I consider that event Ground Zero for the popularization in the US of what one might call conspiracy culture. That’s not the best term for it, because conspiracies sometimes exist and are sometimes real. Maybe I should call it false … Continue reading →
In this post I’ll be presenting the “Two Minutes Hate” excerpt from Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. I think the template for the passage’s physical description of Goldstein (the object of the Hate) may have been Trotsky, at least in part. Here’s … Continue reading →
[Part I here. Part II here.] I originally was going to write a two-parter about Tucker Carlson, which seemed like plenty – more than enough. So to all of you who think I’ve gone on way too long about him, … Continue reading →
How did Kevin Roberts get to be the head of the Heritage Foundation in the first place? Is it an example of the Peter Principle? He now seems to be saying some version of gee, don’t blame me for my … Continue reading →
Lovely guy, that Mamdani. Here’s what I’m talking about: Speaking at a New York University event in September 2023, Democratic socialist state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani made one of his most despicable, antisemitic remarks yet. He said, “We have to make … Continue reading →
… but it has long annoyed me when such movies play fast and loose with the truth, especially when the additions are not improvements – which is often the case. Last night I watched a movie based on a Holocaust … Continue reading →
It’s Yom Kippur, which is probably the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, and so a tempting target for any Jew-hater. And Jew-haters are legion, including murderous Jew-haters. Therefore we get this: A car was driven into a crowd and … Continue reading →
… because they detest Mamdani much much more. Why don’t they back Sliwa? They know he has no chance, and they don’t want to waste their votes. More: Community groups and local leaders issued a joint announcement backing Cuomo, saying, … Continue reading →
Remember?. I certainly do. It was with the supposed death of the young boy Mohammed al Durah that the Palestinians found the perfect vehicle for spreading the idea around the world that the Israelis are evil and purposely target children. … Continue reading →
As expected. I didn’t know exactly what form it would take, but after I heard that Charlie Kirk had been assassinated, I considered it inevitable that the Jew-haters would blame the Jews, and quickly. This of course includes the Jew-haters … Continue reading →
From commenter “Mike Plaiss”: Another thing that has been on my mind lately, and this one has really been bugging me. Israel Is Winning the War but Losing the World https://archive.md/mmikK “The war for hearts and minds is lost,” Howard … Continue reading →
Just today I discovered this essay written in December of 2023 by Benjamin Kerstein. It’s entitled “The rise of barbaric progressivism,” and subtitled “Antisemitism, racial hierarchy, violence, and an alliance with radical Islam have seized the commanding heights of the … Continue reading →