Archive for February 21st, 2006

Deja Vu

Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old Jew from Paris, was recently kidnapped, tortured and brutally murdered. Almost immediately, the French police ruled out anti-Semitism as the motive, despite a number of important facts: The killers tried to kidnap at least two other Jews After Ilan’s family said that they could not pay the demanded ransom (Euro 500,000), [...]

Feb 21, 2006 | 3 comments | View Post

Irving Meet Bubba

As has already been widely reported, Holocaust denier “historian” David Irving has been sentenced to three years prison for denying the Holocaust. The trial and verdict have provided a number of interesting talking points, not the least being the manner in which Irving summarily dispensed of his so-called “principles” to save his hide. Irving, 67, [...]

Feb 21, 2006 | 5 comments | View Post