Islamic State’s Cruelty Was Not the Same as Military Might
IS could invent ever more gruesome forms of murder, but it could not make a fighter plane or win the lasting allegiance of the majority of Iraqis and Syrians.
October 27, 2017
A Biblical View of How America Should, and Can, Renew Its National Covenant
An antidote to the politics of anger and competitive victimhood.
Reflecting on the current “politics of anger” and “culture of competitive victimhood,” Jonathan Sacks calls on Americans to renew their social covenant—which, as Sacks draws on the Bible to explain, is distinct and prior to the political contract that brings government into being. Doing so involves rebuilding such institutions as marriage, religion, and community and replacing narrow identity politics with reinvigorated patriotic feeling. Fortunately, through its stories of such leaders as Joseph, Josiah, and Ezra, the Bible shows how the social covenant can indeed be renewed. (Video, 40 minutes. A complete transcript is available at the link below.)
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New EU-Sponsored Guidelines for Journalists: Report the News Only the Way We See It
And avoid writing about “sensationalist incidents involving migrants.”
A Biblical View of How America Should, and Can, Renew Its National Covenant
An antidote to the politics of anger and competitive victimhood.
Avraham Sutzkever’s Yiddish Winter Wonderland
Siberia magically upends a litany of misery for him and his people.
The Birth and Death of “Biblical Archaeology”
The difference between American and Israeli versions of the field.