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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Meir Kahane at Princeton: April 1984 by Meir Kahane at Princeton | Policy of Truth
[…] 1984, and the other on February 11, 1988. In the 1984 appearance (which I didn’t attend but was reported in The Prince), Kahane made the case for the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians, i.e., their […] LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) Meir Kahane at Princeton
Here’s another unprinted letter of mine, this one sent a few weeks ago to The Daily Princetonian (Princeton University’s student newspaper, popularly known as “The Prince”), a paper that prides itself on its fact-checking protocols, but has a lot of trouble admitting error when it gets things wrong. Well, sorry, but it’s gotten this issue…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) More like BogdGGUGH
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Judge Parker, 4/4/26 So I guess I haven’t fully spelled out what’s been going in on Judge Parker…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Time to Bail Out Is Now by Roderick T. Long
Hendrix in turn was paraphrasing Dylan, whose song he was covering. But the original Dylan line is just “There must be some way out of here.” LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) The Time to Bail Out Is Now
If you’re in the United States Armed Forces, the time to seek Conscientious Objector status to the “Iran War” is now. Do not delay. Do not overthink it. Do not give in to excuses. Do not engage in wishful thinking. Do not succumb to pressure. Get out now. If ever you’ve sought to show valor…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: Reconstructing the Roman Pectoral
This week we’re going to look a specific piece of early Roman military equipment, the humble bronze pectoral, which it turns out is surprisingly tricky for us to confidently reconstruct, in part because the period of its use that most interests us (the run from c. 264 to c. 146 where Rome is winning its…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Friday romance (?)
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Blondie, 4/3/26 I regret to inform you that Dagwood and Blondie’s daughter is dating a guy with broccoli…
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(QC RSS) Or A Boson
or a boatswain
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(xkcd.com) Day Counter
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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