Author Archives: eladsinned

Slipping the Right a Rufo

There is a stark divide on the American right separating supporters and opponents of Israel. The anti-Israel sentiment of the “far” right originates in opposition to Jewish power and influence, what we’re conditioned to call “anti-Semitism”. Here at least the charge “anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism” is apt. On the near side of respectability is the pro-IsraelContinue reading “Slipping the Right a Rufo”

Israel Slaughtering Children, Jews Hardest Hit

A British writer of comic fiction named Howard Jacobson complains in The Guardian that media outlets reporting on the record-setting rates of child casualties among Israel’s civilian victims in Gaza invokes the antisemitic “blood libel” of the medieval era: It says something for the conscience of the Church of England that, in 1955, it putContinue reading “Israel Slaughtering Children, Jews Hardest Hit”

No Country for Bold Men, Part I

When the State Allied with Anarchists to Outlaw Political Protest in Portland Deeply unpopular Portland District Attorney Mike Schmidt is on the way out after losing an election primary in May; he was defeated by his lead prosecutor, Nathan Vasquez, who ran to the vast right of his radically progressive boss. The win has been hailedContinue reading “No Country for Bold Men, Part I”

Conspiracy Theory, Conspiracy Practice

There’s an episode of the Simpsons where the family buys its first computer, prompting Homer at one point to say something like “don’t worry, the computer will think for us now”. Yet again the show proves prophetic. Science magazine on a recent study looking for ways to make computers think for us via AI: BeliefsContinue reading “Conspiracy Theory, Conspiracy Practice”

Bubba’s Bible Study August 18 2024

China has released a “fact sheet” about the National Endowment for Democracy: After World War II, the United States opened a covert front against the Soviet Union through the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other intelligence apparatus. By the 1960s, the United States had realized gradually that it was far from enough to “promote democracy”Continue reading “Bubba’s Bible Study August 18 2024”