This isn't well known because no one read the book but The Infantada was a character in Frank Herbert's Heretics of Dune (1984), a mutant that was half-Fremen, half sandworm who threatened the reign of Leto II

Naomi Wolf taking on biblical translations after a crash-course in Ancient Greek is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Biden needs to stop keeping his warnings to Netanyahu private and to publicly, in his own voice, denounce the Israeli provocations that threaten the peace of the Middle East—and indeed very possibly the peace of the world.
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He's not wrong.

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Sending me a link to this episode is like offering a box of Oreos to the Cookie Monsters.

Interesting variation of the 'actually, the accurate term is ephebophilia...' argument.

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I might have to side with Trump's legal team on this one.

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Had a blast talking to db about Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and the trajectory of Jewish comedy from Yiddishkeit vaudeville to Seth Rogen. thenation.com/podcast/archiv…

To get comparable level of ideological policing of speech in a newspaper you'd have to go back to Pravda in 1937.

There's a striking silence on this matter from liberals and centrists who claim to cherish free speech, with a few notable exceptions (credit to Ben Dreyfuss for being principled on this).

Although many have been braced for the news, it's still a blow. Jane is an inspiring activist, writer & colleague.

Over the years, Jane McAlevey has changed my mind about countless things, made me hopeful when it was necessary but seemed impossible, and clear-eyed and strategic when it would've been far easier to be sentimental. Thank you.

I'll say one good thing about George W. Bush, his disastrous war created the condition whereby Iraq can become a useful backchannel allowing USA and Iran to communicate.

Biden is worried that Netanyahu is trying to drag the USA into a wider Middle Eastern war -- the question is will Biden be able to stop this. thenation.com/article/world/…

Biden's worried Netanyahu is trying to drag him into a big Middle Eastern war with Iran and in maneuvering to avoid that -- but we're still one miscalculation away from catastrophe thenation.com/article/world/…