Category: History

Get over it

Judaism is not a major player in the history of humankind By Yuval Noah Harari, Jul 31, 2016   Though many Israelis are convinced that the history of the human race revolves around Judaism and the Jewish people, in truth, Judaism has played a relatively minor role in the annals of our species. Unlike such …

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A necessary response

  Democrats mirror Communist Party   Dear editor: One of the speakers at the Republican Convention Monday evening was a popular young Hollywood actor named Antonio Sabato Jr., a very strong supporter of Donald Trump as well as the Republican Party. He moved here in 1985 from Rome, Italy, as a legal immigrant. Antonio is …

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Amateur research

  Dear editor: If Lou Holtz’s assessment is correct that America’s division is between the workers and the nonworkers, our leaders’ first order of business should be to address why government dependency is escalating. Trump was not my first choice either, but if you are a patriotic American citizen, Democratic, Republican or independent, and have …

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I think Trump is the man!

  Dear editor: “How much more will have to happen before we defend our country? When are we going to say enough is enough and join together to defeat radical Islamic terrorism?” asked Gov. Rick Scott (Florida) after the Orlando mass murders! And the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in its Tuesday, June 14, editorial entitled, “Defeat them,” …

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35 documented terrorist training camps

  Dear editor: Stephanie, Dr. Sternberg’s position and mine havenothing to do with “hate” and everything to do with public safety. The last two terrorist attacks in America were committed by Muslims who trained at their local gun ranges. I refuse to train the next jihadist. The Counter Terrorism Unit of the FBI sent a …

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He was despised and we esteemed him not

After the Chilcot report, we’ll hear the New Testament – the gospel according to Saint Tony By Robert Fisk, Friday 3 June 2016 08:25 BST   So, Sir John Chilcot’s report is going to be “four times as long as War and Peace”, is it? My weariness comes not with the cliché, credited to the …

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Ritual shows of deference

On (Not) Loving Henry Kissinger By Richard Falk, 21 May 2016   There is an irony that would be amusing if it was not depressing about news that Donald Trump has been courting the 92-year old foreign policy sorcerer Henry Kissinger. Of course, the irony is that earlier in the presidential campaign Hilary Clinton proudly …

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