OnTheOutsideWake Up PeopleI’m writing today about three unrelated items that come together as commentary on our time.May 20May 20
OnTheOutsideMessage for Evangelical VotersEveryone seems to have written off the evangelicals as a lost cause. We hear from many directions that they regard Trump as chosen by God…Mar 30Mar 30
OnTheOutsideGenocide is the Wrong QuestionIt strikes me that all the discussion of genocide yes or no in Gaza is actually letting Israel off the hook.Mar 29Mar 29
OnTheOutsideSummarizing the Gaza WarAfter all the bloodshed and polemics it’s easy to forget what has actually happened with the Gaza war.Feb 15Feb 15
OnTheOutsideThreats to Israel’s ExistenceThere is one aspect of the Gaza mess that hasn’t drawn enough attention: that there was nothing inevitable about the success of the Hamas…Nov 25, 2023Nov 25, 2023
OnTheOutsideClarifying Some Issues for Climate ChangeIt bothers me how much confusion there still is about what it takes to fight climate change. A recent article in Bloomberg was a case in…Nov 3, 2023Nov 3, 2023
OnTheOutsideRight-Wing Fantasyland meets Chinese EVsThere was a good article in Bloomberg today describing the many aspects of Chinese dominance in EV’s. It’s useful if discouraging reading…Sep 27, 2023Sep 27, 2023
OnTheOutsideTwo Issues to Care About for 2024It seems to me that there are two issues that Democrats have got to get serious about before the election.Sep 24, 2023Sep 24, 2023
OnTheOutsideCivicsThere was a perfectly reasonable article today in Foreign Affairs: “Afghanistan’s Corruption Was Made in America”. Except for the surprise…Aug 13, 2023Aug 13, 2023