tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-7352 2012-05-08T13:23:15-04:00 TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcd69e20163055161fe970d 2012-05-08T13:23:15-04:00 2012-05-08T13:23:15-04:00 Diane Mason So, I read this morning that the CEO of an Italian nuclear engineering company was ambushed and kneecapped yesterday by two men on a motor cycle. The working assumption so far seems to be that this... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcd69e20162fbf74cd0970d 2011-10-29T00:12:26-04:00 2011-10-28T13:31:03-04:00 Diane Mason "The early history of the State of Israel is not unique. Other countries have chapters in their history of which they should be deeply ashamed. And it must also be stated that [Benny] Morris's... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcd69e20162fbf72043970d 2011-10-28T17:50:36-04:00 2011-10-28T17:50:36-04:00 Diane Mason If you grew up watching British TV anytime from the early 1970's onward, or if you were a fan of Scottish theatre in that period, then you knew Gerard Kelly. He was an acclaimed TV comedy actor, and... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcd69e20154366bd43b970c 2011-10-26T08:42:08-04:00 2011-10-26T08:44:08-04:00 Diane Mason Sixty-four years ago, when the United Nations was debating the future of Palestine, one country stood up in the General Assembly and condemned the determination of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. to force... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcd69e20162fbed94f8970d 2011-10-26T07:37:27-04:00 2011-10-26T07:37:27-04:00 Diane Mason We offered them everything, but they refused! Again!! In Condoleezza Rice's new memoir, No Higher Honor, the former US secretary of state claims a "historic peace deal" between Israel and the...