Cornell student Patrick Dai, who allegedly was the author of “messages threatening to ‘shoot up’ the campus’ kosher dining hall” and said that “jewish people need to be killed,” as well as threatening “to rape Jewish women and behead Jewish … Continue reading →
Our humane and friendly neighbor to the north: [In 2015] Canada’s highest court determined that assisted suicide would be ethical only “with respect to voluntary adults who are competent, informed, grievously and irremediably ill,” and only when it would be … Continue reading →
November already? November already.
Continue reading →Candy corn. I’ve already had my annual fix of the stuff. When I went to the market to buy it, I noticed it’s far more expensive than it used to be. A fairly large bag of candy corn always seemed … Continue reading →
Remember Daniel Pearl? Why do I start this post with him? He was the first terrorist victim – at least the first I can remember – whose death contained that special element of horrific sadism and psychopathic brutality crossed with … Continue reading →
I find myself doing more of these roundups these days because there’s just so much news. (1) I’m surprised to learn that there actually were some writers at The NY Times who are reported to have urged caution on the … Continue reading →
Jews are criticized for contradictory things. They are excoriated for supposedly not realizing they were targets during WWII and not escaping or fighting back. Although the truth is quite different, this is a persistent accusation. But they are also criticized … Continue reading →
I keep noticing references to “an eye for an eye,” but I’ve also noticed a lot of misunderstanding around the phrase. It was actually meant not literally but as a corrective to previous much harsher codes of justice. See this. … Continue reading →
(1) Here’s an interesting briefing on developments in Gaza. (2) And here’s a DeSantis speech that’s worth watching. (3) Erdogan does some saber-rattling. (4) As predicted, the Democrats go after Mike Johnson. Blah blah blah. (5) One Israeli hostage freed … Continue reading →
Mob violence has been part of human behavior for a long long time, and that hasn’t changed in any fundamental way. Anyone who studies the reality of human history rather than some sanitized or woke version is aware of that. … Continue reading →