Category: Israel
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Madison mayor condemns invasion of Ukraine but not of Israel
Do politics trump moral clarity? Our progressive mayor was front and center “to condemn the atrocities being inflicted on the people of Ukraine” when she proclaimed “Solidarity with Ukraine Day in Madison” back in April 2022. Madison WI may be home to a sprinkling of Ukrainians but they’re outnumbered by those of Jewish heritage. Former…
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Even ‘hate speech’ is protected speech
“If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other, it is the principle of free thought — not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.” — Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, United States v. Schwimmer (1929). On the University…
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Blaska gets roughed up
I’m getting too old for this sch*tt! Thought I’d take a few photographs of the Stand With Palestine event Sunday 10-15-23 at Madison’s Tenney Park shelter. Should have known better. While trying to take a photograph of a poster outside the shelter — and of only a poster — a woman of short stature stuck…
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Will Gaza’s moral clarity work its way to Madison WI?
Indiscriminate attacks in both places. For the political party that celebrates victimhood, the theory goes, Palestinian suffering trumps Jewish suffering. Our take is that anti-Americanism beats paper, scissors, and rock. American policy since Truman supports Israel, therefore the Hard Left supports its enemies. Is any cause more … unlovable? The cause of civil rights has…
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Madison is the Gaza of Wisconsin
Even today, its apologists denounce the ‘murderous assault on … Gaza! Even in the Gaza Strip, not everyone supports the terrorist group Hamas — but 58% do. If Hamas supporters in Madison WI are not a majority, they are loud and indefatigable — with friends in high places. Madison came damn close to awarding sister…
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Where have you gone, Harry Truman?
Basement bunker at the Manor is stocked with canned goods and fresh ammo! (Also, board games) What? You are not waiting with bated (and bad) breath for what an aging state government retiree has to say about the invasion of Israel? No refunds given! Anyone doubt that Iran is behind the assault on Israel? Theory…