Friday, May 03, 2013
File Under "The masses are asses."
Curious, troubling, survey released by Fairleigh Dickinson
University’s Public Mind on Wednesday finds that 29 percent of
Americans think that an armed revolution might be necessary in the next few years -- five percent unsure.
Here is the press release:
http://publicmind.fdu.edu/2013/guncontrol/
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Monday, April 29, 2013
Mechina Academies: Israel's Gap-Year Phenomenon"
My latest piece, "Mechina Academies: Israel's
Gap-Year Phenomenon"
now available to subscribers of the
Christian Zionist magazine
"Israel My
Glory
May/June issue
I am an Israel briefer and analyst, a political scientist, and a speaker on Jewish civilization. I'm also a rewrite guy & fact-checker, who can make your writing clear and compelling & help you contextualize.
Thursday, April 04, 2013
'Depressed,' 'Sad,' Childless Men?
Here's a study that's garnered lots
of attention.
"Researcher Robin Hadley carried
out a survey of 81 women and 27 men who did not have children, and asked them if they
wanted them. He found that men were almost as likely as women to want children
— 59 percent to 63 percent — but actually more likely
than women to feel depressed, angry and jealous if they didn’t have them."
Now, I have no way to evaluate the validity of the thesis which claims that
men who want children but don't have any feel more isolated, depressed, even angry
than women similarly situated.
Sociologist Robin Hadley of Keele University (which is located in North Staffordshire halfway between
Manchester and Birmingham) acknowledges that his results are in no way a statistical
representation of British society.
I'm not surprised by how much attention the results of Hadley's online questionnaire has earned.
The reason may be that men's feelings and attitudes about being
childless are seldom explored.
I am an Israel briefer and analyst, a political scientist, and a speaker on Jewish civilization. I'm also a rewrite guy & fact-checker, who can make your writing clear and compelling & help you contextualize.
Abbas Inflames the 'Street' -- Adheres to intransigent negotiating line
Tension high today in Jerusalem in advance of funeral of Hamas terrorist -- he planned to blow up the Caffit cafe on Emek Raf'im -- who died of cancer in prison.
It's a tension orcastrated by the Palestinian leadership or leaderships.
Fatah chief Mahmoud Abbas is meanwhile telling US Sec of State John Kerry that he will give the US about a year to pressure Israel to withdraw to the 1949 armistice lines, accept the "right" of Palestinian Arabs and their descendants who became permanent refugees to "return" to a truncated Israel -- or he will seek these same goals via the automatic majority the Arabs enjoy at the UN.
So Abbas and Hamas compete for the Palestinian Street by ratcheting up anti-Israel violence. While Abbas collects his salary from well-meaning Western donors.
Too bad Abbas isn't interested in a peace deal. Too bad he won't recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
With all the chaos in the Arab world too bad Abbas is not a force for genuine moderation.
It's a tension orcastrated by the Palestinian leadership or leaderships.
Fatah chief Mahmoud Abbas is meanwhile telling US Sec of State John Kerry that he will give the US about a year to pressure Israel to withdraw to the 1949 armistice lines, accept the "right" of Palestinian Arabs and their descendants who became permanent refugees to "return" to a truncated Israel -- or he will seek these same goals via the automatic majority the Arabs enjoy at the UN.
So Abbas and Hamas compete for the Palestinian Street by ratcheting up anti-Israel violence. While Abbas collects his salary from well-meaning Western donors.
Too bad Abbas isn't interested in a peace deal. Too bad he won't recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
With all the chaos in the Arab world too bad Abbas is not a force for genuine moderation.
I am an Israel briefer and analyst, a political scientist, and a speaker on Jewish civilization. I'm also a rewrite guy & fact-checker, who can make your writing clear and compelling & help you contextualize.
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