Now here’s an under-studied subject. And when luminaries like Jeffrey Goldberg and David Segal are behind it, we have a genuine cultural event. Among the important inquiries of JewsRock.org:
Before he donned a ten-pound cod piece and high heels, Gene Simmons was known as Chaim Witz. And guess who started life as Ellen Cohen.
Must-read.
DEBUNKED: Remember Super-AIDS? Remember the five hysterical stories in the New York Times? My suspicions have been borne out:
No super-strain has emerged. The patient, whose name has been withheld, has responded to drug therapy. No one – not even the man’s known sexual partners – was found to be infected with the same HIV strain.
Here was my take back in February:
I’ll make a rash prediction: this guy will have a much improved immune system in a few months.
The credibility of New York City’s Health Department – and the NYT, for that matter – is damaged. This isn’t to say we don’t have a problem, especially with the crystal meth epidemic. But serious health officials and journalists have their work cut out to regain trust. I wonder if the NYT will run a front-page debunking as prominently as the original story they hyped.
AIRFORCE ACADEMY UPDATE: John Cole has the latest. Basically, the leadership has now admitted they have a huge problem of Christianist indoctrination in the Academy and the superintendant says it could take six years to fix it. Six years. That’s how deep the bias has become. Well, at least now it’s being addressed.
BRIT-BLOGS: Why haven’t they had the same impact as the American ones?
