The Palimpsest

“A Tiny Ripple of Hope”

Michael O. Allen — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:22:48 +0000

I came across this speech (Facebook, then Daily Kos) and thought I should share: Mr. Chancellor, Mr. Vice Chancellor, Professor Robertson, Mr. Diamond, Mr. Daniel, and Ladies and Gentlemen I come here this evening because of my deep interest and affection for a land settled by the Dutch in the [...] Related posts:

Souter’s Harvard Talk

Michael O. Allen — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:08:06 +0000

Text of Justice David Souter’s Harvard Commencement remarks (as delivered) When I was younger, I used to hear Harvard stories from a member of the class of 1885. Back then, old graduates of the College who could get to Cambridge on Commencement Day didn’t wait for reunion years to come back to the Yard. They’d just [...] Related posts:

MLB’s hall of shame

Michael O. Allen — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:25:34 +0000

Alright, MLB umpire Jim Joyce stands today appropriately outfitted with goat horns for blowing what should have been the final call of a perfect game by Detroit Tigers Armando Galarraga on Wednesday. Galarraga missed his chance at baseball immortality by pitching the 21st perfect game in baseball history (two earlier this season). That is unless baseball [...] Related posts:

Check this out!

Michael O. Allen — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:46:18 +0000

http://www.opcofamerica.org/blogs/michael-o-allen/write-it-long-well It’s about newspapers and news writing Related posts:an ode to a great guy and a great editorCheck this out!An exchange with Bryan Sells on Obama’s VP choice Related posts:

Where To, Mr. Daschle?

Zina Saunders — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:04:07 +0000

Tom Daschle, President Obama’s nominee for secretary of Health and Human services, is facing some hard questions today regarding his failure to pay more than $140,000 in taxes, much of it related to a chauffeur-driven car provided to him by big-time Democratic donor Leo Hindery, Jr. To make things worse for Daschle, his tax problems came [...] Related posts:

My friend, Todd

Michael O. Allen — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:01:54 +0000

The morning of Friday, Jan. 16, 2009 was one of the worst moments of my life. It was the first time in all the years that I’ve worked at the American Civil Liberties Union that I’ve come to work knowing that not only is my friend, Todd, not going to be there that day, but that [...] Related posts:

A little history

The Palimpsest Staff — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:42:26 +0000

MIDEAST How We Got to This Point By Kevin Peraino, NEWSWEEK, From the magazine issue dated Jan 12, 2009 Three recent books chart the winding path from Kermit Roosevelt with his suitcases stuffed with cash to George W. Bush’s gloomy Nobel Prize prospects. placeAd2('printthis','88x31',false,''); Barack Obama said virtually nothing last week about the fighting in Gaza. We only have “one [...] Related posts:

“Special relationship” with one side

The Palimpsest Staff — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:19:11 +0000

If Obama Is Serious He should get tough with Israel by Aaron David Miller, NEWSWEEK, from the magazine issue dated Jan 12, 2009 Jews worry for a living; their tragic history compels them to do so. In the next few years, there will be plenty to worry about, particularly when it comes [...] Related posts:

The Middle East: Rivers of blood

The Palimpsest Staff — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:02:19 +0000

If You Want Peace, Work For Justice says the Central Virginia Progressive BILL MOYERS JOURNAL | Bill Moyers on Mideast Violence | PBS Transcript BILL MOYERS: In a city made noisy by hammers and saws preparing for the inauguration of a new president — a city already reverberating with partisan rancor, and with the constant chattering of the opinionated [...] Related posts:

. . . or Mexico

The Palimpsest Staff — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:45:25 +0000

Gaza Is Not Toronto: It Has Been Under Full Occupation For Over 40 Years By M.J. Rosenberg – January 10, 2009, 8:57PM “I ask any of my colleagues to imagine that happening here in the United States. Rockets and mortars coming from Toronto in Canada, into Buffalo New York. How would we as a country [...] Related posts:

“Enemies of freedom”

The Palimpsest Staff — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:44:20 +0000

