Category: Opinion
The Island and The Virus
by Lou Dubose | Apr 14, 2020 | OpinionOn a Wednesday two weeks ago, I stopped to talk to two tourists sitting in hotel chaise longues. Their flight home to Berlin was canceled. They were two of seven remaining guests occupying three of the Kauai Sheraton’s 391 beachfront rooms. The morning was overcast, the trades blowing a little stronger than usual. And the […]
A Response to “About those Benjamins”
by Joanna Graham | Aug 11, 2019 | Foreign Policy, Opinion, PoliticsMort Rosenblum’s article “About those Benjamins” in our May 2019 issue generated a considerable amount of reader mail containing a variety of prescriptions for peace in the Middle East. The most original and certainly the most provocative of these, from Joanna Graham in Berkeley, California, is presented below. Mort Rosenblum’s article “About Those Benjamins” contains […]
Containment and Deterrence Should Be Applied to Trump
by Andrew Cohen | May 10, 2019 | Opinion, PoliticsEverything old is new again so let’s talk a little about Russia, American history, and how best to respond to the damage Donald Trump is doing to the presidency, the government, and the nation’s constitutional principles. It’s time for congressional Democrats to implement the familiar policies of “containment” and “deterrence” toward President Donald Trump and […]
How Much Responsibility Should We Assign to Trump for the Rise of anti-Semitism and Hate Crimes?
by Richard Cherwitz | Mar 25, 2019 | Opinion, PoliticsLast week, 59 gravesites at the Hebrew Cemetery in Fall River, Massachusetts were desecrated with anti-Semitic symbols and inscriptions that included swastikas, “Heil Hitler” and “this is MAGA country.” This harrowing incident was only the most recent example of numerous acts of hatred committed in this country over the past two years. In the wake […]