Funny and exciting. Tuvia, a Jewish journalist, returns to Israel to get to the bottom of the Palestinian conflict and discovers more than he bargaineFunny and exciting. Tuvia, a Jewish journalist, returns to Israel to get to the bottom of the Palestinian conflict and discovers more than he bargained for. Foreign NGOs, German-financed anti-Israel films, self-hating Jewish intellectuals, naive human rights activists, hatred, indoctrination, ridiculous superstition, and much more. Now I know enough to know I don't know anything about this conflict....more
Mencken at his finest. A charming, curmudgeonly, and acerbic perspective on American democratic values and institutions. He inspires a deep cynicism iMencken at his finest. A charming, curmudgeonly, and acerbic perspective on American democratic values and institutions. He inspires a deep cynicism in the reader regarding all the rituals and affectations of democracy: voting, politicking, campaigning, and the general idea of social betterment by democratic participation. Democracy may not be the worst form of government, but it's certainly the most humorous....more
People usually associate libertarianism as a creature of the Right. Lower taxes, gun freedom, ending regulation, and so on. But the essays in Markets People usually associate libertarianism as a creature of the Right. Lower taxes, gun freedom, ending regulation, and so on. But the essays in Markets Not Capitalism make quite a strong case that libertarianism is just as concerned with typically "Left" issues: racial discrimination, the problems of big business, wealth inequality, "wage slavery," environmentalism, and more. With authors ranging from Benjamin Tucker to Murray Rothbard, this book is a great antidote for the "corporate apologetics" style of libertarianism so prominent in the movement today....more
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