The Biden Administration’s Self-Defeating Snub of Benjamin Netanyahu
“A foolish, even childish, position.”
June 27, 2023
The Unabomber, Technology, Nihilism, and a World without Moral Order
Contrasting Ted Kaczynski with a deeply religious, and ethically heroic, thinker who influenced him.
Earlier this month, Ted Kaczyznski—the mathematician-turned-terrorist who murdered three people and left several others with lifelong injuries—died, apparently of suicide, in a federal prison. Stephen Hayward re-examines both Kaczynski’s 1995 “manifesto” and Alston Chase’s 2003 biography. To Hayward, Kaczynski’s “views on technology are neither original nor wholly ill-founded,” and owe much to such philosophers as Jacques Ellul, who was honored by Yad Vashem for helping to save French Jews during the Holocaust:
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An Expert Look at Israel’s Missile Defense
And the young soldiers who operate them.
Rioting in Palestinian Villages Betrays Jewish Values and Undermines Israeli Security
“There is no Jewish law, commandment, or custom to justify such behavior.”
The Unabomber, Technology, Nihilism, and a World without Moral Order
Contrasting Ted Kaczynski with a deeply religious, and ethically heroic, thinker who influenced him.
The Jews Left Their Mark on English Cuisine—but Didn’t Invent Fish and Chips
Cold fried fish was and still is a beloved Sabbath dish.