Entries by Thomas Dalton, Ph.D.

The Jewish Blood-Obsession

Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? —Shakespeare, Macbeth (Act II, sc. 2) Blood is such a strange substance in human experience.  We all have blood, of course, but it is hidden away, as it were, out of sight and out of mind.  On the one hand, it is the […]

Hey, Red States: Ready for Secession Yet?

When I wrote this, six full days after the 2022 midterm election, the situation was still undecided.  The Senate is apparently in Democrat hands again, and the House was “leaning” Republican , although some 19 (!) races are still undetermined.  [Editor’s note: The Democrats have indeed held the Senate, and the Republicans now have been […]

Denying Holocaust Denial

On April 8, it was announced that Canada would soon be joining an illustrious club: the enlightened nations of the world that have elected to ban so-called Holocaust denial.  Depending on how one interprets the law, there are currently 18 nations that either explicitly ban “Holocaust denial” (including Germany, Austria, France, Israel, Italy, Poland, Hungary, […]

A verdade sobre o discurso de ódio

Uma lei contra o ódio antijudeu marca, geralmente, o começo do fim para os judeus. (JOSEPH GOEBBELS. In: Diary — 19ABR1943) [1] A palavra “Ódio” é uma palavra tão feia! E seu uso revela certa infantilidade. Ela evoca a imagem estereotipada de uma menininha de oito anos que briga com a coleguinha e diz para […]