July 27, 2023

The Israeli and Palestinian Conflict--Looking Back Fourteen Years

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Yesterday, the Israeli Parliament (KNESSET) passed a major piece of legislation which will limit the Supreme Court of Israel from overruling...
July 22, 2023

A Chilling and Dangerous Assault on Truth

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Read this and you will hear echoes from 200 years ago of slave owners' absurd justifications for slavery in the history to be taught tod...
July 18, 2023

Wars of Choice; Wars of Necessity--"Looking for the Good War"

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  LOOKING FOR THE GOOD WAR:    AMERICAN AMNESIA AND THE VIOLENT PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS  BY ELIZABETH D. SAMET   There is a great deal I like i...
July 4, 2023

The Ever Present Threat of Fascism

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 Jason Stanley has written a still very timely book:  How Fascism Works:    The Politics of Us and Them. One reviewer described it this way...
July 2, 2023

My Overriding Concern About the Supreme Court Decision on Race-Conscious Admissions

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To be clear, I am very concerned that the recent Supreme Court decision will make it significantly more difficult to achieve the racial dive...
June 21, 2023

How Experiencing Another Person's Life Can Shed Light on Your Own Life

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    I have written before about “why I love to read.”  Among the many reasons, one is  the light that learning about another person's li...
June 20, 2023

Meeting the Challenge of the Rise of AI

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  Adrienne LaFrance, Executive E ditor of "The Atlantic", has written an eloquent and important essay, titled,   “In Defense of Hu...