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What Two Years Of Writing About Israel/Palestine Taught Me About Empathy
In his novel, The Secret of Father Brown, G. K. Chesterton tells the story of a priest who also happens to be a world-class detective. A visiting…
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September 2025
The Cynical Genius of Trump's Endless Lies
March 3rd, 2016. Then-newly-elected president, Donald Trump, releases a statement laying out his position on H1B visas:
Sep 30
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Charlie Kirk And The N*ggerfication Of Politics
On February 4th, 2019, for reasons I may never understand, Liam Neeson told a story that he should have kept to himself.
Sep 22
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Judaism: The Real Human Shield Of The Israel/Palestine Conflict
August 13th, 2025. British author and journalist Stephen Pollard shares his reaction to a banner displayed shortly before a UEFA Super Cup game. The…
Sep 3
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August 2025
Racism's Unexpectedly Horny Last Gasp
August 18th, 2025. Alycia McKeown, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed nutritionist from Ottawa, posts a perfectly ordinary picture of herself, her husband and…
Aug 26
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Let Me Try To Break This To You Gently. I Think You Might Be A Centrist
In 2019, in his book, How To Be An Antiracist, Ibram X Kendi shared one of the stupidest ideas ever committed to the page:
Aug 9
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The Uncomfortable Realities of Sydney Sweeney’s Good Genes
A couple of months ago, when I could have been frolicking with a puppy or enjoying a sunset or watching Columbo reruns, I was on Twitter getting mad…
Aug 7
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Why Moral Arguments Don't Work On Israel's Supporters
In 1989, during his graduate program at the University of Philadelphia, a psychologist named Jonathan Haidt decided to test a theory about moral…
Aug 1
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July 2025
You're Not A Very Good Person, In My Opinion
On July 21st, 2024, the day President Biden announced he wouldn't seek reelection, a political commentator named Owen Jones delivered an unconventional…
Jul 25
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How The Republicans Became The Party Of The Working Class
In January 1933, in the pages of a little-known sci-fi magazine, a little-known writer/artist duo named Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster published a…
Jul 21
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The Catastrophic Rise Of "Girl-Boss" Politics
One of my long-standing critiques of “girl-boss” feminism is that some women interpret it as an excuse to behave like the worst men.
Jul 11
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Why You Must Never, Under Any Circumstances, Compare Israel To Nazi Germany
In 2023, while accepting the Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought, Masha Gessen, whose grandfather was killed in the Holocaust, spoke about the…
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