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Jun 4, 2026, 11:48 PM

The Clock is Ticking, But Not Well, at 60 Minutes

We’ll begin this column with a hypothetical. You are working for an organization/company where the morale is as low as possible. You and your colleagues don’t agree with any of the policies adopted by management. One day, management announces the appointment...

May 26, 2026, 12:28 AM

The New York Times Defending the Indefensible

In the upper lefthand corner of The New York Times’ front page is the historic, famous and revered motto, “All the News That’s Fit to Print,” that was created by the paper’s publisher, Adolph S. Ochs in 1896. The objective: ...

May 13, 2026, 8:52 PM

Defamation Against Israel by The New York Times –- Again

It is time –- again –-for The New York Times to take out its mea culpa pad. Shortly after the war broke out between Israel and Hamas following Hamas’ October 7 massacre, The Times ran a story, implying that Israel...

May 3, 2026, 9:21 PM

Trump and Political Violence

Let’s be kind and call it a case of convenient political amnesia. I’m referring to the Republican reaction to the shooting at the White House Correspondents dinner April 25. Wasting no time, one by one, they blamed Democrats for “dangerous and...

Apr 28, 2026, 5:28 PM

More and More US Senators Vote to Ban Arms for Israel

Michigan’s US Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, voted to support two resolutions opposing sales of military equipment to Israel. One of the resolutions would ban the sale –- $295 million –- of 1,000-pound bombs, and the other involved the sale...

Apr 21, 2026, 7:31 AM

Israel & the Blood Libel—Genocide

The blood libel against Jews --- that they used the blood of Christian children in Jewish rituals was promulgated in the 12th century. We are in the midst of the emergence of a second blood libel: That Israel committed genocide...

Apr 11, 2026, 12:57 AM

The U.S.-Iran War: What Was Accomplished?

If there ever was a war which should not have happened, it is the U.S.-Iran conflict. Thousands of lives were lost, billions of dollars spent, the economic and political worlds set afire around the globe, and we are just about...

Apr 8, 2026, 3:47 AM

While Exploring Space, We are Destroying the Earth

I have been mesmerized by space travel since its beginning and copies of the famous photo, Earthrise, taken by Astronaut William (Bill) Anders on December 24, 1968, has been hanging on the walls of my office and home since...

Mar 31, 2026, 8:34 PM

What’s Next for ‘No Kings’, Anything?

What now? I asked that question after the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. on January 21, 2017, the day after Donald Trump’s first inauguration as president. I asked it again on June 17, 2025 after the first “No Kings” demonstration. I posed...

Mar 23, 2026, 12:45 AM

Showing Trump Some Empathy

My Dearest Mr. President, It is with a heavy heart that I write to you asking for forgiveness for all the cold-hearted columns I have written about you in the last 11 years. I am truly, truly sorry…. I am confident that...

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Former political reporter, Detroit News; have been writing political commentary for decades; taught journalism as an adjunct at Detroit's Wayne State University for 45 years; author of 12 books (two fiction).