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ONLY THE CRAVEN KILL THE MESSENGER

ONLY THE CRAVEN KILL THE MESSENGER

The adage “You can kill the mes­sen­ger, but not the mes­sage”  pur­port­ed­ly traces its roots to some­where in the Mid­dle Ages. Its 21st cen­tu­ry appli­ca­tion is to do the lit­er­al killing bla­tant­ly, and dis­prove the sec­ond half of the admo­ni­tion furtively.Read the rest

FINALLY: A FEW WINS FOR THE MIDDLE GROUND

FINALLY: A FEW WINS FOR THE MIDDLE GROUND

His­to­ry has shown, repeat­ed­ly, that the best the extreme left or right can man­age is a rev­o­lu­tion, which in the end eats itself and accom­plish­es lit­tle of last­ing val­ue. Three events this week prove the point that  extreme views can be  cat­a­lysts for debate, but cast­ing change and progress comes from when the two meet in the middle.Read the rest

CAMERAS AND NOTEBOOKS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

CAMERAS AND NOTEBOOKS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

Pres­i­dent Theodore Roosevelt’s famous advice; “speak soft­ly and car­ry a big stick”, did not pre­clude using the stick if nec­es­sary, a point that seems to escape the Biden admin­is­tra­tion in its efforts to alle­vi­ate the human­i­tar­i­an cri­sis in Gaza. One rea­son, I sub­mit, is the enforced absence of the for­eign Press in Gaza.Read the rest

LOST AND UNFOUND

LOST AND UNFOUND

The only thing more use­less than an oppor­tu­ni­ty not seized is an obvi­ous les­son not learned. The Biden administration’s “plan” to deliv­er aid to Gaza with­out putting boots on the ground has man­aged both at the same time.Read the rest

A CONFUSING UNFOLDING

A CONFUSING UNFOLDING

 

A poem from which many of my gen­er­a­tion drew per­ceived wis­dom includes the line: “And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the uni­verse is unfold­ing as it should.”.To my deep cha­grin, I find it is not clear, and I sin­cere­ly hope there’s a course cor­rec­tion in the unfold­ing bit, start­ing with the way we’re being kept up to date with the process.Read the rest

A BOMBED-OUT BANTUSTAN. REALLY?

A BOMBED-OUT BANTUSTAN. REALLY?

The “doc­u­ment of prin­ci­ples” Israeli Prime Min­is­ter Binyamin Netanyahu laid out for post-war man­age­ment of Gaza looks more like a back­room amateur’s attempt to clone South Africa’s Ban­tus­tan plan for keep­ing blacks in pover­ty and sub­servience. If that’s the best he can come up with, there are a cou­ple of oth­er apartheid quirks more wor­thy of consideration.Read the rest

DOUBLE STANDARDS, OR IGNORANCE?

DOUBLE STANDARDS, OR IGNORANCE?

By any mea­sure, lev­els of suf­fer­ing, com­pas­sion and depri­va­tion of human rights ought not be based on nation­al­i­ty, eth­nic­i­ty or eco­nom­ic sta­tus. An attack on a small  U.S. mil­i­tary out­post few even knew exist­ed, and four months of bomb­ing and artillery strikes that have been rained on Gaza flaunt that in real­i­ty, the exact oppo­site is the order of the day.Read the rest