Arnold Garson: Second Thoughts

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A great newspaper faces debilitating cuts; the future of news has turned in a different direction
The Washington Post’s stature as a great newspaper began with editorial writing, and began its decline with editorial writing.
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Kristi Noem: The art of lying
Were you surprised when Kristi Noem described Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man shot 10 times by ICE officers, as having been killed by ICE in…
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Dilbert comic strip and its creator; a sad ending for both and a personal remembrance
Scott Adams’s Dilbert comic strip was a ground-breaking classic that often told the uncomfortable truth about management and its ineptitude in dealing…
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Eva Schloss, prominent Holocaust public speaker and one of the last living connections to Anne Frank, dies at 96
One of the last living connection
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Who doesn't like a story about one of the biggest losers in a particular sport turning its fortunes around?
With apologies to those who are not college basketball fans; back to my usual fare next time.
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Mayor Mamdani may be headed in a dangerous direction -- and Jews could pay the price
Antisemitism in New York is almost as old as the city itself
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The story of a cat that has learned to show affection
Hello, again, from François
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Hanukkah: A holiday that grew out of antisemitism
The tragic slaughter and wounding of several dozen Jews attending a Hanukkah celebration on a beach in Sydney, Australia, this week should have…
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How to screw up health care policy in America; thank you (not) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
If there were a painless, inexpensive way to save thousands of people from fatal liver disease or liver cancer, what would the United States government…
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Giving thanks for an earlier time: When the government let immigrants build new lives in America
My ancestors came to America to save their lives.
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Nuremberg: where the seeds of the Holocaust were planted; also where Germany's leading Nazis were tried
A new movie, Nuremberg, recalls the trials
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Together and safe in Council Bluffs; the story of a Jewish family rescued from war, famine, and death in Russia in 1920
This is the story of the Kutler family of Council Bluffs, Iowa, who fled the vicious wars and relentless poverty that consumed Russia and destroyed all…
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Arnold Garson: Second Thoughts
Arnold Garson: Second Thoughts
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