John Rosenthal

John Rosenthal is translations editor and a contributing editor for World Politics Review. He blogs at Transatlantic Intelligencer.

German Neo-Nazis View Islamists as Allies

Friday, October 10th, 2008 - by John Rosenthal

Take a wild guess whom they are allied against ...

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The French Connection to the Palin Smears

Thursday, September 25th, 2008 - by John Rosenthal

What is an PR firm with an eyebrow-raising international affiliation doing producing an anti-Palin video?

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Obama’s New Berlin Venue: Another Bad Choice

Thursday, July 24th, 2008 - by John Rosenthal

Speaking in front of a monument associated with Hitler could have been avoided.

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An ‘Independent’ Al-Dura Commission in France?

Saturday, July 5th, 2008 - by John Rosenthal

Incredibly, the leading French Jewish group is working on a "compromise" that would effectively sweep the Mohammed al-Dura hoax under the rug.

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When it Comes to Al-Dura, Journalists Are Against Free Speech

Friday, June 20th, 2008 - by John Rosenthal

Despite the Al-Dura ruling, reporter Charles Enderlin can still count on his colleagues to stand by his story.

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Racist German Hooligans Pollute European Soccer Championships

Sunday, June 15th, 2008 - by John Rosenthal

German fans reveled in their country's victory over Poland by shouting racist and anti-Semitic slogans reminiscent of the Nazi era.

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The NY Times Hearts Nazi Architecture

Monday, June 2nd, 2008 - by John Rosenthal

NY Times art critic Michael Kimmelmann is mourning the demise of an acknowledged specimen of Hitler's meglomaniac building style — Berlin's Tempelhof airport.

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Bill Clinton’s German Paymasters

Monday, April 14th, 2008 - by John Rosenthal

A media company that profited from a close collaboration with the Nazi regime paid the former president a $15 million advance for his autobiography. Was this payment for services rendered?

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What 60 Minutes Didn’t Tell You About Murat Kurnaz

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 - by John Rosenthal

Murat Kurnaz was portrayed as an unjustly imprisoned man in a recent CBS report — when there is ample evidence linking the former Guantánamo inmate to terrorism.

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Are the Al-Dura Critics Anti-Semites?

Sunday, March 30th, 2008 - by John Rosenthal

Can a non-Jewish editor be found guilty of religious defamation for reprinting an article by an Israel Jew? In French court, the answer is yes.

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