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The bigger picture: the ascendance of the post-modern left and the glorification of the “oppressed”
When I first became very active online, the search engine Google was rather new. I noticed quite early that, when I would be doing a search for content on Israel or Jews, the first page or two of results were … Continue reading →
Why a student of Asian ethnicity might express virulent genocidal Jew-hatred
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 →
Euthanasia in Canada
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 →
Open thread 11/1/23
November already? November already.
Continue reading →It’s Halloween, and you know what that means
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 →
From Daniel Pearl to October 7 and beyond
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 →
Roundup
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 →
It seems that a lot of people would like the Jews to just let themselves be killed
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 →
Open thread 10/31/23
An eye for an eye, and forgiveness
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 →
Roundup
(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 →