Monthly Archives: July 2011

Khaled Mouammar, outgoing President of the Canadian Arab Federation, has always has some fairly unhinged attitudes toward Israel. So maybe I shouldn’t be surprised that he is now distributing an article with the subject line “Possible Israeli Connection to Oslo … Continue reading →

It’s been 100 hours since Anders Behring Breivik began killing people. The reason he did so is no secret: He has told the world that he wanted to punish Norway’s rulers for their allegedly pro-Islamic policies and embrace of multiculturalism. … Continue reading →

Anders Behring Breivik is not only a terrorist and a murderer, but also a plagiarist: Sections from his 1,500-page manifesto were copied directly from that of the “Unabomber,” Ted Kaczynski. And even the material he wrote himself is derivative: From … Continue reading →

Well, that didn’t take long. Less than 24 hours after the Norway killings, Alex Jones’ massively-surfed Infowars site already is fronting with the theory that the tragedy was all part of a conspiracy by European elites to deflect populist disgust … Continue reading →

And guess what? He doesn’t like it! Alas, Kay totally avoids all scientific evidence from the outset referring the reader to the National Institute of Standards and Technology or NIST Reports, “debunking websites” and the 9/11 Commission Report for answers … Continue reading →

I recently wrote a lengthy article for the National Post called “Once again, the Jewish question,” in which I argue that Palestinians and Jews remain miles apart on the fundamental question of Israel’s religious identity. During my interviews in Ramallah, … Continue reading →

Conspiracist movements always, inevitably, bump up against the problem of explaining why their epic “truths” aren’t accepted by mainstream society. This has been true in recent months of Obama Birthers, who have become more marginalized and ridiculed now that the … Continue reading →

Journalism is a funny business. The “worthy” articles and essays that you spend days, weeks or even months laboring over sometimes are the ones that get the least attention. On the other hand, a throwaway blog post that might have … Continue reading →

If you’re a fan of 1970s-style science-fiction special effects, the first 60 seconds of Richard D. Hall’s “Richplanet Starship” are worth watching. He even has made up his TV set to look like the deck of a starship.

“Veterans Today” sounds like a reputable web site, doesn’t it? And in fact, many of the articles on the site are of legitimate interest to veterans of the U.S. military, the site‘s ostensible audience. But as the Southern Poverty Law … Continue reading →

Got it for this article … So many people to thank!

The conspiracists at WorldNetDaily are at it again — this time with a new theory that the BATF’s Mexican Project Gunrunner adventure was actually about discrediting private gun-owners. This is, of course, part of a long-running meme in right-conspiracist circles: … Continue reading →

Sarah Elliott, author of the Swallowing The Camel blog, is not a Truther herself. But she has a very interesting personal perspective on the Truther community. And her remarks about my book, the 9/11 Truth movement, and especially the problem … Continue reading →

By now, the whole world knows that Richard Falk, the UN Human Rights Council’s “expert” on the Palestinians, published an anti-Semitic cartoon of a Jewish dog feasting on human blood (see above). We also know that Falk took the cartoon … Continue reading →

One of the interesting aspects of conspiracy theorists that I’ve noted in my book is the brittle, cultish social dynamic that prevails on conspiracist web sites and discussion fora: Conspiracy theorists may appear confident and blustery, but they are actually … Continue reading →

I am at the Yad Vashem center for holocaust studies in Jerusalem for a week, attending lectures by experts on the subject of anti-Semitism. In today’s coursework, an amazing story emerged about a bizarre episode that unfolded at the humanities … Continue reading →

This week, Greece and its coast guard effectively put an end to the second Gaza “flotilla” — by banning the assembled Gaza-bound flotilla ships from leaving Greece’s ports. Already, pro-Palestinian web sites are abloom with denunciations of the Greek move. … Continue reading →