Take a Knee: Boycott Robert Kraft’s New England Patriots

12.22.2019 ________________________________________ Penalties are coming. The Patriots deserve them. Last week, Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, joined Continue reading →

Whose First Amendment? Who’s Harassing Whom?

12.15.2019 ________________________________________ This week, at a White House Chanukah reception, President Donald Trump signed an executive order presumably targeting anti-Semitic Continue reading →

It Never Ends: Racism. Anti-Semitism. Xenophobia.

11.24.2019 ________________________________________ “The unfortunate truth is that Russia was the foreign power that systematically attacked our democratic institutions in 2016. Continue reading →

Ilhan Omar: It’s An American Story

02.17.2019 ________________________________________ Ilhan Omar is an African-American Muslim who, as a Somali refugee, arrived in America in 1995 and became Continue reading →

The Fruit Of the Righteous Is A Tree Of Life

11.04.2018 ________________________________________ On July 2, 2016, Donald Trump tweeted a picture of Hillary Clinton as the “Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!” 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 →

President Trump’s Republic of Fear and Loathing

03.05.2017 ________________________________________ In October, 2016, three men, members of a paramilitary group crazed by Islamophobic paranoia, were arrested and charged with plotting to Continue reading →

Rio 2016 – Delusions of Sportsmanship

08.21.2016 ________________________________________ In the year of my daughter’s birth, I spent a lot of TV time watching the Los Angeles Continue reading →