May 13, 2021The Folly of WokenessThe Folly of Social Media The issue with activism, particularly of the super woke variety, is that many people excrete manufactured outrage and peddle fiction — even if unknowingly, or with good intentions. Those who shout the loudest get the most attention. Followers yell from the rooftops, cogs in an…Israel4 min read
Nov 3, 2020DemocracyTomorrow — the day after the election — will be an immensely important day in history. Democracy isn’t self-executing. It works, only if people make it work. To some extent it’s an honor system. It relies on those in power to implement it. …Democracy2 min read
Aug 15, 2020Useful IdiotMy two-cents on Trump and the political discourse in the United States When Donald Trump campaigned in 2016, he said: What do we have to lose? Well, it turns out, quite a lot. Trump promised winning — but I’m not able to discern a lot of it. He’s relentless in…Kgb10 min read
Jul 16, 2020Bari Weiss’ Resignation from the New York TimesWeiss’ states her coworkers wanted her rooted out of the New York Times if is to be a truly “inclusive” environment — which, of course, is illogical: to cast aside views other than your own — and to discredit those espousing them — in order to make way for tolerance…Bari Weiss1 min read
Jun 3, 2020America is at a CrossroadsMr. Trump’s iron-fisted instinct is one of a cascade of behaviors that bode poorly for American democracy. It is not alarmist to say, if Mr. Trump is reelected, we may see such a perversion of democratic processes and apparatuses as to mirror more the authoritarian regimes of Turkey and Russia…Trump4 min read
May 8, 2020TrumpismNeither Party has a Monopoly on Good Ideas. But crises have a way of laying bare truths that, prior, were clouded from public view. The divergent paths of the United States and South Korea — where the US has been far less successful in mitigating the virus — lays bare…Trump1 min read
May 1, 2020Many Long Minutes on Many Long DaysI have pondered, in isolation, for many long minutes on many long days, what is gone and what remains, what we have lost and what we’ve gained. The scope and nature of isolation, of course, is subjective. I strolled, under the April sun, alone with my phone, and stumbled upon…Cats2 min read
Apr 29, 2020Polo Mallets and the PandemicThis may not be the end of days, but the mood is grim. New Year’s Eve is a perennial disappointment. So much planning, anticipation, jumbled recitals of sentimental songs, awkward kisses. And then, when the party is over, nothing changes. There is a brief but fleeting sense of renewal that…Pandemic4 min read