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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Richard Dawkins Misreads the Mortara Affair
Richard Dawkins, in his book The God Delusion, uses the “Mortara affair” to make a point he could have made perfectly well without misreading the historical context of this sordid episode. Perhaps the affair is better known by the title … Continue reading
War Crimes? Fuggedaboutit!
Yaacov Lozowick, a great fan of the Guardian, linked to this article. The UN has refused to investigate war crimes in Sri Lanka. Read on. Sri Lanka last night scored a major propaganda coup when the UN human rights council … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Israel and the Middle East, Lawfare, Media Watch, World
Tagged Lawfare, Sri Lanka, UN, war crimes
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A Punk, a Saint and a Jew Walk into a Bar
The jihad cult is expanding. This is a particularly weird item. Father Hugo Valdemar, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Mexico City, has issued a warning about the “terrorist” nature of the call for a “holy war” against the Catholic Church … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Religious Faith, Terrorism
Tagged jihad, Religious Faith, saints, Santa Muerte, terror
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Seven Pakistani Children
Reading Corriere della Sera yesterday, I came across an article about the Pakistani army and its attempts to root out the Taliban from the Swat valley. The details are, so far, not promising from the perspective of “human rights.” You … Continue reading
If Dante Had Been a Book Reviewer
Here is one of the most unequivocally nasty book reviews I’ve read in recent months (and I read my fair share of reviews, mind you). It’s about a book called Promised Virgins: A Novel of Jihad by Jeffrey Fleishman. If … Continue reading
Posted in Bookmarks, Miscellaneous
Tagged Book Reviews, Jeffrey Fleishman, jihad, Promised Virgins
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Original Sinner
One Jewish state is still too much for some people. Still, how does one atone for “original sin?” One can’t help but read into this eschatological language that the real “sin” to be atoned for is that of being Jewish. Continue reading
The New Bronx Bombers
Ok, so you’re a loser. The world has been a tough place and your life didn’t turn out quite as you had planned. You’ve done jail time and maybe you’ve got drug problems. Welcome to the desert of the real, … Continue reading
Posted in America, Anti-Semitism, Miscellaneous, Terrorism
Tagged America, Anti-Semitism, Bronx, Islam, terror
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Žižek Trumps All
Here is a little taste of the publisher’s marketing for Slavoj Žižek’s new book, “The Monstrosity of Christ.” “What matters is not so much that Žižek is endorsing a demythologized, disenchanted Christianity without transcendence, as that he is offering in … Continue reading
Posted in Bookmarks, Freethought, Intellectuals, Religious Faith
Tagged Adam Kirsch, Christianity, Richard Dawkins, Slavoj Žižek
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Hamasburg and Fatahville
Here is a clever test to see if you can tell the difference between Fatah (the good guys) and Hamas (the bad guys) by their respective charters. The PLO-Fatah charter can be read in full here. The Hamas charter can … Continue reading
Posted in Bookmarks, Israel and the Middle East, Terrorism
Tagged Black September, Fatah, Hamas, Palestinians, terror
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Memoirs of an Anti-Anti-Semite
David Mamet, in his 2006 book The Wicked Son, throws out a Molotov cocktail in his first paragraph: “The world hates the Jews.” That’s strong language, and one needs to back it up these days in order not to be … Continue reading
