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AOC
AOC’s rely to the question: “What do you say to a young progressive or an Arab-American who says to you, ‘I just can’t vote for Biden again after what he’s enabled in Gaza.’? AOC is in my view one of…
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The Times They are a-changin
A few days ago the New York Times, which has been a longstanding supporter and defender of the Israeli state, editorialized: “The U.S. commitment to Israel — including $3.8 billion a year in military aid, the largest outlay of American…
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Reply to a high classmate
My reply to a high school classmate who complained about Trump haters: I’m sure much of what you say in defense of Trump was said by Hitler admirers in defense of Hitler in Germany in 1932. Only later did many…
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Turn the page
It is hard to figure what the political calculus is for Biden’s resistance to curb arm’s shipments to Israel and insist on a permanent ceasefire. The November elections? U.S. international standing? A desire to turn the White House’s attention to…
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Carry it on
Martin Luther King died too young. Yet his short life was full of meaning, relevance, and inspiration. Though more than a half century has passed since his assassination, he remains the foremost public figure of the 20th and the first…