This administration has such class: The other day I [journalist Jeffrey Goldberg] was talking to a senior Obama administration official about the foreign leader who seems to frustrate the White House and the State Department the most. “The thing about … Continue reading →
…it’s been zombified. I’ve written before about the death of the university from the virus of pressure of special interest groups favored by the left. The phenomenon seems to have really caught on during the late 60s, when university administrations … Continue reading →
I noticed that commenter “Severely Ltd.” recommended this article about press coverage of Israel. It’s long, and I’ve only had a chance to skim it. But I thought I’d highlight it here for discussion, because it looks good. I’ve seen … Continue reading →
…against its own. Without anything even remotely resembling due process. But that’s how they roll: Hamas sources in Gaza say 18 people suspected of collaborating with Israel have been executed. The killings came after an Israeli air strike killed three … Continue reading →
I am familiar with the Just War doctrine of the Catholic Church, and its list of required criteria for action. To me, though, it can all too easily fall under the heading of this couplet by Hillaire Belloc, who happened … Continue reading →
Take a look at this excerpt from a piece by Beutler in TNR about the racial situation in Ferguson, Missouri [emphasis mine]: You’ve probably seen the statistics by now. Ferguson is about two-thirds black. It’s police force is nearly 100 … Continue reading →
Here’s a change article, of sorts (hat tip: commenter “Artfldgr”). It’s written about a woman named Nora Gold who faces a contradiction between two things she loves—Israel and leftist beliefs—and can’t figure out how to reconcile them because they are … Continue reading →
See this. And also this.
Continue reading →In June The New Republic published an article about famous lefty journalist Chris Hedges’, whose egregious plagiarism had been discovered by Harper’s in 2010 when he submitted an article with obvious unattributed borrowings from other sources: …[T]his discovery shocked the … Continue reading →
News is fast-breaking and fast-changing in Gaza. This link purports to give live updates, and one that caught my eye was this: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was “shocked and profoundly disappointed” by Hamas’ violation of the humanitarian … Continue reading →
Supposedly as a result of the recent action in Gaza by the Israelis, anti-Semitism is rising around the world—or at least, demonstrations of anti-Semitism are rising. But Ron Fournier has been deeply asleep if he thinks the anti-Israel press is … Continue reading →
I was going to write a post on John Kerry’s outrageous conduct in the negotiations over a Gaza ceasefire, but Bookworm has already written much of it for me, comparing Kerry’s current appeasement of Hamas with his long-ago attempts at … Continue reading →