Monthly Archives: April 2017

Dear President Abbas, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and Secretary of State Clinton: We are Liel Maghen, an Israeli from Tel Aviv, and Mariam Ashour, a Palestinian from Gaza, two voices from a generation of over 3 million young Israelis and Palestinians. … Continue reading →

A natural disaster like a hurricane rolls in from the ocean and destroys a town, a city, floods a whole region. It used to be called an ‘Act of God’ because no one could prevent it-but nowadays, its called Disaster … Continue reading →

Perhaps its my Irish sensibility, or  my own mood about the way the world is going, or I am becoming a grumpy old man, but does anyone else out there feel something is radically wrong? I would love to know, … Continue reading →

What a weekend to be in Washington DC. A balmy Autumn day,  welcoming Halloween and Elections with a free Comedy Show on the Mall to restore sanity or fear. Perhaps more than anything else, it restored a sense of humor, … Continue reading →

What do they mean, these election results? The GOP took back the House-Clearly, the voters were rejecting outright the Obama agenda. Oh yeah? The Democrats held on to the Senate-Clearly, the voters were repudiating the Tea Party agenda.  What? The … Continue reading →

“Known and Unknown” is the title of the long awaited Donald  Rumsfeld book coming to a book shop near you.  At 815 pages, it seems like no one goes unmentioned, no story  untold. President Bush’s book only went to 512 … Continue reading →

Why does the Washington Post sound so certain about “maybe?” This week, it gave us a  story with the blaring  headline “Terrorist threat may be at new high.” (February 10 2011 A-6)  By the same logic, it may not be … Continue reading →

As we  scan recent headlines, I am sure many of us are getting that feeling that the world is moving way too fast, that we aren’t sure what is happening anymore. Where are we now? How do we fit into … Continue reading →

ECCLESIASTES FOR GAZA 2008 There is a time for old voices and old stories, and There is a time for new voices and new stories. NPR 2010 n13100820-36758 There is a time for the past and all its glories, and … Continue reading →

  It always helps to have a good question. Hamlet’s “to be or not to be”  is a pretty good question. It opens up not only his dilemma but ours too, as to the fundamental why of our existence. The … Continue reading →