Monthly Archives: September 2016

A Jewish Perspective On Carl Schmitt

Paul Gottfried writes in 2015: Carl Schmitt: A Biography, Reinhard Mehring, Polity, 700 pages Reinhard Mehring’s study of the long-lived German political and legal theorist Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) is the most exhaustive biography known to me of a deeply fascinating … Continue reading

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America’s Diminishing Social Capital

David Brooks gets it: Sitting out the anthem takes place in the context of looming post-nationalism. When we sing the national anthem, we’re not commenting on the state of America. We’re fortifying our foundational creed. We’re expressing gratitude for our … Continue reading

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The Wandering AltJew

Blog post: What made me seek out and research diverse opinions was the blithering stigmatization of other Jews like Benjamin Freedman or Gliad Atzmon- that hysterical stigmatization only drew my curiosity – and later helped me realize Jews have the … Continue reading

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Does religion make blacks and Hispanics better citizens?

F.C. Stoughton writes: W. Bradford Wilcox and Nicholas H. Wolfinger, Soul Mates: Religion, Sex, Love, and Marriage among African Americans and Latinos, Oxford University Press, 2016, 248 pp., $27.95. Soul Mates, by academic sociologists W. Bradford Wilcox and Nicholas H. … Continue reading

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Scientific Knowledge By Demographics

Dr. James Thompson writes: “The overall difference amounts to 15% less science knowledge for women, and because of some of the weak items chosen that may be an under-estimate.”

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