Hamas is now saying Israel has killed 22,000, not 33,000 Gazans -- meaning the combatant to noncombatant ratio in this war is greater than 1:1, which would be a phenomenal, life-saving achievement.

Unsurprisingly, legacy media is crickets.

fdd.org/analysis/2024/…

I wrote about the implications of the Cass Report for US debates: “If you still think that concerns about child medical transition are nothing more than a moral panic, then I have a question: What evidence would change your mind?”

Here’s a gift link:

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

“Since the attacks, more than 300,000 Israelis have requested gun permits—twice the total number of people who owned guns before.”

The FP’s Matti Friedman on why he bought a Glock: thefp.pub/3U7GGDf

Former NPR vice president for news and ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin tweeted, 'I know Uri. He's not wrong.' npr.org/2024/04/09/124…

Wow, what a thoughtful reply.

This reply is as unresponsive as it is predictable: Say you disagree, provide no evidence, double down on disagreement, pretend like everything is fine and normal.

'In D.C., where NPR is headquartered and many of us live, I found 87 registered Democrats working in editorial positions and zero Republicans. None.'

thefp.com/p/npr-editor-h…

In 21st century America, it's not enough to lose our own wars. We have to make sure our friends lose their wars too.

Biden’s latest move is cynical, opportunistic, and counterproductive. He has lost the plot. My column breaking Washington Free Beacon
freebeacon.com/columns/biden-…

Some right-to-die activists want everyone to have access to euthanasia—even young people with mental illness. Are they also making suicide contagious?

The FP’s Rupa Subramanya reports: thefp.pub/49z37WF

This whole look at Ro Khanna is worth your time, but my goodness, this scene: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

“It’s no small matter to become rich and famous by saying exactly what you think, to say it in your own words, without compromise.” thefp.com/p/the-prophets…

Can we stop indulging in the fantasy that these people are “pro-Palestinian.”

They’re anti-Israel or pro-Hamas.

The New Yorker, on Jon Haidt: 'He has been beset by a troubling fixation on the heritability of I.Q.—a contention widely dismissed as scientific racism'

This is completely false. The heritability of intelligence is accepted by mainstream researchers. The debate is over *race*.

This piece crucially nails the difference between the dramatic thrills of reading Fanon and the application of his ideas to real life. theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

If you will it, it is no dream.

'Fanon's... belief that somehow slicing the throat of the colonizer will lead to a new, more equitable reality and not just more violence, is hard to comprehend.'

(From brilliant Gal Beckerman review of new Frantz Fanon bio, in light of October 7th)

theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

This is the way