LONDON — Europe is starting to get sick of modern-day Gypsies: More than 100 Gypsies, or Roma, were put on a charter flight to their native Romania on Friday, the second day in a row that France has expelled Roma in a much-criticized government crackdown… President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the crackdown on Roma in late […]
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Gypsy News: France Expels Many Romany Gypsies
August 21st, 2010 · 16 Comments · Britain, Civil Liberties, Culture, Europe, Feminism, Globalization, Immigration, Islam, Judaism, Personal, Politics, Religion
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“Hey Baby” and Anti-Male Violence">“Hey Baby” and Anti-Male Violence
June 19th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Britain, Business, Conservative Pundits, Culture, Dating, Economics, Education, Europe, Feminism, Israel, Media, Personal, Politics, Sex, The Middle East
Modern, angry women now have an outlet of their own through a violent, anti-male video game that promotes the misandry that has become so prevalent in modern, Western culture: Ever had one of those seemingly endless days? All you want to do is to get home… You’re the last one out of the office. Its […]
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Birthright Israel: Footage of (Pre-State) Israel
May 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Boston, Britain, Civil Liberties, Culture, Europe, Immigration, Israel, Journalism, Judaism, Massachusetts, Media, Palestine, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War
Every wonder what Israel and the region of Palestine looked like before the Jewish state declared independence in 1948? Here is some recently-unearthed footage — in color! — from that time. (Hebrew with English subtitles.) I am completely amazed at how much the country as changed — especially Tel Aviv and the Center region. The […]
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Jerusalem Day
May 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Britain, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Culture, Europe, Islam, Jihad, Judaism, Law, Palestine, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War on Terror
JERUSALEM — Today is Jerusalem Day in Israel, which celebrates when the city was reunified under Jewish control during the Six-Day War in 1967. I had wanted to write an essay on the subject, but David Goldman had already written what I had wanted to say: “The passions that rage over Jerusalem reveal the desire […]
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Globalization and Sports
April 18th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Baseball, Boston, Britain, Culture, Egypt, Europe, Globalization, Immigration, Israel, Massachusetts, Personal, Red Sox, Sports, The Middle East, Traveling
JERUSALEM — Joe Queenan seemingly dislikes foreign fans of sports teams (those who who are not from the cities of those teams): I do not object to Yankees fans in principle, so long as they are homegrown, preferably natives of the Bronx or Yonkers. (Yankees fans born in Queens or Brooklyn, it goes without saying, […]
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Replace Religion With… What?
April 9th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Britain, Civil Liberties, Conservative Pundits, Culture, Globalization, Immigration, Islam, Jihad, Politics, Religion, Sex, terrorism
“Theology is a device for helping agnostics to stay within the Church of England.” — the British television show “Yes, (Prime) Minister” In most science-fiction television shows and movies ranging from “Star Trek” to “Doctor Who” to “Firefly,” religion is shown in the future as non-existent at best or as an outdated relic of primitive […]
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Tea or Coffee?
March 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Britain, Culture, Politics, War
First, we had the tea parties. Now, we have the coffee parties. Sometimes I think the war between the red and white roses is going to repeat itself in all of its polarizing glory… Continue reading
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Future of Journalism
March 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Boston, Britain, Business, Journalism, Massachusetts, Media, Personal, The Boston Globe
BOSTON — Dan Kennedy, writing in the Guardian, argues that the future of journalism is local: …large national and international news organisations exist in a different universe from the grassroots, where journalism is being reinvented. Just as technology has made competitors out of CNN and USA Today, so, too has it enabled others to make […]
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