If The Holocaust Had Taken Place Here
I’m Jewish. (My grandparents were named Avrum Shevak, Fanny Glembotski, Joe Jacobs and Golde Mintz, so I’m pretty sure.) Lately, a scenario has been running through my mind. It goes like this: Suppose the Holocaust had taken place in the United States. Suppose the remains of concentration camps still stood in many places. Suppose once […]
We Can’t Export Democracy Because We Don’t Have Any to Spare
After more than 2,400 U.S. service member deaths, about 50,000 Afghan civilian deaths (some of those from U.S. drone strikes), 66,000 dead among Afghan military and police and tens of thousands of Taliban casualties, the 20-year U.S. war in Afghanistan has come to a close, leaving the Taliban in control of the country. What is […]
Why Do Racists Hate Being Called Racist?
Here’s my latest post on Medium, in which I examine the strange phenomenon of racists hating being called racist, even though that’s exactly what they are! It’s the darndest thing, but there’s nothing racists hate more than being called racist. Try calling a racist a racist and you immediately get an enraged, hair-trigger, red faced, […]