Go to any liberal college in America and it won’t take you long to find the “Solidarity with Palestine”, “Decolonize” whatever, or more honestly “Let’s beat up Israel with our ignorance” groups. And they are so earnest and angry in their “victim” valor…
Honoring An Era of Enchantment at Iradell
Have you ever longed to revisit a magical place from an earlier time? As a grown-up do you yearn to walk around, smell, touch and re-experience such an area with your adult senses: to reexperience the enchantment this place once offered you? I ached to…
SUPREME COURT DRAFT OPINION TO AXE ROE V WADE SPARKS FIRESTORM (ROUNDUP)
When Politico broke the news that a draft Supreme Court opinion says the court will completely axe Roe v Wade, it sparked a firestorm that is still spreading–and accentuating 21st century America’s already ugly polarization. The bulk of outrage was fro…
Jewish World War II Heroes Finally Rest Under the Star of David
American Cemetery and Memorial, in Margraten, the Netherlands (Photo by author) Reminiscing about a 2015 visit to the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, in Margraten, I wrote, “Walking among the more than 8,000 white marble crosses and Star of…
Elon Musk’s plans for Twitter could make its misinformation problems worse
Elon Musk’s moment of triumph is a moment of uncertainty for the future of one of the world’s leading social media platforms.AP Photo/John Raoux Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, acquired Twitter in a US$4…
Calling Russia’s War in Ukraine ‘Genocide:’ Does it Matter?
By Jonathan S. Tobin When President Joe Biden used the word genocide to describe Russia’s actions in Ukraine, it raised some eyebrows. But it didn’t generate the same kind of pushback some of his other previous unscripted remarks about that conflict, s…
GOOFY KILLS MICKEY
Republicans have learned they can do pretty much whatever they want. No matter how devious and corrupt their actions are, Republicans can do it plain and clear in the open and get away with it. Ron DeSantis has learned from Donald Trump that if you’re …
CNN+ is being axed one month after its launch
R.I.P CNN+. Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting it down April 30, a month after its highly touted launch which included CNN+ getting Chris Wallace from Fox News. Was it a concept that was killed to soon or a concept that should never have gone from conc…
Putin’s Ukraine war is alarming Kremlin insiders
Russian President Vladmir Putin’s war with Ukraine has produced big favorable polling numbers in Russia. But Kremlin insiders are worried about the war and it’s longterm impact on Russia, Bloomberg News reports. And Putin? His mind is made up to contin…