Ted Druch, at The Blogs

Aug 11, 2014, 8:10 AM

Statement by foreign ministers of 3 European powers calls on both sides to address humanitarian needs. That was the headline on a recent news item. It was the usual call for a truce. “Hmmm,” I said, to no one in particular...

Jul 27, 2013, 3:13 AM

Can the Palestinians Internalize Losing

The simplest truth about the Israel/Palestine “struggle,” is the one that nobody ever seems to mention in all the acres of news coverage. The Palestinians are regularly described as “victims,” but what they really are, are losers. For 65 years...

Jun 30, 2013, 7:56 PM

Thoughts on Pamela Geller

The British government has refused to allow Pamela Geller into the country, for the ostensible reason that she represents a danger to the public peace. Pamela Geller is the Jewish-American spokeswoman for the anti-Muslim movement. Without going into a long...

About Me

Ted Druch was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has engaged in a number of questionable activities beginning with a year-and-a-half long stint at the Timothy Leary commune in Millbrook, NY in the late 60s; Eschewing academia, which he found boring and stultifying, populated as it was by academics and intellectuals, he began a life as an itinerant handyman and ended up as a world traveler and raconteur; His novel, King David's Harp, is due out as soon as he can find a publisher. A series of detective novels featuring Joe Gold, a Jewish Sam Spade type will be released shortly.