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Bibi Netanyahu says no negotiations without recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. Palestinian leaders of all stripes say absolutely not ....

From a review of Why We Watched , Theodore S. Hamerow's new book on why American Jews were relatively silent during the Holocaust: After...

Maryland may become the first state to make targeting homeless persons for violence into a hate crime under a bill headed to Gov. Martin O...

Back in 2000, Edward Said wrote a piece in the LRB entitled My Encounter with Sartre . It's supposed to reveal Sartre's views on Zio...

The Concurring Opinions blog is hosting a symposium on Danielle Cintron's ground-breaking paper Cyber Civil Rights , 89 B.U. L. Rev. 61...

But sometimes, it's happily ignored. See, here's what I don't understand. It's been pointed out over and over again that the...

The Board of Rabbis of Southern California has appointed its first woman and first lesbian as the head of its organization. And she's a...

Some had busier days than I did, but mine was busy enough. A violent protest by left-wing students literally forced ex-Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-...

I swear to God, if I ever become wealthy, I'm going to start a foundation that will take all the cancer research dollars and redirect it...

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NASA decided not to name its new space station module "Colbert", even though it was the top vote getter. But it also rejected ...

Headline in a South African paper: "Israel charges alleged Hezbollah 'spies'" . Body of article: Cairo - Egypt's attor...

Iowa Republicans simply want to ignore the Iowa Supreme Court's ruling striking down the gay marriage ban: “If I have the opportunity t...

You know those pro-life arguments that always run "what if Einstein was aborted!" And of course, the flip side of it is, "wha...

The WaPo on the end to the Somali pirate standoff : Three deft sniper shots ended a drama that appeared initially as another example of a mu...

I really had to flag a post (not a direct link -- not sending traffic their way) , which comes from the feverishly anti-Semitic ... right? L...

Back in January, I wrote a post advising that an area which desperately needs clarification is the development of moral guidelines pertaini...

On that Somali pirate rescue, Balloon Juice speaks the truth here : Maybe I am alone, but I hardly view this as a test of the President. Unl...

Suppose there is an organization: Let's call it Evil, Inc. Unsurprisingly, given the name, EI does evil things -- terrorist attacks, hum...

Syria's ambassador to the US, Imad Moustapha, not only wants to press forward on regional peace talks, but says he prefers Avigdor Liebe...