BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

LOOK OVER THERE! OOP - GOTCHA... Every time I see Ahmadinejad's name lately, I start to laugh even before I read what the article is about. One, because the man's a kook and two, because I am nervous about a kook with a bomb. This guy, again, reminds me of a mental illness called Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Oh, some narcissism is healthy in everyone but these people believe their own b.s., they lie, they twist reality, they exploit others - particularly the vulnerable, they are covertly & inherently abusive and this one's running a whole country. Ahmadinejad: Israel Is Bearer of Satan Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that Israel was the standard bearer of Satan and the Jewish state would soon fall apart, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. The agency quoted Ahmadinejad as he spoke at a religious conference and did not elaborate on what he meant by Satan. Since the 1979 Islamic revolution, however, Iran has regularly refer...

WE MUST REMEMBER BOTH WRONGS AT THE SAME TIME Now We Are All Israelis By Phyllis Chesler Since September 11, I have learned that we are all Israelis. I have learned that Islamic terrorists do not distinguish between progressive or reactionary human beings; they are not interested in whether or not we oppose imperialism, colonialism, misogyny, or the Israeli Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. The September 11 attacks were a direct hit on Western civilization and the values it upholds, which include democracy, secularity, modernity, individual rights, and women's rights—as well as laissez-faire capitalism, military and governmental arrogance and corruption. Like it or not (and I do not), this is the civilization we live in. Understand it—and weep—but l et us also be clear about who is responsible for September 11. I first learned how different the Judeo-Christian West and the Islamic East are when I was living in Afghanistan in the early 1960s. My feminism may have been forged in ...