Sitting safely at my desk, looking at photos of bombed buildings and knowing that missing children are buried under the rubble, imagining (unavoidably) what this must feel like . . . oh my God, empathy gives way to horror. Move on, I...
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01 November 2023
We — by which I mean most of humanity — are still playing with the so-called “just war theory,” the intellectual justification for war dating back to St. Augustine and the early centuries of the Common Era.
You know, violence is...
18 October 2023
“In the midst of our grief and pain, let’s remind each other who we are.” .
These are the words of...
12 October 2023
Humanity’s cancer shows up in Israel and Palestine. Missiles fly, hell makes global headlines, thousands of people die, many of them (oh God, of course) children.
Israeli Defense Minister...
04 October 2023
Something happened on Tuesday, as I began researching this column — I wound up having to give myself a COVID test.
A good friend had just tested positive and, well, we had recently gotten together. I needed to see if I was OK. I...
03 October 2023
A megalomaniac is a pathological egotist, someone with a psychological disorder who exhibits symptoms like delusions of grandeur and an obsession with greatness, power or wealth.
A ...
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