The Politics of History

by | Aug 24, 2012 | Commentary, History, Religion

Today I want to review a book I have recently finished reading: The Mythic Past: Biblical Archaeology and the Myth of Israel. Let me introduce my subject with a quote from another recent book by Nachman Ben-Yehuda, the Israeli sociologist, who writes: “How do we...

John F. Kennedy and the Psychopathology of Politics

by | Aug 22, 2012 | John F. Kennedy

Today I want to continue with the subject of John Kennedy; there’s only one week left before the anniversary of his death, so I’m going to have to really put the pedal to the metal to get to the end of the subject on time. As it happens, now that the...