How the Unfit Came to Rule the World

Once upon a time only the fittest survived. And once upon a time fittest equated to strongest. Since the beginning of time more or less, only the strong, violent, and fearless, who did not recoil at the sight of blood, torn flesh and shattered bone – who may positively have thrived at the sight of …

Need a Car? Israeli Historian Benny Morris Says You Can Steal It

According to Benny Morris, who at one time described himself as one of the “New Historians” that had arisen in Israel in the 1980s, one’s perceived needs are justifications for the injustices one might commit trying to fulfil them. Speaking in a 2005 interview with Haaretz, Morris presents his justification for the establishment – some …