If the guard isn’t willing to engage the killer, the guard’s weapon does no good. This is a very very disturbing report: Scot Peterson, who was the last line of defense at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas resigned after video surfaced … Continue reading →
Today I noticed this at Legal Insurrection: Today Israel marks a national day to remember the departure and expulsion of Jews from Arab countries and Iran. The commemorative day, which was designated by Israel’s legislative body three years ago, comes … Continue reading →
Larry Tribe, Harvard law professor, made a very weird (or is it wierd?) suggestion on Twitter: Trump [had] tweeted: The Al Frankenstien picture is really bad, speaks a thousand words. Where do his hands go in pictures 2, 3, 4, … Continue reading →
Spengler uses the abominable and extremely unfunny joke of Larry David on Saturday Night Live recently as a springboard for a discussion of the special qualities of Jewish humor—the kind of Jewish humor that is funny, and is characteristically Jewish: … Continue reading →
…and recants. [Hat tip: Instapundit]: In [a NY Times] op-ed Friday, written [by Bialik] in response to allegations of sexual assault against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, the observant Jewish actress said she has long made decisions that she considers “self-protecting … Continue reading →
Megan McArdle writes: Every society is going to have those who knowingly, perhaps even joyfully, break its rules. And this is the problem with phrases like “rape culture” and “teach men not to ”¦”, which imply that transgression would stop … Continue reading →
Valerie Plame Wilson has returned, this time as an anti-Semite. Here’s what Alan Dershowitz had to say: Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz says this story is “much, much worse” than the media has presented it. On “Fox & Friends” … Continue reading →
Richard Landes has a piece in Tablet entitled “Europe’s Destructive Holocaust Shame: How the narrative of Israel as the new Nazis and Palestinians as the new Jews helps Western Europe avoid its culpability in World War II.” Here’s an excerpt: … Continue reading →
Jonah Goldberg writes: There’s a natural tendency to think that when people, or movements, hate each other, it must be because they’re opposites. This assumption overlooks the fact that many – indeed, most – of the great conflicts and hatreds … Continue reading →
Caroline Glick has some good news about the Trump administration, and some sobering news about the leaching away of America’s Jews from any sort of meaningful Judaism: Earlier this month Norway, Denmark and Switzerland did something surprising. Norway announced that … Continue reading →
I noticed this recent post by William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection entitled, “I warned you about the Anne Frank Center (US).” The subject is a group that appropriates Anne Frank’s name for political purposes: It’s unlikely that until Trump’s election … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a slightly edited version of a previous post.] This year Chanukah began on Christmas Eve. But since it has eight days, I still get a chance to wish you a happy one—tonight is the very last night … Continue reading →