Gaza, Genocide, and Antisemitism by Howard Lisnoff Amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza, much of the world is turning a blind eye. As someone opposed to war over a lifetime, the latter is incomprehensible. There are other important issues relating to the Israel/Gaza war. Besides the repression of protest and free speech on US campuses, war is unpredictable. International law and US law have been flaunted for decades in war. The lie of collateral damage,…
Photo credit: Wikimedia, Library of Congress Dumpster Social Work By accident, or through some serendipitous variables in the universe, which, by the way, the James Webb Space Telescope seems to be turning on their head, at least in some ways, I met a man outside of a sneaker store in western Massachusetts. He was an older guy, and I can’t recall much about him besides our brief conversation. He wore a baseball cap, and I…
Photo credit: Wikimedia, Gaza war protest Protest: Civil Disobedience v. Marching in the Streets For anyone either involved in or watching the weekly protests against the policies of Donald Trump, such as are organized by Indivisible, among other similar groups, the results must be self-evident. “Saying hurrah for our side” (“For What It’s Worth”) didn’t change anything over a half century ago, and these marches and rallies certainly don’t make any difference now. Most often,…
Photo Credit: Overlook Mountain Woodstock, NY by Howard Lisnoff In the US, the general consensus is that we are an exceptional people who act only for the right causes. We are a nation among nations and a people among people. A corollary of that premise is that the government and its agencies reflect that moral high ground. The truth, however, is more Machiavellian and often hidden. As my tenth-grade world history teacher said, if she…
Photo credit: Wikimedia, Buffalo on a dry prairie, Unsplash The Last New Leftist I agree with the observation of a relative that there is no political left in the US. There certainly is no economic left. Try to make a dime writing on what’s called the left, and standing on a traffic island with a homeless sign will work better. There are many talking heads on YouTube on the left, but hardly any do much…