Israel, Hamas, and Techniques of War

David Pan If we understand Hamas’s massacre of Israeli civilians as a technique of war, its effectiveness depends on the belief that such terror will encourage others to support Hamas, presumably because such allies agree with Hamas’s actions and are encouraged by its success. The representational war has […]

Darkness Visible

Hamas perpetrates a pogrom in Israel itself. And so it begins again. Andrew Sullivan Oct 13, 2023 ∙ Paid A covered body at kibbutz Beeri near the border with Gaza. (Menahem Kahana / AFP) “The Day of Judgement will not come about until Moslems fight the Jews, when […]

Elites Seek Post-Renaissance Paradigm of Totalitarian Psycho-Spiritual Control

David Gosselin: Elites Seek Post-Renaissance Paradigm of Totalitarian Psycho-Spiritual Control David Gosselin discusses Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’ and ‘The Island,’ visions of a system of psycho-spiritual manipulation. For elites the real problem has become the Promethean and Judeo-Christian image of man itself, the Classical and religious Western […]

: ‘Day of Rage’: Violence Emerges on Date Hamas Designated for ‘Mobilization’ to Support ‘Jihad-Waging Gaza’

October 13 2023 ‘Day of Rage’: Violence Emerges on Date Hamas Designated for ‘Mobilization’ to Support ‘Jihad-Waging Gaza’ NEWS By Tyler O’Neil The terrorist organization Hamas designated today as a day of “general mobilization” to support “jihad-waging Gaza” in Israel and around the world. More US ‘Will Never […]

A new era of networking

October 14, 2023 • 5 min read with Diamond Naga Siu Hey there — it’s Saturday! I’ve been cooking new dishes recently and really enjoy making copycat recipes (like my favorite Sweetgreen salad and the Carbone spicy rigatoni). I might try making some Chipotle dishes next, since the […]

Get the US Out of the Middle East

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2023 The actual history of the New Deal provides little evidence that it was a rollicking success. – Kevin Schmiesing, “Voices from the Wilderness” [2023] HORNBERGER’S BLOG October 13, 2023 The Christian Perversion of Christianity The website Sojourners recently published an article entitled “Who Would […]

After Oil

Our October 30/November 6, 2023 Issue Read Online Read as PDF FEATURED After Oil The refinery in Richmond, Calif., employs 3,000 unionized workers—and it’s a major polluter. Can the activists trying to shut it down convince the workers they’re on the same side? MADELINE OSTRANDER FROM THIS ISSUE […]

Campuses in crisis

October 15, 2023 • 4 min read with Matt Turner Hello! Welcome back to Insider Today’s Sunday edition, a roundup of the week’s top stories. I’m Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. On the agenda today: Exclusive recording: Caroline Ellison admitted Alameda took FTX […]

The Battles Over “Woke”

Sponsored by Harvard University Press Fintan O’Toole Defying Tribalism In her new polemic, the philosopher Susan Neiman charges her fellow leftists with intellectual betrayal and calls for a return to universal ideals of justice and humanity. Michael Gorra Who Are These People? In The Pole, J. M. Coetzee returns […]

Billionaire VC Marc Andreessen welcomes the symbiotic AI future: ‘It’s going to be a much better way to live’

BYPaige Hagy September 7, 2023 at 1:50 PM EDT Marc Andreessen anticipates that everyone, starting with children, will have a constant AI companion and helper. selimaksan—Getty Images The 2013 film Her, a science-fiction romance starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson, isn’t far off from what billionaire Marc Andreessen […]

Companies use AI to monitor workers—45% of employees say it has a negative effect on their mental health

Aditi Shrikant@Aditi_Shrikant CNBC Courtneyk | E+ | Getty Images As companies implement return-to-office plans, employers are increasingly interested in utilizing artificial intelligence, not to replace workers, but to watch them. Between March 2020 and June 2023, demand for employee surveillance software grew 54%, according to research from Top10VPN, […]