Dead Poet’s Society was a Bull**** movie, why did we watch it?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Someone at work mentioned “classical music” to me recently and as I was thinking about why we even call it “classical” and not “archaic,” it got […]
It’s easy to shout at UN; but WHAT is Israel’s policy in West Bank? Nada.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Despicable,” read the headline in Israel HaYom, an Israeli daily newspaper. It was reacting to the UN Resolution condemning Israel’s settlement activity. Across the social media […]
Abstaining from history: Here’s all the UN RESOLUTIONS on Israel the US abstained on
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN You’d think it was a major event in US history. “Them against the world,” CNN claimed after a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements passed with a […]
Thoughts on the US abstention at UN about Israel settlements
Within minutes of the US abstaining on a resolution at the UN Security Council opposing Israeli settlement activity and condemning terror, many voices came out condemning it and wondering what […]
Take the “thoughts and prayers” and shove em
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Pray for Germany,” read one meme floating around on Facebook. But I’m not praying for anyone and you shouldn’t either. “Thoughts and prayers have become the […]
From ‘free speech’ to ‘force-you-to listen-and-pay-speech’
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Every once in a while someone makes the pithy aphorism, “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death […]
Rex Tillerson’s oil background could be a game-changer for Kurdistan region
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Texas-born Rex Tillerson is Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of State. He received a degree from the University of Texas and has worked in the oil […]
Assad’s focus on Aleppo vs. Palmyra is about DESTROYING the past; killing future
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN When Bashar al-Assad’s army backed by Russia and other allies marched into Palmyra in the spring of 2016 he got applause from some around the world […]
STOP calling mass murder terror a “blast”; like calling lynching a “rope”
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A “blast at Egypt’s main Coptic christian Cathedral kills 25, injures dozens,” was a headline at FoxNews taken from the Associated Press. There were headlines today about […]
Boris Johnson tells truth about Saudi and Iran; SILENCED by own government
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “What’s needed is visionary leadership. There are not enough big characters, big people, men or women, who are willing to reach out beyond their Sunni or […]
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