The Next Four Years: Agon or Agony?
The way I see it, we are poised before the alternatives of agon and agony. Whatever the etymological connection between the terms, they can be construed in direct opposition. Agon is the ancient...
View ArticleSome Views From Jerusalem
This past Friday evening, as I finished mopping the floors and removed the food I had prepared for our guests from the oven, I heard the siren that announces the approach of the Sabbath in Jerusalem...
View ArticleRight Wing Israeli Government Moves to End Jewish State
Bibi Netanyahu's response to the UN vote is nothing less than the manufacturing of an unmistakable Pyrrhic victory: Israel plans to build some 3,000 new housing units in East Jerusalem and West Bank...
View ArticleAnti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism
One of the most debilitating and divisive aspects of the discourse surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the way constituencies engage the question of how anti-Zionism relates to...
View ArticleClimate Science is NOT Apocalypticism
I've never really considered myself an environmentalist. I don't live a particularly "green" life, though I recycle, don't litter, and don't leave lights on or other electronic devices running. But I...
View ArticleHASBARA!!!
I'd like to clarify something about this term. Hasbara (הסברה, which really should be appropriately transliterated as hasbarah) is a common Hebrew word that translates as 'explanation'. In the...
View ArticleMinority President Trump
We are all looking for ways to resist the normalization of President Trump and, more importantly, the hateful trumpism he has unleashed in civil society and which threatens the fabric of the republic....
View ArticleThe Next Four Years: Agon or Agony?
The way I see it, we are poised before the alternatives of agon and agony. Whatever the etymological connection between the terms, they can be construed in direct opposition. Agon is the ancient...
View ArticleSome Views From Jerusalem
This past Friday evening, as I finished mopping the floors and removed the food I had prepared for our guests from the oven, I heard the siren that announces the approach of the Sabbath in Jerusalem...
View ArticleRight Wing Israeli Government Moves to End Jewish State
Bibi Netanyahu's response to the UN vote is nothing less than the manufacturing of an unmistakable Pyrrhic victory:Israel plans to build some 3,000 new housing units in East Jerusalem and West Bank...
View ArticleAnti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism
One of the most debilitating and divisive aspects of the discourse surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the way constituencies engage the question of how anti-Zionism relates to...
View ArticleClimate Science is NOT Apocalypticism
I've never really considered myself an environmentalist. I don't live a particularly "green" life, though I recycle, don't litter, and don't leave lights on or other electronic devices running. But I...
View ArticleHASBARA!!!
I'd like to clarify something about this term. Hasbara (הסברה, which really should be appropriately transliterated as hasbarah) is a common Hebrew word that translates as 'explanation'. In the...
View ArticleMinority President Trump
We are all looking for ways to resist the normalization of President Trump and, more importantly, the hateful trumpism he has unleashed in civil society and which threatens the fabric of the republic....
View ArticleBiden and Trumka's Excellent Labor Day Op-Ed
Progressives everywhere must broadcast/share/amplify this so that it becomes a pledge we can use to hold a Biden-Harris administration accountable on labor issues. They open with a quote from MLK,...
View ArticleA Better Response on Court Expansion Isn't Difficult
I’m not a campaign professional. No one has ever paid me to write a speech for them. So, I’m baffled at the callowness and lack of precision in how Biden and Harris are responding to court expansion....
View ArticleThe Next Four Years: Agon or Agony?
The way I see it, we are poised before the alternatives of agon and agony. Whatever the etymological connection between the terms, they can be construed in direct opposition. Agon is the ancient...
View ArticleSome Views From Jerusalem
This past Friday evening, as I finished mopping the floors and removed the food I had prepared for our guests from the oven, I heard the siren that announces the approach of the Sabbath in Jerusalem...
View ArticleRight Wing Israeli Government Moves to End Jewish State
Bibi Netanyahu's response to the UN vote is nothing less than the manufacturing of an unmistakable Pyrrhic victory: Israel plans to build some 3,000 new housing units in East Jerusalem and West Bank...
View ArticleAnti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism
One of the most debilitating and divisive aspects of the discourse surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the way constituencies engage the question of how anti-Zionism relates to...
View Article