Shimon Peres
Immoral and bullheaded, Sharon changed for the better
There are no easy lessons to take from Sharon’s life
On navel-gazing, civil liberties, and Shimon Peres
I hope readers will forgive a post that is definitely narcissistic and possibly an overreaction. Here it goes:
Week in Pictures: March 3rd – March 10th 2010
The week’s most interesting photography
Newsmakers of the week
Judy Blume causes a moral panic, Kiefer Sutherland demands satisfaction, and introducing Dr. Dolly Parton
Oh yeah, she’s also a woman…
Shimon Peres has chosen Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to form a new Israeli government, giving her 42 days to pull together a coalition. When she does, Israel will have women heading three branches of government–Livni as PM, Dalia Itzik as Knesset Speaker and Dorit Beinish president of the Supreme Court. How many modern democracies can boast the same? Clearly a comfort level with female power explains the refreshing absence of “gender” blather surrounding the appointment. Still, obvious comparisons with the last woman to hold the post are being made. But as The Age argues here the mother of two and former corporate attorney and Mossad secret agent isn’t a “second Golda.”