Advertisements Thanks to the news show Democracy NOW! I’ve developed an annual July 4th tradition of listening to James Earl Jones read Frederick Douglass’ brilliant speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Douglass’ speech was an important early example of white people trying to pat themselves onContinue Reading
Now is the time for the refugee issue to be framed in a more realistic light, including a Palestinian national dialogue on what can be negotiated and an Israeli confrontation of the inherent fear and racism involved in their view of the crisis. Continue Reading
Advertisements Let me be clear up front. Hamas is a fundamentalist and repressive group. Their ideology is dangerous and whatever one thinks of their armed resistance, the targeting of civilians is illegal, immoral and reprehensible. But that doesn’t mean that they should be looked at through a simplistic lens. TheyContinue Reading
