By Richard A. Widmann ∙ December 1, 1998
Having recently finished reading Nation on Trial, Norman Finkelstein's acclaimed critique of Daniel J. Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners, I was struck by his identification of an important distinction. Finkelstein draws a contrast between what he calls “holocaust scholarship,” which he defines as historical and multicausal, and “Holocaust literature,” which he defines as ahistorical and monocausal….
By David Thomas ∙ December 21, 1998
The world is angry today. Which is to say that the world is afraid, and anger is fear's preferred method of persuasion. I risk speaking of the world in the most anthromorphic way, but I think our fear is contagious, things usually pay attention to the extreme moods of large predators or they don't get…
By Slade ∙ December 1, 1998
Date: Thursday, November 26, 1998 4:51:18 AMDate: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 12:58:14 PMFrom: [email protected]Subj: U-Group: Re: Zundel my hero! Or a nut???In article , [email protected] wrote:> In , on Sun, 22 Nov 1998 09:10:03 +0000,> ASMarques pretending to be Gunilla> Sigurdsdottir wrote:> > >Why is everybody talking about coups and nazis? Could > >anyone tell…
By CODOH ∙ November 16, 1998
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell A professor of history was put on trial for having written a book that calls into question the theory that the Nazis had developed a systematic plan to exterminate the Jews of Europe. Dariusz Ratajczak, 37, argued that he was innocent. He claims that his book…
By Lucas Neece ∙ November 8, 1998
[The Daily Kansan, 8 November 1998] I support The University Daily Kansan's decision to run an advertisement from the Committee for the Open Debate of the Holocaust (CODOH). However, those of us who know the truth about the Holocaust must respond. That is our responsibility as members of a society that places such a high…
By Joel Hayward ∙ November 5, 1998
This post appeared on a BBS on the Web and is quoted here to give a good illustration of what an honest intellectual appraisal of David Irving's talents and methodology reveals. Namely, the same kinds of things are pointed out that he was praised for by top historians for thirty years, before his findings began…
By Bradley R. Smith ∙ October 30, 1998
This is going to be, I hope, an ongoing record of what I am doing with the Campus Project this academic year. I had good intentions with regard to this in past years, as can be seen from the aborted entries I made in 1997 and 1996, but I couldn't find time to keep up…
By Adam Clayton Powell III ∙ October 30, 1998
10.30.98 The two-day-old U.S. copyright law, originally presented as an anti-piracy measure, is imposing unanticipated new restrictions on journalists, broadcasters and librarians. President Clinton signed the new Copyright Act into law Wednesday. It was the culmination of months of hard lobbying by the major Hollywood studios to increase charges for use of copyrighted material online….
By Serge Thion ∙ October 24, 1998
Dr. Münch, 87, “gave” a testimony to Bruno Schirra, an “independent” journalist; it was published in Der Spiegel on Sept. 26, 1998. He has been a SS physician in Auschwitz in 1943 and after. The greatest suspicion should be exercised before accepting this statement, mostly because the son of the old man wrote to the…
By Bradley R. Smith ∙ September 30, 1998
Editor's Note: This is an older version of a page which replaced it. It has been maintained solely for the historical record. It shows the evolution of Smith's thinking in this campus blog from the pre-blog age. This is going to be, I hope, an ongoing record of what I am doing with the Campus…
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