The Summer of Islamophobia found its most respectable spokesman in Marty Peretz, editor-in-chief of the august and generally liberal New Republic. Peretz, who has a long history of rabidly supporting Israel and denouncing Arabs and Muslims, wrote in a September 4th blog post that “Muslim life is cheap, most notably to Muslims” and wondered “whether [...]
Entries Tagged as 'The New Republic'
A Really Nice Guy to Everyone He Doesn’t Hate
September 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics
Tags: Andrew Sullivan·assholes·bigotry·Islamophobia·Marty Peretz·racism·Slate·Ta-Nehisi Coates·The Atlantic·The New Republic
Willing to Prevent the Downfall of Civilization, So Long As They Don’t Have to Leave the House
June 21st, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Law and Justice, Politics, Supreme Court
Over the weekend, Dahlia Lithwick posted an article on Slate about the lack of courage in today’s political debate. Specifically, she discussed the successful efforts of gay marriage opponents to keep cameras out of the courtroom in the trial over California’s Prop 8 and a recent Supreme Court case regarding whether the state of Washington [...]
Tags: civil rights·Dahlia Lithwick·gay marriage·gay rights·LGBT rights·Maggie Gallagher·political courage·Prop 8·Slate·Supreme Court·The New Republic·victims