Monthly Archives: June 2024

Is Israel Committing Genocide?

Posted on June 8, 2024 by Luke Ford

Aryeh Neier writes for NYBooks.com June 6, 2024 issue: I have been engaged for six decades in the human rights movement, which has endeavored to restore peace by enforcing International Humanitarian Law… I am now persuaded that Israel is engaged … Continue reading →

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The Biggest Lies In Contemporary Discourse

Posted on June 8, 2024 by Luke Ford

* The New York Times reports June 9, 2024: “Israel’s Euphoria Over Hostage Rescue May Be Fleeting” Is there any euphoria that isn’t fleeting? The same Times article continued: “The audacious [hostage rescue] operation did little to resolve the many … Continue reading →

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Russian Decency

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Luke Ford

Zhenya Bruno writes for NYBooks.com: In the investigative journalist Elena Kostyuchenko’s new book about Russia, resistance is carried out through small, discreet acts… There was a flash of confidence in her eyes, a claim that certain lines should not be … Continue reading →

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No Comfort in Shakespeare’s Tragedies

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Luke Ford

Fintan O’Toole writes for NYBooks.com: What we encounter, then, is nothing so comforting as imperfect men causing trouble that will be banished by their deserved deaths. It is men who embody the hurly-burly that, contrary to the predictions of the … Continue reading →

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The Workings of the Spirit

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Luke Ford

Peter Brown writes for NYBooks.com: A new history of Christianity traces its transformation over a thousand years from an enormous diversity of beliefs and practices to Catholic uniformity… Peter Heather’s Christendom is a colossal book written by a colossus in … Continue reading →

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