Benjamin Kerstein
Israel’s PR Challenge in the Battle for Public Opinion
It is only a matter of time before my countrymen's enemies fully mobilize, with the help of the establishment media.
Feed the Face, Then Talk to Me About Freedom
Forget Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman — the time has come for Brechtian economics.
Criticism of Israel and the Inescapability of Antisemitism
Power is everywhere, therefore antisemitism is everywhere.
House Jew, Field Jew
The Daily Beast's new group blog, "Zion Square," and the sad saga of Peter Beinart.
The Objectivist with the Dragon Tattoo
With his Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, for reasons that will likely forever remain unknown, a Scandinavian leftist managed to create a libertarian parable for the ages.
Watching Egypt Burn: An Israeli Perspective
What is happening now in Egypt has immediate and potentially disastrous consequences for the Jewish state. (Also read Roger L. Simon at the Tatler: "Cluless Israel wakes up on PR (sort of)")
Barak’s Exit Reveals Weakness of the Israeli Left
Israeli liberals have never recovered from the failure of the Oslo Accords and the carnage of the second intifada.
Loughner and How America Treats Its Mentally Ill
I have no sympathy for what Loughner did. Nonetheless, as someone with a mild form of mental illness, I can speak from personal experience about how badly America deals with its mentally ill.
NPR and the Liberal Subculture that Worships It
NPR is for coastal liberals what Rush Limbaugh is for heartland conservatives: a means of relating to the world from within the confines of a specific subculture. The difference, of course, is that Limbaugh’s admirers do not force others to pay for it.
Middle East Peace Talks Degenerate into Farce
Obama sabotaged the peace process from the outset, largely through his own incompetence.
The Depredations of Roger Ebert
Is it fair to say, as Armond White of the New York Press recently claimed, "that Roger Ebert destroyed film criticism"? (Update: And don't miss Ed Driscoll on "Springtime for Ebert.")
The Man Who Stares at Other People’s Writing
Jon Ronson, author of The Men Who Stare at Goats, stands accused of possible plagiarism flowing from an article he wrote in the Guardian.
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