The Aftershock

October 7 was a shock in the scale, surprise, and the sheer brutality of the attack. The second shock was the enormous outpouring of support for Hamas and the Palestinians in Russia, European cities and even more disturbing, the colleges and universities in this...

Cancelling Cancel Culture

I confess to a strong sense of schadenfreude at seeing the social justice warriors have their main weapon turned on them.  Big donors are withholding money from universities who tolerate real hate, not just hate speech, and not just the crocodile tears, virtue...

History Moves On

From Kevin Williamson at The Dispatch – Left Behind by History- probably firewalled and I highly recommend a subscriptiion. The Palestinian people have legitimate grievances, and I myself have tried my very best to give a damn about them. But you only get to...

How Human Rights Became a Veil of Anti-Semitism

from the WSJ,  When Jew-Hatred Isn’t Anti-Semitic by Batsheva Neuer: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has pointed out that Jew-hatred is usually justified by appeals to a culture’s highest authority. During the Middle Ages, that was religion—so the Jews were charged with killing...

The Saudis Criticize Hamas

From Saudi foreign minister: we must denounce our hatred toward Israel and begin normalize ties with Jewish nation Speaking on the sidelines of the world assembly of Islamic scholars in Jeddh, Saud bin Faisal Al Saud said that the Middle-East needs peace and...