In December the prestigious academic journal Critical Inquiry published an article by Saree Makdisi—a professor of English literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. Therein Makdisi argues that the situation of Arabs in Israel is very similar to that of blacks in apartheid-era South Africa but worse, explains away the shortage of explicitly racist laws in Israel as evidence of a policy of “radical erasure” and “necropolitics,” and makes clear that no outcome other than Israel’s absolute destruction can be morally or politically justified. Cary Nelson and Russell Berman respond with a point-by-point refutation of the article’s claims.
To an outside observer Israel might seem a natural ally for the Middle East’s various Christian groups. But in fact many Middle Eastern Christians are hostile to, or profess hostility toward, the Jewish state.
Fake news and the “toxic” influences of opinion, ideology and propaganda in journalism were topics of a lively conversation at Stanford University on April 9 among journalists Anne Applebaum, Ted Koppel and Jessica Lessin.
Once upon a time, rapacious robber barons prowled the land, gobbling up competitors, monopolizing markets, and wielding enormous influence (sometimes through influence peddling) over government. Gingerly at first and then full-bore, Americans decided enough was enough and empowered Washington to regulate big business.
Hoover Institution fellows Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss whether Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation is a problem in terms of constitutional structure and accountability.
A law professor writes that American courts had been debating the “rights” of corporations long before the Citizens United decision. Adam J. White reviews “We the Corporations” by Adam Winkler.
