Semites

Amongst the highly prolific author HG Wells’ many publications is a less well-known book titled A Short History of the World. Given the potential immensity of such a subject, the fact that Wells produced a book of very modest length (my copy is a mere 350 pages or so) no doubt would encourage some to dismiss it as trite and superficial. Obviously it’s superficial, but it might be reasonable to say the same of something twenty or fifty times longer – depending on how well it’s written.

Note du traducteur: ce billet est le suivant d’une série d’extraits tirés du livre compilé par Kevin Barrett intitulé « We Are NOT Charlie Hebdo! » que nous publions ici, un peu en avance de sa parution en langue française (il sera disponible à l’achat sur Internet et dans des librairies encore à définir), qui semblent particulièrement appropriés à l’atmosphère ambiante en France depuis plusieurs années et particulièrem

Joseph in Egypt: A Myth
 
I confess: I don’t believe in the biblical story of Joseph. Quite aside from the fanciful notion that Joseph built the pyramids for grain storage (as alleged by Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson), I don’t believe in the Bible character himself–any more than I believe in Prometheus, Rama, or the Yellow Emperor of Chinese mythology.