From The State, Charleston South Carolina POLITICS & GOVERNMENT As Trump visits Carolina-Clemson game, billboards taunting him await. Here’s what they say BY ANNA WILDER UPDATED NOVEMBER 25, 2023 One of eight electronic billboards broadcasting an anti-Trump message Saturday Nov. 25 as Trump makes his way into Columbia for the USC-Clemson game. PAUL OSMUNDSON … Continue reading Carolina Headache for Number 45
The frog, the scorpion and Hamas Gwynne Dyer – Nov 16, 2023 Stop me if you’ve heard this story before. Or rather, don’t, because it’s relevant to the current situation, and we have to bring the people who don’t know the story up to speed first. It’s about a frog, doing whatever it is that … Continue reading A Twofer from Gwynne Dyer: Bibi & Hamas – “Objective Allies”? And Argentina’s Vicious Circle Election
[NOTE: I agree with just about all that Nick Kristof says here. But his roster of myths is incomplete. He overlooks a fourth “myth” that gets in the way of his humane insight and hope like the piles of rubble that mark this war on every front. More on that below.] New York Times: What … Continue reading More Melancholy Wisdom on Israeli-Hamas War Myths
Friends, Kudos this week to the Christian Century (CC) magazine, for its statement on the Hamas/Israeli war. They were not quick to run to the pundit barricades; when Hamas attacked, despite their shock, they grabbed their knees and kept them from jerking. They thought and struggled about it; their struggle likely continues. And their considered … Continue reading On Israel/Hamas: Many Conflicting “Truths”, Or Convictions
Israel-Gaza: A Question of Numbers Gwynne Dyer Being the Heritage Minister is not the summit of achievement in Israeli politics, but it is a cabinet position, and Amihai Eliyahu, the current occupant, really should watch what he says. When Radio Kol Berama asked him whether an atomic bomb should be dropped on Gaza, he should … Continue reading The Mounting Math of Massacres