I think it is, even though I think that at least some people who make that reference think to themselves that they are open to a two-state solution. I've been writing about this need to press the debate about the Gaza-Israel conflict into an answer to the question, "One state or two"?" from the beginning, asking occupiers of cyberspace and real life to respond. I've gotten just a few direct responses so far, all but one for a two-state solution (one brought up the concept of a binational single state).

Let me set out a couple of things from the get-go: I'm not going to glorify Israel and I'm not going to vilify Hamas. I'm also not going to vilify Israel and I'm not going to glorify Hamas.

You know how you can only remember seven of the eight reindeers' names? Or 11 of the 12 Jewish tribes? Well, I find that "year in review" posts work in the reverse: I never have trouble coming up with what to review. The trouble is in keeping the review to a manageable size.

The New York Times covers the entrance of Nick Friedman into the parenting magazine frays: Though 85 percent of Scholastic Parent & Child readers are women, they will now be getting advice on parenting from a man: Scholastic named Nick Friedman the first male editor of the magazine last month. In the magazine world, gender roles still hold strong: men tend to edit magazines read by men, and women those for women.

But is she a BlogHer!? I couldn't find her in the searching I did but she does run ads so she should find BlogHer - or we should find her! Here are a few stories about this 84 year old former small business owner, Anne Cleveland, who blogs at An Octogenarian's Blog and appears to have a conservative to libertarian political slant (see here for example).