UNRWA-USA; Abby Smardon On My Sixth Visit, I’ve Never Seen Gaza So Devastated. UNRWA-USA, October 12, 2017. I’ve visited the Gaza Strip for each of the past six years, including in 2014 a few months after Israel’s devastating military assault. And yet, I’ve never seen Gaza like I did when I had the privilege of […]
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Internet: Amazon Censorship
It turns out that there is a fine line between being a book seller and a book burner these days. Amazon Removed 900+ Reviews of Hillary Clinton’s New Book, NKT Network, September 15, 2017. (http://ntknetwork.com/amazon-removed-900-reviews-of-hillary-clintons-new-book/) Amazon removed 900 poor reviews of Hillary’s new book What Happened. Of course, anyone who read the book (or as […]
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C.L. Sulzberger. Long Row of Candles: Memoirs and Diaries [1934-1954]. New York: McMillan Co., 1969. (a book of the month club selection) C.L. Sulzberger (1912-1993) was chief foreign correspondent of the New York Times (1944-1954) and author of its foreign affairs column (1954-1978). He and his family owned the New York Times. He was the […]
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