BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

Double Standard Watch: Bishop Tutu, the UN and 'Alice in Wonderland' Justice On March 16, 2009, a group of 16 self-described experts on "international justice and reconciliation of conflict" - including Bishop Desmond Tutu, who has characterized Israeli self-defense actions as " unchristian " - called for the establishment of "a United Nations Commission" to conduct an "independent and impartial investigation" of war crime allegations stemming from the Gaza conflict. There is of course no need to conduct any investigation into whether Hamas has committed war crimes: they readily admit - indeed they boast - that they are trying to kill as many Jewish Israeli citizens as their anti-personnel rockets are capable of killing. They also acknowledge, as a Hamas legislator did on television, that they use women and children as "human shields." The only real target of this investigation is Israel, which, according to British military exp...

Disney’s Dreamland for Online Predators In the last 4 years I have learned more about online predators, for both children and adults, than I ever really wanted to know. Lately my kids have been bugging me for cellphones. I have been firmly saying "no." They don't really need them yet. "But, Mom... so & so has one." I just look at them and continue to say "I know you really want one but you don't need one. Not this year, no." This is always followed by the attendant whining and gnashing of teeth. Don't worry - I am immune to such machinations. I am not enamored of cell phones myself. Mine has been very handy and when my children are at school or away from the home its on. If someone I know or family is in crisis or ill, its on. Otherwise - it's off. As is the ringer on my home phone. If the kids are with me and its not urgent, I am incommunicado. If I am doing advocacy work & working with a victim, at a conference or lear...