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Tokyo’s Olympics Have Gone Full Holocaust | Steve Berman

Tokyo’s Olympics Have Gone Full Holocaust | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

The Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to begin Friday with the signature opening ceremony. The ceremony will proceed without its director, Kentaro Kobayashi, who was fired Thursday for joking about the Holocaust. Except the joke was part of a comedy act, and he told it in 1998. This joke is old enough to be served and to drink …

Bad Faith on Masks and Vax? | Steve Berman

Bad Faith on Masks and Vax? | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

We’ve been writing about COVID-19 and vaccinations for days. I know, it gets old, and I’m sick of writing about it. But I felt compelled to deal with one more thing. The media is still huffing “coronavirus outbreak” stories. I suspect it’s because that sells papers when it’s above the fold like the Atlanta Journal Constitution did today. The Boston Globe led their …