Robert Caro, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Unelected Abuse of Power
Robert Moses built bridges, tunnels, parks, and beaches. Robert Caro made him into a villain. Caro taught America to fear the power required to build on a monumental scale.
Fifty years later, the smear remains; so does the paralysis.
The Princess and The Dictionary
You haven’t tasted pasta, not truly, not quite, unless the Pope’s mother rolled it by candlelight. In Napoli, naturally, in a sanctified pan, then served on the Grand Tour by a liveried man.
Holy Tongue vs. Holy Language: Why You Cannot Translate Holiness
The mother gives birth to the child. The safah (language) gives birth to the lashon (tongue). Hebrew as holy language gives form, body, blood, and breath to Hebrew as holy tongue.
The Qur’an’s Midrash Problem
That is the problem in miniature. The Qur’an is not restoring the Hebrew Bible. It is absorbing Jewish commentary and then presenting it as revelation. This is not “Torah preserved in heaven.” This is a late antique folklore with a divine letterhead.
The Cinderella Con: Candace Owens, George Farmer, and the DUI Crime Scene
Candace Owens sold America the fairy tale: devout Catholic glamour, British aristocracy, moral certainty, and a Cinderella marriage wrapped in status.
The police records tell the uglier story: her husband, George Farmer allegedly arrested for DUI, leaving-the-scene, and a loaded pistol recovered from the vehicle.
How I Took Arthur Bloom, a Vile Antisemite, to Court, and Won
This case sends a clear message: “Free speech” is not a license to fabricate lies, and the First Amendment is not a safe harbor for antisemitic defamation dressed up as opinion. The jury didn’t buy Bloom’s “it’s an opinion” defense. It found liability. It found actual malice. It awarded compensatory damages. And it awarded punitive damages.