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...discussion of the composition of the lobby is similar, and more extensive, than the one in the original article, though the professors admit in the book that the lobby??s boundaries are “somewhat fuzzy.” At one point, they even write that “using the term ‘Israel lobby?? is itself somewhat misleading, insofar as many of the individuals and some of the groups in this loose coalition do not engage in formal lobbying activities...
...Many of the strongest voices of condemnation from the first time around have remained silent so far. Most notably, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a group that Walt and Mearsheimer say is the central part of the lobby??and, indeed, calls itself “America’s Pro-Israel Lobby??—has said it will not respond to the book, according to The Jerusalem Post...
While a moral consensus against all forms of abortion has yet to emerge—or, at least, yet to marshal the same political and financial resources as the militant pro-abortion lobby??a clear majority opposes the partial-birth variety. Not ideology, but natural human sentiment, has opened the eyes of enough Americans, and enough congressional legislators and Supreme Court justices, finally to ban the procedure. The fact stands, as some pro-abortion papers even indicated: Partial-birth abortion is cruel, barbaric, and inhumane...
...York University professor Tony Judt, who wrote a New York Times op-ed supporting the pair shortly after their article appeared, said in an interview yesterday that the professors’ work has forced a discussion of the Israeli lobby??s influence, a previously taboo topic...
...would cause towns to become flooded with seedy, alcohol-distributing convenience stores that depress the local community—though many more licenses will be available, local licensing commissions will retain control over which businesses actually get them. Ultimately, it’s hard to take seriously the liquor lobby??s concerns about the evils of expanding wine sales and warnings that passing Question One will cause a drastic increase in underage drinking, drunk driving, and crime. After all, the logical extension of their argument, a blanket prohibition of alcohol (which would be the most effective...