My letter to Marty Peretz (Which I plan to send)

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Friday September 17, 2010 · 9:39 AM PDT

2010/09/17 · 09:39

There's been a bit of an uproar lately here at Brandeis University over Class of 1959 alumnus Marty Peretz. Peretz has a long history of being, shall we say, unfair to Muslims in his writings, and his most recent blog posts were some of the worst I have ever read. In response to those posts--and his recent apology, which I don't buy--I wrote him a letter, which I originally published in the campus newspaper and will also share here:

Dear Mr. Peretz,

This is one of two letters sent to you from Brandeis—the other being a petition signed by five hundred students. The petition calls for you to apologize for remarks you made about Muslims in your Sept. 4 blog post on The Spine. My name is on that petition as well, but I thought, given that you have already issued an apology of sorts, that I would send you some of my own thoughts on the matter.

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Friday April 30, 2010 · 9:47 AM PDT

2010/04/30 · 09:47

I recently published the following article in my college paper, The Brandeis Hoot. I encourage everyone to read it, and also to read more about the subject. I know you all own a computer (you're here) and probably own cell phones and cameras. But I'll bet most of you haven't thought about what it takes to make those devices.

Read it at our site, or head below the fold.

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Saturday November 07, 2009 · 12:20 PM PST

2009/11/07 · 12:20

...and I'd like to share it. Part of me wonders why I bother, considering how badly the vote in Maine went. But here it is anyway.

It's a fiction piece, which I originally posted here. I haven't been writing that long, especially compared to some of the great writers on this site. But as they say, practice makes perfect.

If you're at all interested, see you below the fold...

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Monday April 06, 2009 · 10:52 AM PDT

2009/04/06 · 10:52

Sorry for the short diary. It's basically a way for me to post a link to an excellent video I just watched.

It provides a simple explanation of the increasingly complicated credit crisis. Since many of us here spend our time writing about the crisis, and many more of us spend our time reading about it, I think this video should come in handy.

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Remembering Terri Schiavo

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Friday April 03, 2009 · 2:09 PM PDT

2009/04/03 · 14:09

Happy Friday everyone,

I'm here once again to bring you yet another one of my op-eds for The Brandeis Hoot. This week, it's rather long, which I apologize for. I had a lot of newspaper to fill.

Four years ago on Tuesday, Terri Schiavo succumbed to dehydration and died. It was the end of one of the most shameful moments of government intervention that I can remember.

I am posting this op-ed because, as a regular reader of Daily Kos, I was slightly surprised to see that the diary list has been devoid of any commemorative Diaries. Perhaps we have chosen to forget about Terri.

Anyway, I hate to be the guy who asks this, but if you read this piece and feel that it was worthwhile, I ask you to rec this diary. I don't think this is a story that we should forget.

See you below the fold...

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Friday March 27, 2009 · 11:05 PM PDT

2009/03/27 · 23:05

Hi everyone,

The wanna-be budding writer is back.

I posted this yesterday, only to watch it get blown off the diary list. So I'm putting it back, because I can. And because I'd like to think that more people might want to read it.

Anyway, I'm here with another one of my op-ed pieces to share. Here's hoping that it's reasonably insightful and informative, or, failing that, fun to read.

Feel free to comment/critique to your hearts desire...

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Friday March 27, 2009 · 1:52 PM PDT

2009/03/27 · 13:52

Hi everyone,

I'm back again, with another one of my op-ed pieces to share. Here's hoping that its reasonably insightful and informative, or, failing that, fun to read.

Feel free to comment to your hearts desire...

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Friday March 20, 2009 · 11:41 AM PDT

2009/03/20 · 11:41

So this isn't exactly an "original" diary. It's actually an op-ed I wrote for The Brandeis Hoot, my school's newspaper.

It's part of a weekly column I write. Usually my articles are of a more serious nature, but since I'm sure you get enough of those around here, I thought I'd share this one with you. It's a fun take on a concept that we all know and love (I say fun, not funny, because I have yet to see how my jokes go over around here).

Enough with the introduction... here yah go:

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Monday December 15, 2008 · 2:01 PM PST

2008/12/15 · 14:01

Lately I've been disturbed by the sheer amount of resistance toward any sort of bailout of automakers. Free-market conservatives have relished the death of the bailout bill in the Senate, which they actually seem to count as a victory. It's as if Ford, GM, and Chrysler were simply failed companies who deserved to be swept aside, instead of the backbone of our economy.

But it's not just the free-market conservatives who provide the resistance. I've noticed that even among those who support a bailout, there is a certain amount of reluctance to actually follow through. The reasons for this can vary. Some feel that the Big Three don't deserve money because their products have been an environmental disaster. Others would like to see improved fuel efficiency standards on American cars. Others still feel that American cars are junk that shouldn't be driven anyway.

There's a problem here. If we don't remind ourselves that fighting for the automakers means fighting for union workers, we will all lose. I'm convinced that conservative Republicans are aware of this, and are pushing the notion that "this is all the automakers fault", because they know that if we can't feel the slightest bit of sympathy, they will be able to destroy the UAW.

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Friday December 12, 2008 · 12:19 PM PST

2008/12/12 · 12:19

This will be a relatively short diary. For a long time, I have grown increasingly sick of hearing wealthy conservatives and their brainwashed, not-so-wealthy allies talk about how we have to let the Big Three die for the good of the "free market" (and three million jobs be damned).

I truly hoped Congress would pass it's bailout package, and like many of you, I met the news of it's failure with a long stream of colorful language (%$#@! Senate Republicans, *#%$! spineless Harry Reid). I was convinced that this was the end of the American auto industry, that it could not possibly stay afloat in time for Obama to be inaugurated.

Then, after calming down, I read about how the Bush White House is hoping to intervene and save the industry, and that got me thinking. What if, for once, the Senate Democrats actually employed good strategy?

Yes, I know this is Harry Reid we're talking about. But hear me out...

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It's a gamble, I hope it works...

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Is. He. Freaking. Insane?!?!

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The Surge Is Working™

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Saturday August 02, 2008 · 12:52 PM PDT

2008/08/02 · 12:52

The surge is working. The surge is working. The surge is working. The surge is working. The surge is working. The surge is working. The surge is working. The surge is working. The surge is working. The surge is working.

-John McCain, when asked to summarize his campaign message.

Okay, so I made that up. I think. But the rest of this diary is serious.

Note: The contents of this diary were originally published at Upon the Gears, a political blog.

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Obama's Prayer At The Western Wall Revealed

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Friday July 25, 2008 · 10:32 AM PDT

2008/07/25 · 10:32

I hope those who clicked on this diary didn't expect to see the actual context of Obama's prayer. For those who did, I apologize.

The purpose of this diary is not to reveal the prayer. It is merely a way for me to briefly express my disgust at those who decided to make the prayer public. As a Jew, I am personally offended when I hear that someone had the nerve to reveal a private relationship between a man and God to the press.

Unfortunately, I had to find out the news through the FOX website. I refused to read the prayer out of respect (yes, FOX published it too), but I'm afraid other media outlets will not have that kind of respect.

So yeah, this is a headline we will probably be seeing for a couple of days.

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