August 21, 2021

A Moment Of Truth for the Biden Administration--Its Very Future is At Stake

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 The blazingly blunt cover of this week's "The Economist" has it right: "BIDEN'S DEBACLE" There is no escaping, ...
August 18, 2021

David Brooks' "Blame the Bobos"

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  DAVID BROOKS’ –  BLAME THE BOBOS This article, which appeared in the September edition of  The Atlantic  recycles the thesis Brooks (and o...
August 4, 2021

A Collection of My Essays and Blogs

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 Friends,  For your information, I have recently published a collection of my favorite blogs and essays. Its title is, not surprisingly, ...
July 20, 2021

Recognizing Special Interests Alongside a Unifying Common Good: Justice and Equal Opportunity

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  The One of the Many:  America’s Struggle for the Common Good  by Martin E. Marty   This book, written by Martin Marty, was published 23 ye...

The Absence of A Proper Sense of Humility and Common Understanding in U.S.-Russian Relations

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  The November-December 2001 issue of Foreign Affairs followed the 9/11 attack on the United States by only a couple of months.  How differe...
May 25, 2021

Is Reconciliation Possible? Ending the Conflict and Carnage in Israel and Palestine. My Hope Endures!

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    Reaping the Rewards of Mutual Respect and Empathy in Pursuit of a Compelling Goal   We read story after story, decade after decade, and,...
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May 10, 2021

A Dramatic Example of the Role of Contingency and the Individual in History

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  I just finished reading one of the most galvanizing and analytically insightful books I can recall recently reading called  Hitler’s 30 Da...