Adopting a Middle Eastern Model, Americans Have Become Infatuated with Crowd Politics
No, this isn’t what democracy looks like.
January 27, 2017
Adopting a Middle Eastern Model, Americans Have Become Infatuated with Crowd Politics
No, this isn’t what democracy looks like.
For the past week, the president, his press secretary, and the media have been consumed by a debate over how many people attended the inauguration. Enthusiasts of the anti-Trump women’s marches that took place across the country have likewise boasted about the numbers of participants, posting photographs declaring that “this is what democracy looks like.” To Lee Smith, this newfound passion for head-counting reflects less the democratic traditions of the U.S. than the mob-driven and party- or regime-manipulated politics of the Arab world:
January 27, 2017
What Aid to Israel Buys America
The only U.S. ally that insists on defending itself.
Bringing an End to Home Demolitions of Israeli Citizens
Whether of Bedouin or settlers.
God’s Name Is to Be Understood Theologically, Not Philosophically
The God that is or the God that becomes?
Riding to the Inauguration Ball on Shabbat
Mind your own business.