Israel is not above criticism. Nobody is. And, despite my belief that Israel is doing what it must to defeat Hamas, rational criticism of Israel’s tactics and/or strategy are perfectly OK in my book. Not every disagreement over such things is “antisemitism.” But the truth is that very little of the criticism aimed at Israel […]
A human rights staffer resigned from the State Department last week. It seems that for some people, human rights only go to some, not all. In this case, the problem with a State Department employee is the United States arming Israel. Annelle Sheline resigned in protest after a year as a foreign affairs officer in […]
The moral confusion of our time is therefore not new. Almost 3,000 years ago, the Prophet Isaiah lamented, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” […]
The NY Times Magazine published a lengthy story today titled “How Oct. 7 Drove a Wedge Into the Democratic Party.” That is a fair summary of part of the article but if you keep reading it’s not just about how the wedge was introduced but about what it could mean for the progressive outliers in […]
Senator John Fetterman just keeps surprising those of us who had him pegged as a progressive weirdo. It turns out that on the really important issues of the day, he’s a sane person. During his campaign, he was presented as the progressive alternative to the Republican candidate endorsed by Donald Trump. Pennsylvanians knew Fetterman as […]
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