Terrorism in Washington, Racial Progress in Georgia

01.10.2021 ________________________________________ I felt very unsafe this week. I didn’t feel unsafe in 2010 when three Chechens attacked Parliament in Continue reading →

A Fourth Estate More Important Far Than They All

12.27.2020 ________________________________________ “Remember,” I was recently cautioned, “it’s a holiday weekend – write less about darkness, more about light.” I’ll Continue reading →

We Are Nations and Tribes So We May Know Each Other

10.27.2019 ________________________________________ In May 2003, one of the planners and cheerleaders for America’s ill-fated invasion of Iraq, Deputy Secretary of Continue reading →

Whose First Amendment Is It?

04.28.2019 ________________________________________ As a fervent supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union, I often struggle with the tension between an Continue reading →

Say It Ain’t So, Maggie!

01.06.2019 ________________________________________ Protest, if you will, Chinese incarceration of more than 1 million Uighurs in “re-education” camps, the destruction of Continue reading →

Embracing BDS’s Non-Violent Struggle Against Occupation

02.18.2018 ________________________________________  In 1947, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), together with the British Friends Service Council, accepted the Nobel Continue reading →

President Trump’s “Best Words” Aren’t Good Enough

08.13.2017 ________________________________________ DATELINE: 08. 11.2017: This weekend will gather, as the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) wrote, perhaps “the largest public gathering Continue reading →

Congress Assails First Amendment, BDS, Palestinians, Justice

07.23.2017 ________________________________________ “An advocate must be free to stimulate his audience with spontaneous and emotional appeals for unity and action Continue reading →