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This Is What the New Socialism Looks Like
Aug 27, 2018 Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are reaching voters disappointed with Democrats' rightward shift on economics; it's possible Israel is behind efforts to discredit U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn; meanwhile, science reveals that the lazy prevail.
Americans Should Be Freaking Out About Online Censorship
Aug 20, 2018 The approaches Facebook and Google are taking toward free speech are a serious cause for concern; scientists have found a song that reduces anxiety; meanwhile, our national debt has hit historic highs.
Is Facebook Passé to the Young?
Feb 18, 2018 The social media site may suffer a mass exodus of users under the age of 55. These discoveries and more in today's Larry's List.
What Israel Is Planning to Do to Palestinians Living in Jerusalem
Dec 3, 2017 New measures would essentially "cleanse" the city of its Palestinian residents; L.A. may soon need to retool for the driverless era; and other discoveries.Gross, Larry
Jul 18, 2017
Why ‘When We Rise’ Is Historic
Jun 5, 2017 The ABC miniseries, which aired earlier this year, tells the story of the “gay revolution” with an accuracy and complexity that has rarely been attempted—or achieved.
Reading ‘Goliath’: Inconvenient Truths
Nov 6, 2013 Doorstop. That’s what publishers call 400-page books like Max Blumenthal’s "Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel." But as I read it the term that came to mind was heart stopper.
Gay Marriage: From Stonewall to Albany
Jun 27, 2011 New York’s action last week signifies more than just one more state added to the list of those permitting same-sex marriage.
Homo Nest Raided, Queen Bees Stinging Mad
Jun 27, 2011 Among the many landmarks of the turbulent decade of the 1960s, few have achieved the fame and symbolic resonance of events that began as a fairly routine example of police harassment on a hot June night in 1969.
Reflections on Israel: From Idealism to Ethnic Cleansing
Jun 9, 2011 When I was a youngster learning Jewish history in Jerusalem’s schools, the story was clear and even simple “A land without people for a people without land” Well, there are several striking problems with this aphorism.