The U.S., and the World, Should Recognize Israeli Sovereignty over the Golan Heights
Justified politically, strategically, historically, and morally.
March 7, 2019
A Philosopher’s Specious Argument That Religion Must Be Eliminated for Democracy to Thrive
A fundamental misunderstanding of religion.
In his recent book This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom, the literary critic and philosopher Martin Hägglund offers a utopian vision of democratic socialism in which citizens will have not only material comfort but the time to enjoy it. In his review, James Chappel notes that Hägglund “does not do the work to show how [such a vision] might plausibly be on the horizon, or ask how it might be possible in a globalized economy.” But he objects more strenuously to the book’s main argument: that until people abandon religion—which takes focus away from humanity in this world and toward the supernal—democracy cannot reach perfection. Chappel writes:
March 7, 2019
A Year of Israel Coverage at the “New York Times”
A great deal of news is not fit to print.
Democrats Need to Do More Than Demand Another Apology from Ilhan Omar
Her nativist and anti-Semitic rhetoric deserves sharper condemnation.
A Philosopher’s Specious Argument That Religion Must Be Eliminated for Democracy to Thrive
A fundamental misunderstanding of religion.
What Declassified Vatican Archives Might Reveal about the Church and World War II
After decades, Pius XII’s files will be revealed.