In The Federalist, Elan Journo writes: For his new Showtime series, Sacha Baron Cohen, the satirist who created and starred in the film “Borat,” carried out a prank laden with political significance. While the prank’s main focus is a commentary on gun control, it can also be taken as a critique of some Americans’ reflexive, … Continue reading Sacha Baron Cohen Reveals Need To Think More Deeply About Israel | The Federalist
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There are hyper-controversial subjects, and there are emotionally charged ones. Then there’s the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is both. And that’s something of an understatement. In my new book, What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, I offer an argument about the essential nature of the conflict, what has fueled it for so long, and … Continue reading Tackling Top 5 Objections to “What Justice Demands” | New Ideal
At long last, the United States is leaving the United Nations Human Rights Council — a morally corrupt U.N. organ that flagrantly betrays the ideal it supposedly upholds. The council has been a microcosm of the U.N.'s fundamental moral bankruptcy. Read on.
Read an excerpt from my new book, What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, at The Federalist: How America’s Unjust Approach To Israel Hurts Us (Not How You Think)
Would you recognize the signs of an incipient tyranny? Would you know how to oppose it? Timothy Snyder’s incisive book, On Tyranny, aims to distill enduring lessons from the twentieth century on the rise and functioning of tyranny — and to help us preserve our freedom. Read: Crisis, Lies and Morality: Snyder’s Lessons in “On … Continue reading Crisis, Lies and Morality: Snyder’s Lessons in “On Tyranny” | New Ideal
The Afghanistan war is America’s longest war, longer even than Vietnam. Why is the United States, the world’s lone superpower, mired in these “forever” wars — against adversaries that are far, far weaker militarily? Continue reading
The truth is that the Israeli-Palestinian “peace process” was stillborn. We should have buried that disastrous policy long ago.... Read on
Two huge developments have put a renewed focus on the war-torn Middle East: President Trump’s abandonment of the Iran nuclear deal, and Israel’s air strikes on Iranian military bases in Syria. These may seem like yet more turmoil in a region marked by perpetual strife but, in fact, the stakes here are wider than people … Continue reading How Mideast hostility to Israel has gone jihadist—with Iran at the frontline | The Hill
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