Flagpole Presentation Palisades, NY 10964 Thank you to the organizers of this event and to American Legion John M. Perry Post #1044 in Sparkill for the invitation to speak on this important occasion as we honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of freedom, democracy and opportunity in this country, and around … Continue reading Memorial Day, 2022
Grade Schools and Supermarkets
Who could have imagined that the seemingly heart-warming Americana-like title of this email could, in this particular week especially, evoke such horrific imagery? On Saturday, May 14, in a carefully planned attack, a racist-fueled killer drove 200 miles to randomly execute ten African Americans in a Tops Supermarket in Buffalo, New York. This was followed, … Continue reading Grade Schools and Supermarkets
Reinforcing the Lone Wolves
Yet again, here we are. Events in Buffalo over the weekend are all too familiar: a young white man spouting violence-strewn racial hatred—both in-person and on-line—buys a gun, travels to a distant community where he apparently knows no one and starts shooting, killing ten black people shopping at a local supermarket. While researching his past, … Continue reading Reinforcing the Lone Wolves
Zelensky’s Media Strategy
It was actually apparent from the beginning of Putin’s senseless and immoral war in Ukraine, but the clincher for me was watching video from both Russia and Ukraine on Victory Day—when both countries have historically commemorated defeat of the Nazi war machine in World War II. Like others, I had been inspired by Ukrainian President … Continue reading Zelensky’s Media Strategy
Blame the Woman, Again
The recent leak of Justice Alito’s draft of an upcoming majority Supreme Court decision to strike down Roe v. Wade is a full-throated, unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights and a subsequent 1992 decision — Planned Parenthood v. Casey — that largely maintained the right. The draft reveals many things … Continue reading Blame the Woman, Again