Does Obama ever feel a particle of guilt? I don’t think so. But from his lofty perch, he tells us we’re all guilty: Former President Obama said during an interview on Pod Save America that the U.S. had to admit … Continue reading →
(1) In researching the Constantinople/Istanbul song in this post, I came across this piece of information about the city’s fall to the Ottomans: The Walls of Constantinople, especially the Theodosian Walls, were some of the most advanced defensive systems in … Continue reading →
Biden call it a “humanitarian pause,” of course. And indeed, it would be very kind to Hamas. But remember that old saying, “Whoever is kind to the cruel will end up being cruel to the kind.” An actual humanitarian pause … Continue reading →
… just as it cares nothing about black-on-black killings in the inner cities. The only killing of a Muslim that concerns the Left is if a Jew does the killing, or a Western nation does the killing. The only killing … 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 →
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 →
To refresh your memory, in case it needs refreshing: the hospital was not hit by Israeli fire, it was a Palestinian rocket that malfunctioned. It hit the hospital parking lot and not the hospital. And it killed far fewer people … Continue reading →
Well, of course: A California city has become the first in the US to pass a resolution condemning Israel — accusing the Jewish nation of committing “ethnic cleansing and collective punishment.” The resolution passed by the Richmond City Council around … Continue reading →
[NOTE: On Monday I wrote this post about TIME magazine’s very sympathetic coverage of Gaza. This is about the same topic, using a different article as an example.] I want to highlight another article from TIME. This one is called, … Continue reading →
It may seem puzzling. Instead of increasing sympathy for the Israelis among Palestinian supporters in the West, the October 7 massacre seems to have done the opposite: increased the hatred, and not just for Israelis but for Jews. There are … Continue reading →
As with Ukraine, there are so many reports and so much speculation about what’s going on with Israeli plans for Gaza that it’s really hard to know who if anyone to trust. There’s this report that they are waiting for … Continue reading →
As far back as I can remember – and since I’m pretty old these days, that’s quite far back – the MSM was interested in a particular narrative about Israel and Palestine. Let’s call it “equivalence.” Certain concepts were involved, … Continue reading →