Entries by Kevin MacDonald

JTA on the French Election

JTA: “French voters reject far right — but elevate left-wing alliance with history of antisemitism allegations” In a surprise outcome, French voters rejected a far-right party with antisemitic roots — but elevated a left-wing alliance that has faced antisemitism allegations of its own. The country’s most prominent far-left politician (Mélencon), meanwhile, vowed in his victory […]

Some commentary on the British election

Tobias Langdon sent me an email with an article from Spectator, noting “it’s a case of shabbos goy out, shabbos goy in.” But he thinks that “Labour’s lunacies” may end up being “very helpful in the long run.” This could well be the case, as Matt Goodwin’s comments (via email) below illustrate (he emphasizes that […]

Roberta Kaplan as a Jewish Type

Jewish lesbian Roberta Kaplan is a prominent leftist attorney involved in lawfare against the Charlottesville demonstrators, against Donald Trump in the E. Jean Carrol case, as well as in victorious efforts on behalf of gay marriage. As I wrote in a  previous article on Roberta Kaplan, she “is a good example of what makes Jewish […]

“The Incredible Lightness of Biden”

In my recent blog on the debate I contended that everyone knew Biden was impaired—even the big liberal media who were covering up for  him because they were satisfied that he was doing a great job because they were getting what they wanted out of him policy-wise because of the people around him who were […]

Israeli documents show expansive government effort to shape US discourse around Gaza war

From The Guardian. … Chikli assured the lawmakers that there was new money in the budget for a pushback campaign, which was separate from more traditional public relations and paid advertising content produced by the government. It included 80 programs already under way for advocacy efforts “to be done in the ‘Concert’ way”, he said. The […]

Thomas Friedman on the current Israeli government

Writing in the New York Times,  Thomas Friedman is clearly among the liberal Jews who have become intensely critical of the current Netanyahu government. It’s a problem that will only worsen as time goes on because the fanatics will only get stronger because they are the ones having the babies. But despite all the hand-wringing, I […]