NY Observer > Cuba http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/28983/feed Articles from Observer.com en A Fanciful Neocon Version Of Our Expansionist History http://www.observer.com/node/36190 On July 4, 1821, John Quincy Adams declared that the United States “goes not abroad, in search  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36190#comments Arts & Culture Cuba Florida John Quincy Adams Robert Kagan Sun, 05 Nov 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Glenn C. Altschuler 36190 at http://www.observer.com In New Jersey Contest, A Senator With Tough Friends http://www.observer.com/node/36208 UNION CITY, N.J.—In his 30-plus years as a player in New Jersey politics, Senator Robert Menen  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36208#comments Politics Arnaldo Monzon Cuba Eduardo Arocena Robert Menendez Sun, 05 Nov 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Jonathan Miller 36208 at http://www.observer.com A Fanciful Neocon Version Of Our Expansionist History http://www.observer.com/node/52874 On July 4, 1821, John Quincy Adams declared that the United States “goes not abroad, in search of  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/52874#comments Arts & Culture Cuba Florida John Quincy Adams Robert Kagan Sun, 05 Nov 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Glenn C. Altschuler 52874 at http://www.observer.com In New Jersey Contest, A Senator With Tough Friends http://www.observer.com/node/52886 UNION CITY, N.J.—In his 30-plus years as a player in New Jersey politics, Senator Robert Menendez  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/52886#comments Politics Arnaldo Monzon Cuba Robert Menendez Union City (Oklahoma) Sun, 05 Nov 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Jonathan Miller 52886 at http://www.observer.com The Smear Campaign, Continued http://www.observer.com/node/33059 The intellectual challenge of the Walt-Mearsheimer paper on the power of the Israel lobby is whether Americans are capable of debating the ideas in it without freaking out. So far the answer is: No.

The paper was rejected by the Atlantic, as too hot for this country to hear. And while it has been favorably received in Israel and England, it continues to be smeared in this country in the Washington Post and the Boston Globe. The latest attack is from Eliot A. Cohen, a Hopkins professor, in the Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/04/AR2006040401282.html Cohen says the professors are guilty of antisemitism, bigotry and of trading in ideas from the "sewer" in broaching their belief: that the Israel lobby is too powerful.

This is, once again, a fearful response from the rightwing Jewish community, fearful that if the issue is even discussed, Jews in this country will be persecuted. It reminds me of my own relative's comment after 9/11, They're going to blame the Jews. This anxiety has controlled the response to the powerful Harvard paper: If we even discuss it, Jews will be blamed. As for the ideas? Cohen's claim that the lobby is not powerful is based on such weak arguments as, the Cuba lobby is powerful, too, or, People who don't like Israel also supported the war in Iraq. Of course these things are true. They in no way invalidate Walt-Mearsheimer's assertions, that the Israel lobby has had a stranglehold on our policy in the Middle East (which is not to be confused with Cuba) and that it played a central role in the (disastrous) Iraq war planning.

These assertions are important and deserve to be discussed on their merits, without fearful slurring and name-calling.

]]> http://www.observer.com/node/33059#comments Cuba Eliot Cohen Israel The Washington Post Company Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:49:03 -0400 Observer Staff 33059 at http://www.observer.com Cuban Tomás Sánchez: In His Epic Paintings, Meticulous Metaphysics http://www.observer.com/node/51657 It’s not often that an experienced critic finds himself confronting the work of an “unknown” p  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/51657#comments Arts & Culture Caspar David Friedrich Cuba Havana Toms Snchez Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:00:00 -0500 Hilton Kramer 51657 at http://www.observer.com Cuban Tomás Sánchez: In His Epic Paintings, Meticulous Metaphysics http://www.observer.com/node/51658 It’s not often that an experienced critic finds himself confronting the work of an “unknown” p  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/51658#comments Arts & Culture Caspar David Friedrich Cuba Havana Tomás Sánchez Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:00:00 -0500 Hilton Kramer 51658 at http://www.observer.com Cuban Tomás Sánchez: In His Epic Paintings, Meticulous Metaphysics http://www.observer.com/node/38128 It’s not often that an experienced critic finds himself confronting the work of an “unkn  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38128#comments Arts & Culture Caspar David Friedrich Cuba Florida Havana Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:00:00 -0500 Hilton Kramer 38128 at http://www.observer.com Sex, Murder and Medieval Melodrama http://www.observer.com/node/48884 A ponderous medieval thriller may not exactly be what everyone's been hoping for as a welcome antido  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48884#comments Arts & Culture Cuba Havana Paul Bettany Sela Ward Sun, 07 Mar 2004 19:00:00 -0500 Rex Reed 48884 at http://www.observer.com Flirting With Fidel:Dance, Suffering, Revolution http://www.observer.com/node/48866 Dancing with Cuba: A Memoir of the Revolution , by Alma Guillermoprieto.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48866#comments Arts & Culture Alma Guillermoprieto Cuba Fidel Castro Oscar Lewis Sun, 29 Feb 2004 19:00:00 -0500 Doris Lessing 48866 at http://www.observer.com