Anti-Zionism doesnt needfacts, our unwavering distrust in govt and other commentary

Hate watch: ‘Anti-Zionism’ Doesn’t Need Facts“What is starting to look like a hate-crimes hoax in Vermont is being used to further increase the ways anti-Zionism seeks to divide the Jewish world against itself and society against the Jews,” fumes Commentary’s Seth Mandel.“In late November 2023 three college students, two of them wearing keffiyehs, were shot in Burlington.” “A Students for Justice in Palestine-affiliated speaker called the shooting ‘a crime of unspeakable racist hatred . . .

a crime borne out of Zionism,’” while “one progressive writer called for Burlington to ‘make the streets unsafe for Zionist lynchers.’” But with the attacker’s arrest, “it became clear that there was no connection to any Jewish or Zionist groups.” Anti-Zionism now “requires no association with the land of Zion,” and “there is really no limit to what you can blame on the Jews.”Politics beat: Our Unwavering Distrust in Gov’t“Some assert that the public’s distrust of government is a recent development,” but Karlyn Bowman counters at The Liberal Patriot: “The trust deficit is decades old.” In “only three periods since the 1970s” has the public’s trust in the government “ticked up,” and it never for long.“Absent a crisis or an economic renaissance,” it’s unlikely “to be restored any time soon,” since “distrust of government is our default response.” Trust collapsed Uncle Sam grew, and “bigness is a problem.

There is a lot more of the government around to criticize.” Plus, “expanding the size and scope of the federal government creates more opportunities for malfeasance and scandal.” Then, too: “The public knows politicians pay attention to polls showing a trust deficit.”Conservative: Growing US Birth-Rate Divide“A recent report from the Institute for Family Studies highlights the very real and growing divide between liberals and conservatives when it comes to having children,” obser...