Beyond Debate

Moral Clarity, Historical Truth, and the Longest Hatred Sam Harris’s essay “Why It’s Futile to Debate Israel’s Enemies” lands with unusual force. I live less than two miles from major mosques and witness daily the rapid demographic, linguistic, and cultural transformations reshaping neighborhoods, parks, schools, and playgrounds. As a father, a conservative commentator, and someone who has spent decades in security and risk analysis, I recognize the patterns Harris exposes. Consequently, the ancient hatred many believed the Holocaust had consigned to history books now walks openly in streets, on campuses, and even in statements from elected officials. Harris, the prominent atheist…

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A Farewell to Gabriel Barkay

The Man Who Let the Dirt Tell the Truth I’ve spent more evenings than I care to count parked in front of the TV, letting ancient Jerusalem rise from the screen like dust off a dig. That was back in the aughts, when The Naked Archaeologist aired-Simcha Jacobovici charging through history like a man possessed, and there, steady as bedrock, was Professor Gabriel Barkay. Calm. Precise. And armed with a dry wit so sharp it could cut through limestone. I laughed out loud more times than I can count, not because the man was a comedian, but because truth delivered deadpan…

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