Category Archives: Commentary

Commentary Insurrection, sedition, insurgency…studies show, we’re not in danger of losing our democracy, we already have! The headline, and much of the story, for today’s Around the Block is taken directly from The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank, in his December 17 Op-Ed. The headlined quote is from Barbara F. Walter, a political science professor atContinue reading “‘We are closer to civil war than any of us would like to believe.””

Commentary School says, “Christmas Tree yes, Menorah, no.” And judge agrees! The San Francisco Chronicle reported today, “When a woman in Carmel sought to add an inflatable balloon decorated like a menorah to the tree-lighting ceremony at the school her third-grader attended, the school turned her down — and had a basis for its refusal,Continue reading “Putting “Christ back in Christmas” is like the old Burger King jingle: “Have it your way!””

Here are two must reads to help set the record straight. Zinn: “A People’s History of the United States” and Cohen/Murrow: “Rethinking America’s Past” Commentary November is such a busy month, perhaps the busiest of them all. For the November issue of my community’s monthly magazine, The Breezes, I wrote a column about how jam-packed theContinue reading “Don’t know much about history?”

Commentary Remember the last “Red-Flagged” terrorist attack? I do. The Washington Post just published an in-depth article titled, “Red Flags,” with the subhead, “As Trump propelled his supporters to Washington, law enforcement agencies failed to heed mounting warnings about violence on Jan. 6.” The story tracks the events leading up to the January 6 attackContinue reading “The Red Flags of January 6”

Commentary Trump’s mean-spirited statement about another American hero was not completely unexpected. But it did lead me to consider some things. Amidst the obituaries detailing Colin Powell’s unsurpassed career as an American hero and the accolades from both colleagues and adversaries alike, came this one, which unfortunately, was not “fake news:”

Commentary …but I had to share one more thing This is a re-issue of the post “October in NYC was great…but” to fix a glitch in the video playback. I apologize for any inconvenience. I posted an Around the Block yesterday about Covid-19 vaccine passports and how well the verification system seems to be working in NewContinue reading “October in NYC was great…”