Mubarak (1982)

February 24, 1982 Today's Golden Odie cartoon was published in the Jerusalem Post on February 24, 1982.Thirty years ago. Four mont...

Syria Bad, Israel Badder?

Today's cartoon is a simple statement of fact. * * * BTW, have you noticed that they've stopped calling it Arab Spring?

Show Trials in Egypt

Apparently the mob may not be satisfied with a bone. They want blood!! The latest, according to CBS NEWS: Life sentence for Egypt's M...

Mubarak

One goal of the Egyptian Israeli Peace Agreement was to implement "normalcy" between the people of the two countries. The 30 year...

Egyptian Presidential Elections

The upcoming Egyptian presidential election could be more important to the future of peace in the Middle East than the one in America.

Syrian News

According to the Syrian Arab News Agency: Local, Arab and International Condemnations of Terrorist Bombings Continue DAMASCUS, (SANA) – Ma...

Obama and the Israelis

According to the Christian Science Monitor: Shimon Peres: a dovish voice in Obama's ear Israeli President Shimon Peres meets with Pr...

Poker

I don't play poker. I don't know how to play poker. I never learned to play poker. Somewhere in Israel's defense and intellige...

Holiday Travel

Below is from a letter to President Obama written by Dr. John Eibner CEO of Christian Solidarity International : "Dear Mr. President, ...

Is Syria Nato's Next?

Is NATO going to do it again? Is Syria NATO's next target? Here's the view from Iran. According to the Tehran Times: "Russia ...

2012

You've probably heard the ridiculous idea that because the Mayan calendar supposedly ends in 2012, some people believe that the world w...

a trip to 2011

When I was a kid the future was a wonderful place. Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, streamlined personal rocket ships, gleaming cities. So now I...

Peace With Egypt (1973)

November 16, 1973 This Golden Oldie is from November 1973. We were about to begin peace talks with Egypt. Current riots and unrest in post...

Roundup Time

The Arabs have never been able to establish a coherent civilization uniting the lands of the Syrians, Phoenicians, Iraqis, Egyptians, Berbe...

Hurricane Warnings

I love it when I can link two current news items together in one cartoon. Especially when they would seem to be totally unconnected. Which...

Arab Spring?

The latest, from YNet: Egyptians plan million-man rally against Israel "Facebook groups call for mass protest outside Israeli embassy...

Revolution (1991)

Today's cartoon is from August 1991. Twenty years ago this month, the world watched in disbelief at the takeover that brought about the...

Israeli Demonstrations

According to the Jerusalem Post: Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz on Sunday said that the social protests Saturday against the rising cost ...

The Seasons

The pleasant, heady days of Arab Spring are behind us. They were the good old days when the West had inhaled the sweet fresh breezes of chan...

2011 in History

Mr. History is a fairly new Dry Bones character. As it becomes more and more obvious that we are at a major turning point in history I find...