Bob Schwartz

The similarities between Israel and America are so striking that they might as well be twin nations.

Israel and America have stopped caring, to the extent they ever did, about what the world or their neighbors think.

Israel and America believe the whole world is against them.

Israel and America have stopped behaving according to the established conventions of statecraft or the rule of law, national or international.

The leadership of Israel and America is supported by a minority of the citizenry and the majority of the citizenry oppose the regimes.

The leadership of Israel and America use real emergencies (Israel) and pretext pretend emergencies (America) to justify their agenda, maintain office and extend power.

A tree that grows clouds! IT’S TRUE!

Self-portraits, of which selfies are a modern version, are nothing new. Whether by words or images, telling and showing about yourself is as old as telling and showing.

Selfies can be viewed different ways. They say: I was here, in this place, with this person or these people. They might also say, in the same breath: Here I am, not just in the picture but essential to the picture, the most important thing in the picture.

What do selfies mean?