Jerusalem
Ah, Watergate!
"I AM AWARE," H. R. Haldeman writes, "that I there is a cult of people in this country who collect every scrap of information about Watergate because of its many fascinating mysteries." He's more than aware: his memoir. The Ends of Power, is a seething nest of almost every conceivable scrap of Watergate conspiracy theory developed to date. The Democratic Trap Theory, the CIA Trap Theory, the Blackmail Demand Theory: you name it, H. R. Bob buys it. READ MORE >>
The Visionary
History as Fantasy
Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall of States and NationsBy Norman Davies (Viking, 830 pp., $40) READ MORE >>
Stanley Kauffmann on Films: The Past Today
Footnote The Deep Blue Sea This Is Not a Film READ MORE >>
Why Israel Still Can’t Trust That Obama Has Its Back
When the President of the United States repeatedly says he’s got your back, and in precisely those words, what more can you ask for? READ MORE >>
The Complicated Links Between Mormonism and Judaism
I commented long ago in The Spine about the courtship between fundamentalist Christianity and Israel. READ MORE >>
Fevers
One Year Later: The Failure of the Arab Spring
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