Archives for October 2023

CEOs Demand Harvard Name Students Who Blamed Israel for Hamas Attack

Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 7:04 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Students who blamed Israel Ryna Workman, the NYU Student Bar Association president, penned a statement siding with Hamas — the very terrorists who mounted that devastating attack against Israel last week. She condemned Israel’s “violence of apartheid” against Palestinians and declared her “unwavering and absolute solidarity” with them. Winston & Strawn, where Workman worked as a summer associate, immediately rescinded… Read more.

Supporting Ukraine, Israel, and (the People of) Palestine? Yes We Can

Friday, October 13, 2023 at 10:15 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Ukraine, Israel, and Palestine There is no contradiction or conflict in supporting Ukraine, Israel, and the people of Palestine at the same time. Just yesterday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin used an American idiom to make this point, declaring, “We can walk and chew gum at the same time.” Except that even Austin was only referring to… Read more.

Israel Is Planning a ‘Complete Siege’ of Gaza

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 6:47 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

This afternoon, Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu announced that Israel is amassing forces to invade and raze Gaza. He warned that the decimation Israel intends to execute will echo for generations. Sieging Gaza Netanyahu’s quest for vengeance is understandable. But it behooves all of us who stand with Israel to maintain a little perspective, especially in this, Israel’s darkest hour.… Read more.

Hamas Attacks Israel: Avenging Yom Kippur, Apartheid State?

Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 11:53 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Hamas attacks Israel Hamas launched a surprise attack against Israel this morning, firing thousands of missiles. Even Israeli pundits are drawing parallels to the surprise attack led by Egypt and Syria 50 years ago today. That attack became the famous Yom Kippur War. Israel won back then, and no one doubts it will win this ‘Yom Kippur… Read more.

Pamela Anderson Going Makeup-Free Shows ‘Courage’?

Friday, October 6, 2023 at 1:45 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Why is makeup-free Pamela Anderson a revolutionary? The models strutting skeletal bodies draped in haute couture usually make news at fashion shows. They parade the vanity and artificiality the fashion industry propagates with the zeal of a religious cult. That’s why it takes a vision to behold for anyone merely watching these shows to upstage the models on the catwalk. Yet, that is… Read more.

Republicans Oust McCarthy as Speaker: Republican Autocracy Trumps American Democracy

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 2:28 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

GOP ousts McCarthy as speaker Kevin McCarthy struck a notorious Faustian bargain with MAGA Republicans to become House speaker. It required him to give them the power to gun him down. And that could happen on a whim. Yet McCarthy was all too willing to pay that price. Everyone knew it was only a matter of time before a… Read more.

Republicans Banning Books: Democrats Can Turn the Page

Monday, October 2, 2023 at 8:22 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Republicans banning books The Nazis burned books. But the Republicans are more civilized; they’re just banning them. Republicans claim they’re preventing the kind of fascistic indoctrination the Nazis practiced. They insist they’re only helping parents protect their kids. On Morning Edition last month, NPR featured the crusade that one parent, Katie Gates, launched to ban Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, And You. Her daughter’s teacher assigned this book for… Read more.

Trump and Biden: Dupes about Nukes

Sunday, October 1, 2023 at 8:58 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

North Korea used love letters to dupe Trump into thinking it was going to get rid of its nukes. Iran used hostages to dupe Biden into thinking it was not going to develop nukes. But North Korea was playing Trump to become an even greater nuclear power. And Iran was playing Biden to continue its… Read more.