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Rise in antisemitism Let’s celebrate Hanukkah by standing with Jews everywhere to combat the antisemitic violence terrorizing them. History is flashing warnings to the world. Outbursts of antisemitism have often been harbingers of societies in deep trouble and omens that extremism and violence are imminent. So the wave of global hatred directed against Jews –… Read more.
Black pride Many Black Americans insist on calling themselves African Americans. Yet, many know little about their American heritage, and even less about African ancestry. That might be because “Black pride” is about as ethereal and subjective as religious faith. Martin Luther King Jr. taught us the objective value of judging people not by the color of their skin… Read more.
Boxing Day: a Christmas hangover Today is Boxing Day. It’s a Christmas hangover holiday, which the countries of the British Commonwealth observe on December 26. However, like most British (‘bank’) holidays, it has no modern significance. It merely provides lazy Englishmen (and the people they ‘colonized’) a pretext for another day off from work. The historical hijinks of Boxing… Read more.
Seinfeld’s famous Festivus Playwrights have long used jesters to spotlight the folly in prevailing thoughts and customs. And they were doing so long before William Shakespeare patented this literary device. However, Jerry Seinfeld might be the first jester to employ this device. He did so by making “Festivus for the rest of us” the theme of… Read more.
Syria’s rebel leader Abu Mohammad al Julani is promising to build a secular, inclusive society that respects minority rights. Western leaders are eating it up. They’re salivating at the chance to snatch Syria from Russia’s autocratic axis and parade it as a new democracy. President Biden is so impressed he scrapped the $10 million bounty… Read more.
New York City’s dramatic arrest of Luigi Mangione looked like a scene ripped from Silence of the Lambs. Mayor Adams played the senator, flanked by hundreds of NYPD officers, welcoming Mangione at the Wall Street helipad like he was Hannibal Lecter himself. Sure, Mangione has inspired folk-hero status among Americans fed up with health… Read more.
Simply put, President Trump sending Herschel Walker to The Bahamas as ambassador is like “mad” King George dispatching Benedict Arnold to the United States. It’s an insult masquerading as diplomacy. Of course, Trump thrives on showing contempt for Black people, often with mocking and bullying intent. That explains why he tapped his African American bulldog,… Read more.
Putin’s bloody playbook comes home to roost The brazen assassination of political enemies is a defining feature of Vladimir Putin’s reign of terror. He delights in proving there’s no refuge from his retribution. London, Berlin, Istanbul—even Washington, DC — have all found his bloody fingerprints at the scene of mysterious murders. Capers like poisoning dissidents… Read more.
David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), sounded a Casandra-like plea for aid to Sudan on Fareed Zakaria GPS yesterday. He lamented that, while Gaza’s humanitarian crisis is front-page news, Sudan’s far worse crisis is barely getting any coverage. Except, did I mention he sounded his clarion call on CNN… According to the… Read more.
