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Will The Media, The UN and British Academics Help These Torture Victims?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2009 1 Comment

The Associated Press already has announced that Hamas is “restoring order” to Gaza, just like Hamas did in July 2007, before the Israeli invasion. The UN is decrying the “alarming” humanitarian situation, just like it did in July 2008, before the Israeli invasion. And British...

Can We Also Impeach Law Professors For “Legal Distortions”?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2009 4 Comments

As we get closer to Barack Obama taking office, the cry for “war crimes” trials of Bush administration lawyers who expressed legal opinions regarding coerced interrogation grows louder. I have yet to hear anyone call for a war crimes trial for the attorneys during the...

Providence Journal Columnist Compares Israel To Auschwitz Prison Guards

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 08, 2009 0 Comments

In a guest column in The Providence Journal, Susanne Garrison Hoder of Tiverton, Rhode Island, “founder of the Interfaith Peace Initiative,” compares Israel to Auschwitz prison guards: “The new movie The Reader is a powerful drama about a young man who discovers that a woman...

Winner Of The (Not A) Weasel Award

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2008 0 Comments

My article, It’s Time to Speak Out Against The “Mormon Boycott” (at American Thinker, with a related post here) has been selected as a First Place Winner at Watcher of Weasels. I think this means I am not a weasel, but whatever, a win is...

Day Without A Gay — A Bad Idea Ends Badly

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2008 3 Comments

December 10, 2008 was the “Day Without A Gay” boycott. This foolish boycott was a reaction to California Prop. 8, which enshrined in the California state constitution the traditional definition of marriage. The essence of the boycott, which was modeled on the failed May 1,...