Via Middle East Monitor, Rabbi Yisrael David Weiss says "anti-Semitic" smears against Rep. Ilhan Omar are "revolting" and "unacceptable."
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J.K. Rowling Rolls Out Tired Anti-Semitism Trope
by Warren Beale | Sep 23, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Op Eds
I wasn’t entirely sure how to begin writing the following words. I felt that I was walking on egg shells, and had to be careful to not say anything that might be interpreted in a way I did not mean. Then it hit me. This was the very problem I am attempting to address....

TGIF: Anti-Israelism and Anti-Semitism: The Invidious Conflation
by Sheldon Richman | Aug 31, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
I and others have warned that enactment of the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act now before Congress would threaten free speech and free inquiry on America’s college campuses and beyond. As I’ve explained, this bill incorporates a conception -- a "definition" plus potential...

TGIF: Defining Anti-Semitism, Threatening Free Speech
by Sheldon Richman | Aug 24, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
In May the benign-sounding Anti-Semitism Awareness Act appeared before the U.S Congress “to provide for consideration a definition of anti-Semitism for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or activities.” No big deal? Let us...
Palestine Lost
by Sheldon Richman | Jul 13, 2018 | Blog, Justice
To appreciate the enormity of the crimes against the Palestinian people, one must understand that while persons are certainly individuals, they are something more as well. That's what we mean when we use words like society, culture, and people. What has happened to...
TGIF: Separation, Not Association, Requires Force
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 8, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Whenever I write about Palestine, Israel, and Zionism -- especially when I point out that American Reform Jews en masse gagged on the thought that America was not their "homeland"; they insisted they were Jewish Americans not American Jews -- I am lectured on Facebook...
Palestinian Lesson in Ethics
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 7, 2018 | Blog, Justice
51 Years of Israeli Occupation
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 6, 2018 | Blog
This is the 51st anniversary of Israel's 1967 war against Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and the Palestinians. The so-called Six-Day War began the occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and Sinai peninsula, which was eventually relinquished by...
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They’ll Ruin Your Country Then Piss on You for Sayin’ So
It should be no surprise that the faux-conservative "Rich Men North of Richmond" at the National Review don't approve of the meteoric rise of singer-songwriter Oliver Anthony. "Just what is it this time?" you might ask—did he oppose slaughtering a million Iraqis? No,...
The Gov’t Sterilized the “Feebleminded” in My Hometown
When I was in middle school, the bus route would take us past a mysterious, old campus with an array of decaying brick buildings. I always thought it was dark and ominous looking. Little did I know, a century prior, hundreds of people had been committed and sterilized...
The Trinity Test Killed Babies…Yeah, You Read that Right
The wanton and reckless disregard for human life shown by the Manhattan Project boggles the mind. Despite my criticism of the Christopher Nolan Film "Oppenheimer," it did include the infamous fact that Manhattan Project scientists believed there was a chance that the...
Tom Woods Show Episode 2378: Contradictions and Stupidities of Public Health
Tom Woods and I recently discussed the Coronapocalypse and Questioning the Company Line: Critical Thinking in Hysterical Times: The Tom Woods Show Episode 2378: Contradictions and Stupidities of Public Health https://youtu.be/ez1hCYAOuHM
The Army Panicked When it Discovered This Shocking Fact
In 1947, Brigadier General SLA Marshall made an announcement that shocked the military world and changed combat forever. The startling news came when Marshall published "Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command," a study that he conducted during his service as...
You’ll Never Believe this Fact About Dr. Seuss
During WWII, a children's author and cartoonist smeared American's largest political organization opposing US involvement in WWII. It may surprise you that this children's author was none other than Theodor Seuss Geisel, or Dr. Seuss. But just what was this group Dr....