For the third night in a row, my terrified Mexican neighbors living in the shadows are firing off the largest skyrockets I’ve ever heard. They sound like artillery shells. After about six hours of it, I went outside at around 1:00 a.m. and screamed, “The next person who shoots off a skyrocket, I’m going to…
Yom HaShoah
April 15, 2015
Wednesday, April 15, 2105, is Yom HaShoah in Israel, “Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day.” The Israelis remember not only those who were murdered but also those who fought back. This is what happens at 10:00 a.m. Unlike a lot of people, I never had any trouble believing that the Holocaust happened. My mother went to…
Not all conspiracy theories are equal
March 18, 2015
Last night while I slept—having a wonderful dream about discovering a photo album full of priceless postcards of World War I flamethrowers—the word went out on Twitter to label me a conspiracy theorist. Saying that certain ideas are nothing but conspiracy theories allows the accuser to not address troubling notions. In this case the Twits…
The great irony of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
December 28, 2014
I began studying the Israeli Defense Forces when I was about nine. I couldn’t explain why. Part of the reason was that the Israelis used World War II equipment, which had interested me since I was five. I’ve always hated war, but I’ve always studied it. People often enter the psychiatric field to find out…
Things that Jew-haters send me
August 27, 2014
Today started out badly. I’m a night owl, so when the phone rang at 7:00 a.m., I’d only been asleep for maybe three hours. It was a laughing women who wanted me to take a survey on whether or not I supported editing DVDs to make them family friendly. This was after one of the…
Fake Gaza sniper video definitively debunked
July 27, 2014
On July 21, 2014, I wrote a post titled “A fake atrocity video from Gaza,” referring to a hoax that accused an Israeli Defense Forces sniper of shooting a Palestinian civilian three times until he died. The video is entirely bogus. Last night an Irish Twitter user named Voodoo Criminology sent me a link to…
Not very smart, guys
June 1, 2014
The French have arrested the murderer responsible for the mass shooting in Belgium at the Jewish museum. He’s a twenty-nine-year-old Muslim career criminal who went to Syria for a year and acted in the named of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), formerly known as al-Qaeda in Iraq. It’s not very smart…
My second interview since 2002
May 6, 2014
Here’s my second interview since 2002. It’s with bassist Joe Burcaw. We have a lot in common, and we would likely disagree on nearly everything if we got into it politically and socially. But why would I do that to Joe? I like his playing. That’s all that matters. There was one question that I…
Surveillance by supporters of terrorism
January 6, 2014
I’m under government surveillance. We all are, according to Edward Snowden, but Tim and I are under direct surveillance. How do we know? Because we hear clicks and weird sounds—including voices—on our phones. Now, before you dismiss me as a lunatic, there are several reasons why the government would want to put Tim and me…