other factors, his book "Death on a Friday Afternoon" was ...

Greil Marcus Is Optimistic About McCain’s Chances

Not to pick on Greil Marcus (we almost never do that here), but Expecting Rain linked to something he just ...

Israel at 60

And while on the subject of proofs of God's existence ... happy birthday to the state of Israel. Every empire ...

How Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” Came To Be (by Bob Cohen)

I was really delighted a few days ago to receive an email from one Bob Cohen with the text of ...
The Cinch Review

Jesus Camp

"Jesus Camp" is a film which has been nominated for an Academy Award, under "Best Documentary Feature." It will be ...
Smart Dog

Idiot Savant

There is a lightweight magazine called Parade which is bundled with a lot of Sunday newspapers in the United States ...

Bob Dylan and the Wall Street Journal on Bad Sounding Music

From the Wall Street Journal Online, "Are Technology Limits In MP3s and iPods Ruining Pop Music?" If it seems like ...

Denomination Blues

Pope Benedict's been making waves of late, particularly with something called ...