Tagged war

Should We Care About Günter Grass’s Vaguely Anti-Semitic German Poetry?

April 5, 2012

Novelist, Nobel Prize winner and former Waffen-SS member Günter Grass just published a new poem critical of Israel's position on Iran with vague, anti-Semitic overtones. Must we expend energy wondering about this old German's poetry?

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Chabon and Waldman Pit Magicians Against Hitler

Jonathan Poritsky

March 8, 2011

Author Michael Chabon and his wife are working on a new series that deals with magicians trying to take down Hitler.

Nixon and Kissinger

Nixon Nailed Us, Kissinger’s Classical Gas

Jonathan Poritsky

December 14, 2010

New tapes un-shockingly reveal Nixon goofed on Jews in private, Kissinger was more self-hating than any of us.

Top Five Reasons Why Gen. Stan McChrystal Shouldn’t Be Fired

June 22, 2010

Stan McChrystal is a total badass. Suck it up President Obama and take one for the team.