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David Gerstman

David Gerstman blogged as Soccer Dad from 2003 to 2010. Formerly a computer programmer, he is now a blogger for The Israel Project's The Tower blog.

Posted by David Gerstman on May 02, 2013 3 Comments

From the Baltimore area. This is an eclectic bunch, though I don't like them all. My favorite is the "Don't steal" one. ...

Posted by David Gerstman on May 01, 2013 5 Comments

In the wake of the 2008, election a column at the LA Times declared Obama, the first social media president: Some things we know: Obama is no Bill Gates or Steve Jobs. And he's no Mark Zuckerberg (the founder of Facebook). Rather than being given to...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 28, 2013 12 Comments

Not in Maryland where it's just starting Former senate candidate, Dan Bongino, discussed the "rain tax" on Fox and Friends. One of our blessings in Maryland is that the legislature is only in session for three months. It limits the amount of damage our legislators can do....

Posted by David Gerstman on April 27, 2013 15 Comments

The Rich get Richer When the Washington Post endorsed President Obama for his first term in office, part of the paper's pitch was economic: OF COURSE, Mr. Obama offers a great deal more than being not a Republican. There are two sets of issues that matter most...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 26, 2013 7 Comments

The Obama administration's implementation of sequestration has followed the classic firehouse or Washington Monument strategy. If no one felt the effects of sequestration, then he'd cancel White House tours; that would make citizens demand that Republicans cave to his demands. It didn't work at first. Jim...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 26, 2013 7 Comments

Next in Syria Why hasn't the United States acted more strongly against Bashar Assad? Read: nyti.ms/12Ke82b on Assad's effort to sell his line to the US. Then this on why WH has already bought it: mme.cm/887R00— Tony Badran (@AcrossTheBay) April 25, 2013 The New York Times reports on...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 25, 2013 1 Comment

1) Shia is Shia and Sunni is Sunni and never the twain shall meet A couple of Al Qaeda terrorists were arrested in Canada. So of course, expect the LA Times to start its account with this: Police in Canada said Monday that two men suspected of...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 25, 2013 8 Comments

As Professor Jacobson has noted, there's no shortage of denial about Tsarnaev Brothers, the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing. Barry Rubin observes: Now that the two (primary, at least) terrorists from the Boston Marathon attack have been killed or captured, we enter a new phase in...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 24, 2013 2 Comments

1) Friedman resurrects "Fayyadism" Some time ago, Thomas Friedman coined the term "Fayyadism," a concept that, according to Nathan Brown, never had a chance. https://twitter.com/ForeignPolicy/status/324912965759401984 (No I don't agree with everything Brown argues, but the fourth and fifth paragraphs are good observations.) In his most recent column, Goodbye to...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 23, 2013 4 Comments

It's being reported that Sen. Max Baucus will not run for re-election in 2014. Our last poll of Montana found Baucus already running 5 points behind a pair of potential Republican candidates: publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/02/s…— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) April 23, 2013 Politico reports: Montana Sen. Max Baucus will not seek reelection...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 23, 2013 0 Comments

1) Middle East arms deal The United States is concluding an arms deal with the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel. Hoagland: arms deal "weaken the only containment strategy Obama consistently practiced - the containment of Israel" wapo.st/12D0xtp— Shmuel Rosner (@rosnersdomain) April 23, 2013 The New York...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 22, 2013 4 Comments

1) The red line? Back in December, NBC News reported that Syria had loaded chemical weapons onto planes and was prepared to use them against civilians. Syria prepared to use chemical weapons against own people; military awaits final orders, US officials tell @nbcnews nbcnews.to/RCH3Cz— Breaking News (@BreakingNews)...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 18, 2013 1 Comment

1)  Syria and contiguity Jacques Neria writes in Stalemate in the Syrian Civil War: While Assad has survived so far, he has not been able to quell the rebellion, the economy is in shambles, and so are most of the areas hit by the civil war. Hundreds...

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