Monthly Archives: September 2006

Reflections on eighteenth-century Mohammed cartoon

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Lev Tsitrin

September 25, 2006 The reaction to the pope’s recent comments brought back into the limelight the memory of the Mohammed cartoons brouhaha. Back than, much had been written on its potential impact on the free speech. The gist of the … Continue reading →

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Nukes and Islam

Posted on September 21, 2006 by Lev Tsitrin

September 21, 2006 In the dazzling display of bizarre reasoning with which Iran’s president regaled us during his UN visit, perhaps nothing surpassed in absurdity his explanation of why Iran has no hidden nuclear intentions. Nuclear bomb, he told us, … Continue reading →

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Pope’s comments – and president’s

Posted on September 15, 2006 by Lev Tsitrin

September 15, 2006 The title for this piece was to be “Papal/Moslem brouhaha,” and it was to be dedicated solely to the Moslem frustration over pope’s use of the quote expressing Byzantine emperor’s Manuel II low opinion of originality of … Continue reading →

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Feeling masochist’s pain

Posted on September 14, 2006 by Lev Tsitrin

September 14, 2006 Yesterday, I watched a BBC news feature from Gaza on Palestinian underage stone-throwers killed by the Israeli army during operations that followed the abduction of corporal Shalit. Narrated in piteous tone of voice, it was clearly calculated … Continue reading →

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