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Posted by on Dec 22, 2025 in Blog | 0 comments

America’s Broken Stopwatch: Time Has Run Out on “60 Minutes”

 

 

AMERICA’S BROKEN STOPWATCH: “60 MINUTES'” TIME IS UP

Dating back as long as I can remember, every Sunday night of my adult life was spent in front of the television watching CBS’ much-acclaimed 60 Minutes. The weekly trifecta of news features was an important part of our lives. Sunday nights spent with Mike Wallace, Dan Rather, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, and the rest of the journalists dropped the demarcation of a national drawbridge: One week ended and another began. This was especially true before the internet started scrambling our brains and when fewer options existed to stay informed about current events. 60 Minutes was THE SHOW, one reason a news hour was near top of the TV rankings for five decades.

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Posted by on Oct 13, 2025 in Blog | 1 comment

The Temporary Illusion of Peace

 

 

MY QUICK TAKE ON THE ILLUSION OF PEACE IN GAZA

Almost everybody wants peace, that’s is, aside from innumerable extremists scattered throughout the Middle East–which includes both Palestinians and Israelis. They aren’t going away anytime soon. Don’t be fooled by innocent people who mean well dancing in the streets, because there are quite a few you don’t see on the news hiding out and plotting the next chapter…. and it’s not going to be pretty for anyone.

Read: As the ceasefire begins, a look at the Gaza war by the numbers

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Posted by on Sep 11, 2025 in Blog | 3 comments

Thoughts on the Shooting

 

 

Aside from the moral and ethical questions on politically-targeted violence, in the most self-serving Machiavellian sense, the real lunacy with violent acts –including assassinations of public figures– is that they often produce the unintended consequence of elevating the profile of the victim. Violent acts usually backfire in terms of generating sympathy and popular support. If you’ve never heard of the victim before, well you’ve heard of him now. Who knows how many future book deals that’s worth or how many speaking engagements he’s going to enjoy, assuming he’s able to survive the ordeal.

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Posted by on Aug 27, 2025 in Blog | 0 comments

Orphans Now, Terrorists Later? Questions for Supporters of Israel

 

QUESTIONS FOR SUPPORTERS OF ISRAEL

ORPHANS NOW, TERRORISTS LATER?

I’ve purposely avoided writing about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Not because this terrible tragedy isn’t important and doesn’t demand our attention. It’s mostly because the discord is so complex and combustible that debate and discussion becomes pointless. Given the intense depth of conviction on all sides of the conflict, I’m not sure there is a resolution. That said, I hope to come up with something thoughtful here that might achieve a consensus of opinion–even among those who disagree. At least, I’m willing to try and see how this goes.

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Posted by on Aug 25, 2025 in Blog | 0 comments

Why Do Foreign Leaders Subject Themselves to the Trump Media Circus?

 

 

WHY DO FOREIGN LEADERS SUBJECT THEMSELVES TO THE TRUMP MEDIA CIRCUS?

I don’t get it.

Each and every time Trump welcomes another foreign leader into the White House, it’s accompanied by a lengthy (and very often lively) press gathering, which consists of questions and answers. But in reality, it’s almost all Trump rambling. THE ENTIRE TIME. Recently, someone timed these circus sideshows. The calculation was that Trump talks *87 percent* of the time. That’s pretty shocking given most of the cabinet and his advisors are also in the room, in addition to the leader of the foreign country. It’s like listening to a chain saw rip through a forest of dead trees.

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