On May 25, 2010, the New York Times carried a story by Sabrina Tavernise on Pakistan, “U.S. Is a Top Villain in Pakistan’s Conspiracy Talk.” The entire piece describes how Pakistan and Pakistanis, over many decades the recipients of tens of billions of dollars in economic and military aid from…
The leftist “Rabbi” whines about being the victim of “Rightwing Zionist violence.”
South Africa’s Jews protest the author of the notorious anti-Israel smear.
“A group of about 10 men began yelling in English and Arabic that they were Zionists and Jews.” “Machete used in anti-Semitic attack in Gatineau, Carleton students say,” by Dave Rogers for The Ottawa Citizen, April 6 (thanks to all who sent this in): OTTAWA — A well-known student supporter…
But remember: Pat Robertson is the one who really threatens gays. An update on this story. Sharia Alert from San Francisco: “Hayward Men Out On Bail After Admitting They Came To SF To Shoot Gay Folks,” from SF Appeal, March 5 (thanks to David): Three Hayward men are scheduled to…
Earlier today, our very own David Swindle alerted me to this documentary Douglas Rushkoff directed for PBS’s “Frontline.” The subject: how the Internet is changing us.
We used to do one thing at a time, drink a cup of coffee with our friends in our favorite bar and read a book at night. These days, we’re [...]
Qur’an 4:3 permits Muslim men to have sexual relations with captives and slaves, and it is the supposed divine endorsement of the idea that makes it so persistent in Muslim countries — most notoriously in Saudi Arabia, but not only there. “Lahore: 12-year-old Christian domestic worker killed by Muslim employer,”…
fifty years ago this spring, Jackie Robinson broke the color bar in baseball. The events that followed provide a lesson for Black History Month — which ends this week — that many civil rights leaders seem to have forgotten. Following Robinson’s historic breakthrough, as everybody knows, other black athletes followed his example and professional basketball [...]
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