Calendar
March 2026 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 -
Recent Posts
- James McKendree Wall October 24, 2022
- WW Film of the Week: The Best of Enemies June 19, 2020
- Churches’ Role In Forming the Movie Ratings System, Plus Violence Within Our Land May 28, 2020
- Revising Gertrude Bell’s Final Journey May 23, 2020
- “Lift Every Voice” May 17, 2020
- “The Straight Story”: A Film For Now May 2, 2020
Categories
Blogs I Follow
Archives
Category Archives: Politics and Elections
Will Israel Block Hagel as Defense Secretary?
by James M. Wall Former Nebraska Senator Charles (Chuck) Hagel (above right) may be nominated by President Barack Obama to be secretary of defense. The President is known to like his old Senate colleague, a Republican who, like Obama, considered … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Middle East Politics, Obama, Politics and Elections
19 Comments
“The fate of human dignity is in our hands.”
by James M. Wall Writing for both Newsweek and The Daily Beast, Peter Beinart used a surprising phrase to describe how President Obama plans to deal with the Israel/Palestine issue during his second term. Beinart took his clue from the … Continue reading
Israel Looks To Exodus In Gaza Invasion
by James M. Wall The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) selected two names for Israel’s current military assault against an imprisoned Gaza population. This is a military that thinks seriously about naming its military assaults. The first name given the second … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, Obama, Politics and Elections
12 Comments
Voters to Obama: Move Now on Palestine
by James M. Wall Joy and relief are evident on the faces of the Obama family, shown here arriving back in Washington, the day after the election. Obama’s victory over Mitt Romney November 6, was also a moment of deep satisfaction for … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, Obama, Politics and Elections, Romney
13 Comments
Romney’s “Peculiar Sense” of Geography
by James M. Wall After eight years of running for president, Mitt Romney has yet to master the geography of the Middle East. His knowledge appears limited to what he sees from his hotel room in Jerusalem, following the example … Continue reading
Which Obama Will We See in the Third Debate?
By James M. Wall The Barack Obama we saw in his second debate with Mitt Romney was the self-assured and experienced leader we have wanted to see glaring sternly at Benjamin Netanyahu. Thus far, in his first term in office, … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, Obama, Politics and Elections, Romney
8 Comments
Romney’s Israeli Friends Desert Him
Agence France Presse Continue reading
Posted in Media, Middle East Politics, Movies, Netanyahu, Obama, Politics and Elections, Romney
Tagged Joe Biden, Paul Ryan
2 Comments
A “Bad Moon Rising” Over An Obama Victory
by James M. Wall Those voters looking forward to a second term for Barack Obama, were shocked by the President’s sub-par first debate performance. A month before the election, it now appears that an Obama victory is no longer a certainty, … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, Obama, Politics and Elections
9 Comments
Obama’s UN Call For “the right to practice free speech” Does Not Embrace Beit Ommar
By James M. Wall President Barack Obama was at his eloquent best when he addressed the United Nations General Assembly this week. Until, that is, he inserted a jarring note that was anything but eloquent. It sounded, in fact, like a … Continue reading
How A Hate-Driven Anti-Muslim Film Led to the Death of Four U.S. Diplomats
by James M. Wall Leave it to Juan Cole to come up with just the right metaphor to interpret the events in Libya and Egypt this week. Cole knows the Middle East and he has the writing skills to clarify … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East Politics, Obama, Politics and Elections
13 Comments
Wallwritings 