Charlie Rose for 4/27: Bernard Lewis (80+ books on ME) and Tina Fey (SNL)

[Bozita]

This oughtta be really good.

http://www.charlierose.com/index.shtm

4/27/2004  

BERNARD LEWIS
Author, "From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East"

"Mean Girls"
TINA FEY, Writer
LORNE MICHAELS, Producer

[meegbear]

1. So is Tina gonna discuss the Middle East with Bernard

or is Barnard gonna discuss Mean Girls with Tina?

[Malikshah]

2. 80+ books

And only a few worth reading...

Of late he's more than a bit past it--

His "What went wrong" was the final straw...

I view him as the Jack Nicholson of the field...people from outside flock to him as a known name, but he's been playing the same tune for years with decreasing ability.

*ducks for cover*

[BurtWorm]

3. I agree with you.

Look in the index of "What Went Wrong?" and you'll find maybe two references to Israel. One leads to a brief discussion of how Islamist critics demonize zionism as a way of avoiding considering the flaws of Islam and Arab governments. Talk about avoiding consideration! Not to say that zionism is to blame for "what went wrong" with Islam, but to avoid the subject of Israel all together is bizarre.