Gaza Needs a George Orwell Now By Jim Sleeper – January 11, 2009, 12:48AM Israel is barring independent journalists from Gaza, but The New York Times, relying on Palestinian correspondents there, reports that “Hamas, with training from Iran and Hezbollah, has used the last two years to turn Gaza into a deadly maze of tunnels, booby [...] Related posts:

When David is the Goliath

Michael O. Allen — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:59:28 +0000

Israel Has Killed 3 Times As Many Civilians As They Have Hamas Fighters Gaza Children Found With Mothers’ Corpses By ALAN COWELL PARIS — The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday it had discovered “shocking” scenes — including small children next to their mothers’ corpses — when its representatives gained access for the first time [...] Related posts:

Can you call it a war if . . .

The Palimpsest Staff — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:24:15 +0000

Can There Be Politics in Tragedy? Or in Gaza? By Jim Sleeper – January 4, 2009, 6:22PM I’m immersed in long-range writing and leave tomorrow for six months in Berlin, but the Gaza war provokes me to share a brilliant essay by Darry Li, a doctoral student in anthropology and Middle East Studies at [...] Related posts:

Uri Avnery’s peace proposal

The Palimpsest Staff — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:14:31 +0000

MEMO FOR OBAMA ON ISRAEL For: the President-Elect, Mr. Barack Obama. From: Uri Avnery, Israel. The following humble suggestions are based on my 70 years of experience as an underground fighter, special forces soldier in the 1948 war, editor-in-chief of a newsmagazine, member of the Knesset and founding member of a peace movement: -1- As far as Israeli-Arab [...] Related posts:

A Hero of the Cuban Revolution

The Palimpsest Staff — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:43:53 +0000

Che – Part 1 (Cert 15) by Philip French , The Observer, Sunday 4 January 2009 Related: Peter Bradshaw’s review of “Che” This month is the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista and his replacement by Fidel Castro, who, sadly enough, was also to become a dictator. Shortly after the revolution, however, [...] Related posts:

Spike Lee: ‘Barack changes everything’

The Palimpsest Staff — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:16:11 +0000

Lee lays it down for the Guardian Ever since a college project filming riots in New York in 1977, Spike Lee has used his movies to provide an alternative commentary on life in his home country. Here, he tells John Colapinto what the future holds now that Obama has torn up the script for African-Americans One morning [...] Related posts:

A fight to the death?

The Palimpsest Staff — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:56:05 +0000

Why Israel went to war in Gaza by Chris McGreal in Jerusalem, The Observer, Sunday 4 January 2009 'Are you a target if you voted for Hamas?' Last night Israel sent its ground forces across the border into Gaza as it escalated its brutal assault on Hamas. As a large-scale invasion of the Palestinian territory appears to be getting under way, Chris McGreal reports from Jerusalem on Israel's hidden strategy to persuade the world of the justice of its cause in its battle with a bitter ideological foe Related posts:

Truths and hope

The Palimpsest Staff — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:05:24 +0000

The Central Virginia Progressive-The DAVISReport sends us You Can’t Fix What you Don’t Acknowledge-Can I get an Amen? I am pleased to present this guest essay from my friend and colleague, Tyrone Nelson. A former school board candidate,Tyrone Nelson is well known in the greater Richmond Community. He is the pastor of the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist [...] Related posts:

Like I said . . .

Michael O. Allen — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:34:44 +0000

Patrick Fitzgerald, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is a public menace. He makes it hard for people to exist and behave as they normally would in their natural habitat. Rod Blagojevich, Tony Rezko and others were doing only what came natural when Fitzgerald decided to stick his nose [...] Related posts:

Undergoing reconstruction

Michael O. Allen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:30:41 +0000

Hello, Readers! My hope was to be done with re-design by now. I think this site will look nicer when the work is done and the content here should be better organized, its missions clearer. I’m working as fast as I can. Thanks for your patience. Related posts:Palimpsest News‘Fast car’‘Fast car’* Related posts: