The Great Media Failure and the 5th estate’s revolution
By Seth J. Frantzman Two percent of the reason for Hillary Clinton’s defeat by Donald Trump was due to “fake news, 2% the death of real journalism in favor of […]
An open letter to people who write open letters
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN An open letter to Trudeau. An open letter to those nervous about Trump. An open letter to the Chief Minister of Delhi. An open letter to […]
Oh, just shut up about this “left behind by globalization” nonsense
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Trump voters, we did hear you, we just thought better of you.” Oh, great, thanks for that headline. Because you know, when you talk down to […]
Liberating the land: Seth J. Frantzman reports from the Mosul offensive
By Seth J. Frantzman On October 17, 2016 the Iraqi central government launched the long-awaited Mosul offensive. Thousands of Iraqi army soldiers from three units, the 9th Armored, the 16th […]
No, you privileged Americans, it’s not 1938
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In 2005 I visited the Wießensee cemetery in Berlin and the Neue Synagogue located on Oranienburger street. Constructed in the 1860s the building was grand, with […]
Five faces of the Trump election and the origins of political dysfunction
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Racist. Bigot. Ignorant. Sexist. Homophobic. Islamophobic. Angry. White. Men. If you’re going to insult people repeatedly, and you are running an election against them, you’d better […]
Why I stopped writing about the Bedouin in Israel
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Every once in a while I get asked by someone about Bedouin land rights in Israel or the West Bank. Usually it relates to one of […]
Don’t buy into the neo-feudalism of ‘only the educated should vote’
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN ‘Democracy is other people, and the ignorance of the many has long galled the few, especially the few who consider themselves intellectuals,’ writes Caleb Crain in The […]
The American Jewish community and the myth of Ari Shavit
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “This fall from grace should be particularly troubling for the Jewish community: It’s the demise of an Israeli writer whose impact on American Jewish liberals was […]
American media created “Ken Bone”, then tore him down in its populist, puritanical bizarre fashion
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “America needed a hero, Kenneth Bone answered the call,” claimed The Washington Post on October 10 just after the US Presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald […]
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