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Ya know, literally one comic before this one was a comic with "MALES" in the title. I'm surprised our local…
My argument is that the left treats men as a class differently than they treat almost any other class, with…
I’ll defer to Wikipedia. That's not a good idea in this case. I went down your rabbit hole. Erin Pizzey's…
Gah... Corrections: On Pizzey: The tipping point for her move was when the authorities required a bomb squad to processed…
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Author Archives: David Schraub
American Territories
[Reprinted from The Debate Link with David’s kind permission.] Can anyone explain to me why America is still in the business of possessing territories that do not have full voting rights? These would include (of places with permanent populations) Puerto … Continue reading
Posted in Whatever
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We Wouldn't
In late 2007, I declared that the upcoming presidential election “is about torture”. I was wrong. It wasn’t. Despite my assertion that torture should stay in the public eye until we come to terms with it and, ultimately, eradicate it, … Continue reading
Hitting that Dusty Trail
February’s up, and that seems as good a time as any to bring this guesting stint to a close. I want to thank everyone very much for reading, listening, reacting and commenting. I hope you found what I said interesting, … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Jews and Judaism, Palestine & Israel
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Jews with Power versus Empowered Jews
It is beyond clear that in the United States, Jews have significant political influence. Many Jews occupy important levels of government, elected and appointed, and others are high profile opinion-influencers and policymakers in the media, in think tanks, and in … Continue reading
Posted in Jews and Judaism
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Conveying a Message to the Jews of South Africa
A few weeks after South African minister Fatima Hajaig set off a firestorm by saying much of the world is under the heel of “Jewish money”, it is becoming more and more apparent that this is not a one-off. COSATU, … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism
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Supersessionism and Status Production
Paul Berman gets at something important in this interview: We like to think of hatred of the Jews as a low, base sentiment that is entertained by nasty, ignorant people, wallowing in their own hatefulness. But normally it’s not like … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism
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Settlements and the One State Solution
I’m already pretty firmly on the record that the continued expansion of the settlements poses a massive threat to the viability of the two-state solution of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. The longer the settlements stay up, many argue, the more entrenched … Continue reading
Posted in Palestine & Israel
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The Superseded Jew
This was originally to be Part IV of my anti-Semitism series. I’ve mostly been side-tracked from it — I don’t think the rest of it flows organically from discussions we’ve been having. This post, though, I think remains important on … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Jews and Judaism
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I Think You're Insulting Me Wrong
With the ADL charting a disturbing persistence in anti-Semitic attitudes in Europe, and a flurry of anti-Semitic activities racing through the continent over the past month, the head of the European Jewish Congress, Moshe Kantor, says that he believes that … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism
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The London Declaration on Combating Antisemitism
The London Conference on Combatting Antisemitism has released the following declaration (via HP):
Posted in Anti-Semitism
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I'm glad you enjoyed Assassins! I'd say one other thing the assassins had in common (aside from Boothe and, to…