On December 17, the Los Angeles Board of Fire Commissioners met, as they do twice a month, and as usual, they posted the video afterward for anyone curious enough to watch it. It makes for haunting viewing.
It’s about a mindset fundamentally at odds with keeping people safe. DEI must DIE, or we will.
Let this tragedy mark the beginning of the end of this madness. L.A. will not return to what it was, and that’s reason to grieve. On the other hand, we shouldn’t want it to.
Kirsch has contributed a fascinating, beautifully written book that illuminates how we got to this dismal place, and provides hope for finding our way out.
Amnesty International’s most recent self-described “landmark” report concludes that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.
So the Netherlands has become a haven for fervent progressive politics, I once thought. What’s that compared to Nazis? This week we have our answer.
“Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict” by Yardena Schwartz. Union Square & Co., 2024. 420 pages.
They hate Jews for the massacre of October 7, cloaking their hate as righteousness: the alternative is facing the pure evil at the heart of their beloved community.
Darryl Cooper, a right-wing pseudohistorian, is making outrageous claims, when left-wing and Islamist antisemitism are at an all-time high.
A review of “Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History” (Penguin/Thesis)
