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“Just rejoice at this news!” So said Mrs Thatcher outside Downing Street as Prime Minister on news that the Royal Marines had recaptured the uninhabited, ice bound island of South […]
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The ADL National Director says judgment is still out on whether the positives promised by religion are outweighed by the negatives.
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We’re seeing a policy that distances the United States from Israel in order to reach out to the Arab Muslim world.
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If criticism of Israel's policies demeans or degrades the country—or questions its legitimacy—then it's anti-Semitic.
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Sacha Baron Cohen as "Borat" wasn't funny, says Foxman. Neither was Archie Bunker in "All in the Family."
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Anti-Semitism can be based on everything from religion to ignorance to wealth to capitalism.
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A conversation with the National Director of the Anti-Defamation League.
If I were Obama--I would have taken a different approach after hearing about the BP Oil Spill. 1. I would have removed BP from being in charge of this operation […]
We've all had well-meaning friends remind us that there are "plenty of other fish in the sea," but the phrase may not be the most fitting fortune-cookie counsel for breakup-ees […]
Today marks the first time anyone has ever brought an axe to an interview here at Big Think! The Reverend Dr. David Adamovich, a.k.a. The Great Throwdini, just stopped by […]
The tremendous environmental disaster that has resulted from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a singular event, but Seventh Generation CEO Jeffrey Hollender thinks it's emblematic of […]
I watched TV last night with a buddy of mine whose wife is out of town. That means we got to drink beers and curse at the people on TV […]
"Human rights advocates fear that political reconciliation with the Taliban could erase the fragile progress made in improving the situation of Afghan women over the past nine years."
"Biography may have little to tell us about why a novelist writes well, but it can sometimes be helpful in understanding why a novelist writes badly." TNR discusses E.M. Forster's sexual naiveté.
A bank tax on high-risk financial trading is an idea worth implementing, says Michael Scott Moore at Miller-McCune. The tax would create a fund for if and when a bank needed a bailout.
"Comments on news stories are, in a sense, our new civic space, but minus all the social rules." The Atlantic says subscription services could clean up online comment sections.
"The country's new wave of directors are rejecting Bollywood's glitz for grittier, real-life themes." The Independent looks at the new social-political consciousness in post-Bollywood films.
"China's astonishing urbanization could bring a new era of supercities, but its cultural norms probably won't eclipse American dominance." The foreign minister of Singapore on the rising state.
The FCC's infamous profanity ban has been struck down by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The L.A. Times welcomes the ruling as an important shift in priorities.