To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Monday, April 29, 2024

Observercast

With Israel At War, Our House Is Not In Order

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The world took a terrible turn for the worst this week. The terrorist attack that shocked Israel turned a night of dancing and revelry on a kibbutz into murder, blood and civilian hostage-taking. The usual code of war meant nothing in the coordinated air, sea and land assault. Women and children were brutalized as they […]

The Tyranny Of A Far-Right Minority

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Democrats have long been trying to paint the Republican Party as a collection of far-right extremists who put their own agenda ahead of what’s best for everyone else. Extremists aren’t popular in America, which explains Donald Trump’s reaction to the ouster of Kevin McCarthy: “Why is it that Republicans are always fighting among themselves, why […]

Attacks On Democracy Hurt National Security

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Israelis have likened the brutal assault from Gaza to the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. At Dawn We Slept was a title of a book about that intelligence failure. As Israel investigates the complacency that left it open to a bloody invasion, Americans must ask themselves, Are we also sleeping? Americans, like Israelis until a […]

Bribery, Bad. Campaign Donations, Good?

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What amazes me about outbreaks of bribery among high government officials is not just the level of greed involved, but that the take is often so cheesy. For example, there seems to be no end to the ongoing saga of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas peddling his position and prestige to right-wing corporate titans for […]

Replacing McCarthy? Keep Expectations Low

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Having bounced poor Kevin McCarthy out of office – a moment that might have been painful if the former speaker possessed a spine – House Republicans now face the difficult prospect of choosing a replacement. Perhaps we can look forward to another clownish spectacle like the 15 rounds of voting and haggling that produced Speaker […]