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In reply to mosckerr. Cool, how much money (or pot?) does this Pot Prize involve? LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Dave Schmidtz did once refer to me, in a seminar, as “Irving Khawaja.” The trouble it would have saved if that had actually been my name… The last line of your comment wins the PoT Prize for Blog Comment …

In reply to mosckerr. My father once had an appointment with a Palestinian colleague who, when he arrived, called to say that he was waiting in the “barking lot.” (My father, ever the wit, asked him what he was doing. A: “Barking.&#82…

In reply to mosckerr. “I have an Arabic name, ‘Irfan.’” “Irfan”? Holy cannoli! All this time I thought your name was “Irving.” But the fact that your Arabic name begins with ” ‘ayn” does lend sup…

In reply to mosckerr. That seems a very long-winded and implausible way of expressing a great deal of disrespect, along with revisionist history in the worst sense of that term. The question was, why do you refer to Palestinians as “Balestinians&…

In reply to mlyoung57. From 30:30 to 36:45 might be the best espresso cup from the above video. LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. It seems to me that the imperative “do not worship other gods” is neutral on the question of whether other gods exist or not. A Jew, Christian, or Muslim can says “the Vikings worshipped Thor, and we do …

In reply to mosckerr. As an anarchist I don’t care about nation-states one way or ‘tother, so the question of whether there was a historical Palestinian nation-state is one on which I don’t see much turning. I care about *individual*…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Secularism: the product of the American and French revolutions … separation of church and state. Its a 240 year new tradition! LikeLike

In reply to Sheldon Richman. G’lut Yidden, Jews in exile, developed many and multiple cultures and traditions in the over 2000 years of Jewish refugee status. LikeLike