Why Is the U.S. State Department Backing a Lebanese Land (and Sea) Grab?
Demanding that Israel cede land in response to spurious claims.
March 6, 2018
What the Rush to Defend Farrakhan Reveals about Left-Wing Anti-Semitism and “Israel Criticism”
When leftists lose their favorite excuse.
On February 25, the leader of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, delivered a three-hour speech in which he engaged in the naked anti-Semitism that has come to be his trademark. Among those in attendance was Tamika Mallory, a leader of the 2017 Women’s March, who has posted pictures of herself with Farrakhan and praised him on numerous occasions. Mallory was quickly criticized for her association with Farrakhan, but rather than distancing herself from him, or at least from his rantings about Jews, she stuck fast in her support, and was defended by some of her fellow Women’s March leaders. David Schraub comments:
March 6, 2018
How Samantha Power Deceived a Syrian Refugee about the White House’s Intention to Stop Assad’s Chemical-Weapons Attacks
The Obama administration also refused to act on—or reveal—direct eyewitness testimony it received of atrocities in Syria.
What the Rush to Defend Farrakhan Reveals about Left-Wing Anti-Semitism and “Israel Criticism”
When leftists lose their favorite excuse.
The Rise and Fall of Beyt She’arim, Birthplace of the Mishnah
And home to one of Judea’s last queens.
A Liberal Protestant Looks for the Roots of America’s Spiritual Crisis
Marilynne Robinson asks what we are doing here.