I’ve been seeing a cartoon going around equating Israel with Nazi Germany. I’ll show an AI-generated response to this article, but the gist of the cartoon image is an Israeli soldier brutalizing a Palestinian while looking in a mirror and … Continue reading →
1 “Woke” is a fighting word in America these days, grist for the mills of rage farmers. Though the name “Bandera” is far less known, any search-engine algorithm tuned for controversy will find it tasty. So it won’t be a … Continue reading →
Imagine Gary Johnson had a second chance to answer the question, “What world leader do you admire?” Published at SecularProgress. com
Continue reading →Photo from Haaretz There’s an old saying that war is God’s way of teaching geography to Americans. These days, even that may not be enough. Now, because of Gary Johnson’s Aleppo gaffe, that city has become a little more familiar … Continue reading →
Interesting comments halfway through about how the US could actually work to improve the well-being of Iraqis. Predictably, however, budget-hawks in the GOP rule the media narrative until their chicken-hawk leaders see a chance to bomb someone in the name … Continue reading →
Thoughtful and cogent stuff from Scott Atran, as usual. (At Huffington Post) I wonder what he has to say about William James’ reflections on the “Moral Equivalent of War.” As I recall, the upshot of that famous article gets at … Continue reading →
For now, I think that declaring and enforcing a no fly zone would be a mistake for the US at this point because: 1) The best political outcome is one which popular Libyan forces achieve as much as possible on … Continue reading →
