The FBI’s Gratuitous and Futile Investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh’s Death
Ignoring terrorists who murdered Americans, while making hay over the accidental death of a Palestinian journalist.
November 17, 2022
The ethics of the advice column.
Surveying 25 years of Carolyn Hax’s tenure as the Washington Post’s advice columnist, Devorah Goldman considers the ethical underpinnings of her supposed wisdom. She takes as an “archetypal example” the case of a woman who finds bringing her children to visit their estranged father’s mother a tiresome chore:
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Login or SubscribeIgnoring terrorists who murdered Americans, while making hay over the accidental death of a Palestinian journalist.
The meaning of the first majority-Orthodox government.
The ethics of the advice column.
A medieval rabbi with “a love of language, dark humor, penchant for astrology, personal bitterness, and dour personality.”
Despite their differences, the two countries both see Iran as a threat.