The Debate Link

Is it obvious what I'm reading these days? You may choose, in spite of everything, to remain on the side of the oppressed, whatever th...

I've been relying on roundups more than I'd like recently, but that's the way it goes sometimes. * * * Potential blockbuster...

As part of my summer reading (basically, this summer I committed to do zero work on my dissertation and instead just ... read. Doesn't m...

The ADL has a new report out examining the intersections between misogyny and White supremacy . The content isn't necessarily groundbrea...

The newest game taking up my time is Shadow of War . You could say I'm late, but given that the developer just removed microtransactions...

By now you're familiar with #HardPickHal (my hashtag -- make it fly), who called the cops on a fellow pickup basketball player after --...

I had my bachelor party this weekend in Chicago. That sounds wilder than it was -- my fiancee and I have the same core friend group (we all ...

Last week, a federal court in Louisiana handed down a very interesting decision in Bonadona v. Louisiana College , concerning whether "...

I just learned that Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, founding director of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, has passed away . An active partic...

Kevin Drum links to some political science evidence regarding what drives anti-immigrant sentiment . And guess what -- it's not economic...

A few times now -- not anywhere official, just on Facebook posts or blog comments -- I've seen some variation on the following argument:...

Some of you might be familiar with the term "Jewbook". Those who aren't might worry that it's an antisemitic slur and, in ...

"We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies." That is a direct, verbatim quote from a sitting member...

The Democratic primary for the Montgomery County (MD) Executive race was a nail-biter this year, pitting progressive County Councilor Marc E...

This was an interesting bit of trivia I didn't know about. In 1944, 2nd Lt. Jackie Robinson -- yes, that  Jackie Robinson -- was court-m...

Jill and I finished watching all three seasons of Billions (meaning that our insatiable lust for good television to binge must look elsewher...

Arendt answers those who asked why Eichmann should be tried in an Israeli court rather than an international tribunal. [T[hose who asked t...

This feels as good as any for this Fourth of July : There’s an argument floating around that the evils of American hegemonic practice, esp...

This was initially going to be a comment on my last "Things People Blame the Jews For" post, but I realized it needed it's ow...

Weather-related Jewish conspiracy theories seem to be having a moment .* In rapid succession this week, we got an Iranian general saying t...