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Jeffrey Epstein and the Movement of the Planets

From Copernicus to conspiracy theories: how paradigm shifts expose the line between truth-seeking and narrative control. What Jeffrey Epstein, MAGA, and ancient astronomy have in common.

Joshua’s Altar and the Politics of Possession

“It is a fact that all of the land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River was promised to the Jewish people by God in the Bible, and that

The Industrialization of Misinformation: Musk, Grok, and the New Frontier of Narrative Control

In a recent development reported by Sarah Ellison and Amy Gardner in The Washington Post, secretaries of state from five U.S. states are urging Elon Musk to correct false information

Israel-Palestine Population By the Numbers

The relative size of the population of Arabs and Jews in Israel Palestine– as well as the raw numbers of people involved– tends to surprise many people in the West.

George Prochnik’s Stranger in a Strange Land

In my review for the LA Review of Books, I delve into George Prochnik’s intriguing and beautiful book, Stranger in a Strange Land. This work masterfully intertwines Prochnik’s memoir with

The Field of Blood by Nicholas Morton

Nicholas Morton’s new book on the formative years of the Crusader states is a delight on multiple levels. The Field of Blood: The Battle for Aleppo and the Remaking of

The Last Palestinian: The Rise and Reign of Mahmoud Abbas

The publisher of The Last Palestinian touts it as the first book in English to profile Mahmoud Abbas, the man who succeeded Yasser Arafat as leader of the Palestine Liberation

A Tale of Two Jerusalem Days

A couple of years ago I found myself changing my flight to Jerusalem to include a side-trip to Jordan, so that I could meet a friend-of-a-cousin-of-a-friend who had offered to

Making Moderate Islam by Rosemary R. Corbett

Nobody seemed to care that an upscale Islamic community center was being proposed for lower Manhattan until 2010 when Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post christened it “The Ground Zero Mosque”.

The Story of Reason in Islam by Sari Nusseibeh

As a Westerner for whom the intellectual history of Islam is something of a mystery, reading Sari Nusseibeh’s timely and sweeping new book was like swimming on the surface of

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noahkennedy noahkennedy @noahkennedy ·
14 Aug

What do Jeffrey Epstein, 16th-century astronomy & political myths have in common? My new essay in The Humanist connects Ptolemy’s epicycles to the false narratives shaping our headlines.

http://thehumanist.com/commentary/jeffrey-epstein-and-the-movement-of-the-planets

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#HistoryAndMyth #Epicycles #FalseNarratives

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noahkennedy noahkennedy @noahkennedy ·
28 Dec 2024

The 'Ground Zero Mosque' wasn't the controversy you thought it was. Making Moderate Islam by Rosemary Corbett explains how Muslim leaders have been navigating American society for years. #GroundZeroMosque #IslamInAmerica #RosemaryCorbett

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