Making Sense of the Juxtaposition of the Jerusalem Embassy Opening with the Gaza Riots
Islamist violence happens regardless of American policy.
May 15, 2018
How Henry Roth Used Ornate English to Imitate Yiddish
To the frustration of German test-takers.
A controversy has broken out in the German state of Baden-Württemberg over what many high-school students see as the disproportionate difficulty of the English portion of an important standardized test. Among the questions that provoked exasperation was a sentence from the American Jewish novelist Henry Roth’s Call It Sleep. Paul Berman comments on the irony of the situation:
May 15, 2018
U.S. Iran Policy Must Look Beyond Nuclear Weapons
And include limited application of military force.
Why Hamas Is Directing Rioters to Sabotage Gaza’s Economic Lifeline
They’ll get more tax revenue.
Can Churchgoing Alleviate the Woes of the Sexual Revolution’s Losers?
An answer for “incels.”
How Henry Roth Used Ornate English to Imitate Yiddish
To the frustration of German test-takers.