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In Defense of Richard Falk
Posted on04. Nov, 2012 by Lawrence Davidson.
An Analysis by Lawrence Davidson Part I – Who is Richard Falk and What Has He Done? Richard Falk is the present United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories. His job is to monitor the human rights situation in the territories, with particular reference to international law, and report back to both the U.N. General [...]
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More On Savage Israel
Posted on27. Oct, 2012 by Lawrence Davidson.
An Analysis by Lawrence Davidson Part I – Savagery On-Going In my last analysis I noted that a Zionist organization run by the Islamophobe Pamela Geller is posting messages on buses and subways calling for support for Israel. The messages claim that Israel represents the “civilized man” in a struggle against Jihadist “savagery.” I questioned Israel’s qualifications [...]
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Billboard Wars
Posted on18. Oct, 2012 by Lawrence Davidson.
An Analysis by Lawrence Davidson Pamela Geller and her billboard message PART I – The Savage vs. the Civilized Back on 1 August 2012 I posted a piece entitled History on a Billboard. It reported on the placement, in the northern suburbs of New York City, of informational billboards with maps of Palestine showing the steady [...]
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The Liar’s Master Class
Posted on11. Oct, 2012 by Lawrence Davidson.
An Analysis By Lawrence Davidson Part I – Earning a Place in the Eighth Rung of Hell Mitt Romney might be the most brazen political liar since James Polk. Polk, who was the 11th U.S. president (1845-1849), lied through his teeth–to Congress, to his cabinet, to the newspapers– in order to get the [...]
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On the Status of Women
Posted on05. Oct, 2012 by Lawrence Davidson.
An Analysis by Lawrence Davidson Part I - Taking Progress For Granted People often take things for granted. Take the concept of progress. My students all assume that progress is continuous. In fact, they think that it is inevitable. Mostly they conceive of progress in terms of technology: smart phones and computers of every sort. [...]
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US: RED LINES AND PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS
Posted on26. Sep, 2012 by Lawrence Davidson.
AN ANALYSIS BY LAWRENCE DAVIDSON I. The Israel Lobby and How it Operates I. The Israel Lobby and How it Operates Much is being made of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s involvement in the on-going American presidential campaign. His public stance has been characterized as an Israeli effort to “openly…topple [President] Obama.” The truth is [...]
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Free Speech or Inciting to Riot
Posted on20. Sep, 2012 by Lawrence Davidson.
An Analysis by Lawrence Davidson When I finish one of my analyses I usually look forward to a week to ten day hiatus and sometimes even wonder if I will have to hunt around for the next topic. It rarely works out that way. Usually, within three of four days, something happens which strikes me [...]
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Democracy Takes A Hit
Posted on12. Sep, 2012 by Lawrence Davidson.
An Analysis by Lawrence Davidson Part I – Reality TV At The Democratic Convention On Wednesday the 5th of September, 2012, in the middle of the Democratic Party convention, U.S. democracy took a big hit. Essentially the convention managers rigged a vote in the manner of those dictatorships that stuff ballot boxes and then [...]
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Israel Says: Rachel Made Me Do It
Posted on05. Sep, 2012 by Lawrence Davidson.
'Corrie lives in the hearts of those who fight tyranny, injustice, oppression and barbarism. She would continue to live and haunt Israel and all those who support injustice, oppression and tyranny.“ Raja Mujtaba An Analysis by Lawrence Davidson Caterpillar’s D9-R Armored Bulldozer Rachel Corrie Part I – The Death of Rachel Corrie On 16 March [...]
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Domestic Terrorism American Style
Posted on28. Aug, 2012 by Lawrence Davidson.
An Analysis by Lawrence Davidson Part I — Some Background The Ku Klux Klan (the name derives from the Greek word Kuklos meaning circle with a modification of the word clan added), an American terrorist organization, was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee in 1865. It was organized by Southerners who refused to reconcile themselves to the defeat [...]