Mark Greenberg

Life-long Progressive Who Got Woke

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Jan 18, 2020, 9:31 PM

Wild Week in Washington

The last week has been an absolute whirlwind in America. The Democratic Congress has passed their Articles of Impeachment and sent them to the Senate. The Democratic leadership is insisting that new documents and witnesses should be presented at the...

Jan 11, 2020, 10:28 PM

The Leviathan Effect

The US and Israel often find themselves on oddly similar trajectories. Both countries enjoy a healthy economy, a fractious political system, leaders facing legal challenges, a polarized electorate, and dominant security positions in their respective parts of the world. There...

Jan 8, 2020, 1:38 AM

The Story Behind The Story

Happy New Year, Everyone. It is difficult to determine an appropriate subject for this first post of 2020. The obvious choice would be to opine on the demise of "the second most powerful person in Iran". But devoting an entire...

Nov 8, 2019, 10:42 AM

The Fit Hits the Shan

So, Israel can't cobble together a coalition government. Too many factions. Too many parties. What a mess. Here in America, as you all know, we only have two parties. We used to have a lot of factions, too, but they...

Oct 25, 2019, 11:33 AM

Democrat Suicide Bombers

About one month ago, I wrote a post entitled "Hollywood Impeaches Trump". Understand (as I do) that I am not read widely, but somehow a number of my Bicoastal friends uncovered this post and tarred me uniformly, not just for...

Oct 10, 2019, 12:07 AM

Trump Looks in the Mirror and Sees Obama

Sad, sad news to report this Yom Kippur. I am not, by nature, an interventionist. As a former "street marching man" (as The Rolling Stones once said) during the Vietnam War, I do not advocate placing the young men and...

Sep 29, 2019, 11:58 PM

Hollywood Impeaches Trump

Impeachment of Donald Trump - at least in the House of Representatives - seems inevitable now. Having failed for nearly three years to gain purchase with their "Russian Collusion" allegation, for having forced Robert Mueller to testify before Congress like...

Sep 6, 2019, 5:25 PM

The Most Dangerous Man in America

Frankly, there has been so much to write about lately that I have been overwhelmed by recent events, trying to isolate and freeze an issue that encapsulates and captures some of the broader themes running through the country. In terms...

Jul 6, 2019, 10:12 AM

Trouble on the North Shore

Former US president Barack Obama, July 22, 2013. (AP/Cliff Owen)

I am upset that I have not boasted a blog in some time. I am committed to posting with greater frequency, given the lunacy that is beginning to build with the 2020 presidential election, the political turmoil that is always...

Apr 5, 2019, 12:15 PM

Opportunity Knocks

There are no longer any words to describe the dreadfully sad prospects for peace for Israel. It is especially lamentable in this Passover season. Two desperate markers this week make that abundantly clear, as if that hasn't always been the...

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About Me

Professionally, Mark Greenberg comes out of the world of New York Media. He was a member of the management team that started MTV. He turned down a job at ESPN to move to Austin to raise his family of four boys in a more rational atmosphere. He was also a member of the bicoastal media elite that he critiques on a regular basis.