Calm, Cool, Collected: Coleman Hughes on the Gaza War
I’ve been getting acquainted with Coleman’s work the last few years. Listen to him for 3 minutes, and see if you are wanting to take in the next 14 minutes.
Category: Middle East
Today’s One-Liner (#223)
Perhaps the vast rise in antagonism toward Israel is a manifestation of what psychologists would call “projection.” –Douglas Murray, On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization, 116
Today’s One-Liner (#135)
The dire state of the Palestinian movement today suggests that there is an inverse relationship between the use of terror and the achievement of freedom. –Susie Linfield, The Return of the Progressive Atrocity
More Recent Reading
Dear L., Here is a list of some books I’ve read in the past few years. Given my pretty rigid leftist mindset, Simone Weil’s maxim was often on my mind in reading the following……
Today’s One-Liner (#69)
“People ignore reality in favor of their bright ideas.” –Hannah Arendt to Karl Jaspers, 1965, quoted in Susie Linfield, The Lions’ Den: Zionism and the Left from Hannah Arendt to Noam Chomsky
Recent Reading
The job of an intellectual is to listen to the history that is being made all around you and to respond in new ways by re-assessing your previous beliefs. This is what the founding generation…
Problematizing My Faves: Susie Linfield on Noam Chomsky
Dear Max, The following passages are from Susie Linfield’s book, The Lions’ Den: Zionism and the Left from Hannah Arendt to Noam Chomsky. While the focus is on Middle East matters, you may see some…
Share the Wealth: Remembering Syria by Sana Aslam
In my Comparative Religion and Culture class, I asked students to write a personal spirituality paper. I invite you to read and discuss with us the following reflection from Sana Aslam. Join usSunday 12 December7…
Being Present (Somehow)
1. Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in the life of the world. Find ways to be with those who…
Pursue Knowledge Even to China
The Content of Character: Ethical Sayings of the Prophet MuhammadCollected by Shaykh Al-Amin Mazrui Sarah Ali gave me this book as an expression of gratitude for writing her a letter of recommendation. We will discuss…