Perhaps I've simply mis-understood you - I'd be pleased to discover that's the case. However, when you said: > Using the "not about startups, not about .."

Perhaps I've simply mis-understood you - I'd be pleased to discover that's the case. However, when you said: > Using the "not about startups, not about .." argument > for the NYT post about Israel, but not for the hugely > popular Economist post about America illustrates your > own bias ... it sounds a lot like you think I'm biased because one article is about Israel and the other is about America. That reading makes it sound like you think I'm biased against Israel and in favor of America, and so it is you that has brought up the question of nationalities and allegiances. That accusation is unjust - hence my reply. If this was not your intention then I'm pleased, although that does confuse me as to what bias you thought you saw. As to the suitability of either article for HN - both should be of interest to any intelligent person who cares about the real world, and both are marginal as to being of relevance to "Hacker News." I personally have more chance of thinking about and understanding the justice system than I have of understanding the specifics of a particular religion, even though I am interested in and following that issue as best I can. My reading of each article leaves me thinking that the question of the law and prisoners is more open to hacking than the interaction between a specific religion and the politics of the state that is so tightly tied to them. You may think that's absurd, and I respect that opinion while, obviously, disagreeing with it. And I will say no more on the subject.