Twilight of Violence: An Interview with Steven Pinker by Sam Harris
Sam Harris has a great interview with Steven Pinker on his latest book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Harris sits down with Pinker for a discussion about the history of violence. Sam Harris asks, “Need I remind you that the ‘atheist regimes’ of the 20th century killed tens of millions of people?” Steven Pinker has a great response. This is a popular argument among theoconservatives and critics of the new atheism, but for many reasons it is...
Read MoreTwo Rabbis with different takes on Glenn Beck’s Holocaust rhetoric
The trend of conservatives making light of the Holocaust and throwing about Nazi comparisons is getting uglier. So much that 400 rabbis have taken note. A full-page advertisement by 400 rabbis in today’s Wall Street Journal has put a spotlight on a trend many people see as alarming: the use of the word Nazi to bash opponents in public discourse. [Read more] Tonight, Lawrence O’Donnell had two rabbis on his show with differing opinions on the subject. SHARE...
Read MoreHolocaust: Reinventing a word to make it seem smaller
This is getting sick. The Holocaust was a horrific atrocity and watershed event in human history. The meaning of the word is being distorted and demeaned in political rhetoric and casual comparisons. Over the last few years, U.S. political discourse has been saturated with opponents accusing each other of Nazi-like policies or behavior. Most recently, it was California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown who likened the attack ads of Meg Whitman, his Republican opponent in the race for governor, to the...
Read MoreHitler’s Children
Hitler’s Children is an interesting documentary on the dialogue between children of Holocaust survivors and the children of the perpetrators. SHARE...
Read MoreHitler, the Christian
Despite all evidence Adolf Hitler was a Christian, some still blindly assert he was an atheist. Why? To imply all atheists are bad, of course. The following photos provide a pictorial glimpse of Hitler, how his Nazis mixed religion with government, and the support for Hitler by the Protestant and Catholic Churches in Germany. In, no way, does this gallery of photos intend to support Nazism or anti-Semitism, but instead, intends to warn against them. Not that it really matters, but take a look...
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