Some pictures don't lieRemember those pictures of Berlin been bombed to bits in 1945? I don't think that the comparison with Gaza eighty years later doesn't hold up. What do you think? (1)
The Better Craftsperson #3. Eric Arthur BlairEric Blair consistently wrote under the name of George Orwell his whole life against totalitarianism in all its forms, including the far-right. His works, like Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, serve as powerful critiques of authoritarianism and... See More » (1)
Snake oil salesmanWhat is the most signicant thing to have happened this week? Yes, the vote on the Big Beautiful Bill. Even on the world stage there's nothing more specular than that. No, not even a war ongoing somewhere, and all the rest. Why, you might ask yourself... See More »
The Better Craftsperson #1. Dan RatherPersonally, I don't know of any better American combined journalist, interviewer and commentator than Dan Rather. On Twitter he once liked a reply of mine and his own reaction to mine was so perfect and nice. He's now in his nineties but I'm sure... See More » (1)
The concept of Greater IsraelPerhaps I'm naive but I do believe in discussion. Earlier on I've posted here on SW my views on a current event where I thought that needed a better insight. It was about the risk of all out war for a regime change in Iran. The argument against of... See More » (1)
Three stages of being hereAs I noticed only recently there are three stages of life and of being on SW. There's this initial stage in which one is too green to give any decent enough reply to anything, or even can't do that with the proper skill of being diplomatic enough.... See More »
Book to share - September 2024Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom (2017) by Condoleezza Rice In her book the former Secretary of State described Populism, Nativism, Isolationism, and Protectionism as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and in an interview on the... See More » (1)
The Freedom to DissentHave you seen the Munk Dialogue with Douglas Murray, Natasha Hausdorff, Mehdi Hasan and Gideon Levy on the question: Is anti-Zionism antisemitism? There was even a moment when Murray denied his infamous The Spectator piece in which he claimed one... See More » (1)
