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“Genocide” is a word that has lost its meaning …
… in the hands of the left. Then again, that happened a long time ago. Apparently, any attack by Israel is a genocide, according to the anti-Israel anti-Jew crowd on the left and in the Arab world. Those on the … Continue reading →
Milei of Argentina
The results of Argentina’s recent election are interesting, to say the least: [Argentina] has just elected a radical free-market economics professor named Javier Milei as its new president … … Milei’s landslide win over an entrenched left-wing political machine Juan … Continue reading →
Hostage deal?
For weeks I’ve been seeing rumors of a hostage deal, but this news sounds a bit more solid. On the other hand, it would be a good idea for the Israeli government to pretend to be negotiating a deal, in … Continue reading →
Open thread 11/21/23
Where there’s a will, there’s a way:
Continue reading →The propaganda war: no matter how strong the evidence the IDF offers, much of the world rejects it
You can see some of the new Israeli findings about Hamas terrorist activity in Shifa hostpital here. But no matter how strong the evidence, you can also see – especially if you follow the reaction on social media – denial … Continue reading →
RIP Rosalynn Carter, 96
Ninety-six is a formidable age, and Rosalynn Carter made the most of her long life: Mrs. Carter was married for 77 years to Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States and the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, who … Continue reading →
Most women’s rights organizations are worse than worthless
Women’s rights organization are basically wholly-leftist boilerplate operations at this point. Maybe they always were, but whether or not that’s the case, it’s become abundantly clear as time has gone on that their principles are utterly changeable, and depend almost … Continue reading →
Open thread 11/20/23
The Last Unicorn
Kids these days love unicorns. Unicorns are almost their emblems, their mascots. I’m not sure why, but I’ll go with it. Unicorns are a beautiful escape from reality, and a benign one. Even adults can use that now and then. … Continue reading →
The body of a third Hamas hostage has been found
The source of the story is the Tanzanian government: Eynat Shlein, deputy director general of MASHAV, Israel’s international development cooperation agency, confirmed the death of 22-year-old Clemence Felix Mtenga, one of two of [Tanzania’s] citizens abducted by the terrorists during … Continue reading →
On the leftist takeover of American universities: looking back at John Silber
This new book – The Canceling of the American Mind, about leftism and cancel culture at universities in the US – looks interesting. It obviously harks back to Allan’s Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind, published in 1987, and … Continue reading →