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Self-Determination, Multi-Culturalism, and the International Criminal Court
November 30, 2009 Custom is a powerful thing, substituting as it does fresh thinking with ideas so long-worn by constant use that they appear all but obvious. That the Sun circles the Earth was obvious for many centuries – yet, … Continue reading
God on 9/11
September 11, 2007 Two very different kinds of emotions beamed from the Earth to God’s throne on this day six years ago: rejoicing and praise on the one hand, and pain, outrage and pleas for solace and revenge on the … Continue reading
“Al-Qaida has regained strength.” Why?
It is always a shock to watch an excellent remedy for a particular problem fail utterly. To wit, observe the case of a car with a flat tire, which remained impossible to drive even after the best mechanic in … Continue reading
Does The Internet Undermine Culture?
June 16, 2007 The answer is Yes, argues Mr. Andrew Keen, author of “The Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture.” To judge by his NPR interview from which I lifted the title of this … Continue reading
The fall of the fig leaf in Gaza
June 16, 2007 During just one week, the situation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict became dramatically clarified. The good cop Fatah – bad cop Hamas arrangement which threw sand into the eyes of the Israelis and the Europeans, giving Europeans a … Continue reading
The Trouble With Book Reviews
June 11, 2007 To judge by a flyer from the just-inaugurated New York Center for Independent Publishing, book reviewers are in trouble. “SAVE OUR BOOK REVIEWS!” pleads its headline. “Over the past five years, one by one, newspapers have … Continue reading
Can We Win Without Free Speech?
It goes without saying that for any endeavor to have a chance of success, it has to fulfill two conditions. First, it needs to be physically doable. Second, the action it requires must be legal. Both preconditions are fulfilled less … Continue reading
Obama’s Freudian Slip
May 16, 2008 Here is an old joke. The wife asks her husband, “How does you secretary dress?” Not giving himself one second to think, the husband replies, “fast!” People betray their utmost secrets in totally unexpected ways. “Obama says … Continue reading
The lesson of Virginia Tech
April 17, 2007 As I write this, the motives of the shooter are still unknown. Yet one thing is perfectly clear: there was something in his mind that justified the massacre for him. And half the world away, in Iraq … Continue reading
“Jihad” on PBS
April 16, 2007 “Jihad,” the first program in PBS’ “America at a Crossroad” series which aired on Sunday would have been a fine journalistic achievement, since documentation that it marshals is truly impressive, and the narrative is lucid and logical … Continue reading