Tag Archives: Anti-Semitism

“The Sleeping Souls Of Your Ancestors Are Calling Out To You”

Once upon a time, there was a skinhead.

Then, he became Jewish.

This is not a fairy tale. This is a real story. Read it, and be amazed. I would add commentary, but for the fact that I am utterly lost for words.

The Jews vs. Joe Lieberman

The argument in bad faith is, of course, something that post-1960s American liberalism has raised to an art form, but it is especially egregious in this case, because it not only defames, trivializes, and insults an ancient and much-abused people and their tradition, but it does so in the service of the most sickening kind of hypocrisy.

The Ongoing Andrew Sullivan Saga

It occurs to me that given his reply to Leon Wieseltier, in which Andrew Sullivan accused Wieseltier of not coming out and saying definitively whether he believes that Sullivan is an anti-Semite, a similar critique may be made of me, given that I passed over the question myself, and instead posed questions to Sullivan that weren’t quite answered (whether that is because Sullivan did not see my post, or did see the post and decided not to answer the questions, I cannot say).

Something Much More Unresponsive

Speaking of Andrew Sullivan, he has posted a long reply to Leon Wieseltier, whose article I linked to.

Andrew Sullivan’s Got Some ‘Splainin’ To Do

Accusations of anti-Semitism are serious things, so I am not going to make them. But after reading this piece by Leon Wieseltier on Andrew Sullivan, I have some questions which I would love to see the Inspector Javert of Trig Palin’s matrilineal line answer.

Foreign Policy Crises

They can sneak up on the leadership class of any particular country in very unexpected ways.

This Is The Guy We Are Supporting In Honduras?

In a just world, Manuel Zelaya would be utterly toxic, and the Obama Administration would have absolutely nothing to do with him:

Mary Robinson, The Presidential Medal Of Freedom, Durban, And Anti-Semitism

Tevi Troy is troubled by the Obama Administration’s decision to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Mary Robinson, given her work on behalf of the 2001 Durban Conference, in which anti-Semitism appeared to be the order of the day.

Podcast: Coffee & Markets on Goldman Sachs

TNL Senior Editor Francis Cianfrocca joins Ben Domenech for the Wednesday, July 29th edition of Coffee & Markets, a series of brief morning podcasts on politics and the marketplace. Today’s edition covers the controversy over Goldman Sachs.

Trouble In Venezuela? Time To Blame The Jews!

It’s always the same old song and dance, isn’t it? Dictator finds country, dictator ravages country, dictator blames the Jews:

Through the Looking Glass With Andrew Sullivan

Is Andrew Sullivan our Mahdi? A fellow traveler, stumbling with the rest of the column as he tries to follow in the dust of a great leader? A future poet laureate? A batty anti-Semite with a bad tendency to obsessiveness, an unhealthy fascination with genitalia, and miserable taste in music, incapable of even a minimal understanding of basic theological texts? Or just a very Mad Hatter?

Sometimes, It Is Not Good To Admit Surprise

Example: Ta-Nehisi Coates should not have admitted to surprise concerning the anti-Semitic beliefs of Jeremiah Wright.

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