by Peter Simon | Apr 28, 2018 | Culture, Politics |
Regarding Israel, I have–like most people, I think–very mixed opinions. After Auschwitz, I think it became very clear to all people of Jewish origin that however civilized the nation you lived in might appear to be, being a minority put you into a...
by Peter Simon | Apr 2, 2018 | Culture, Politics |
One of the difficulties of carrying on any sort of intelligent, as opposed to apocalyptic, discussion of Trump’s policies lies in the fact that the press paint everything he says, does, or is, in only Satanic colors. This is obvious in the latest New York Times...
by Peter Simon | Feb 18, 2018 | Politics |
I find the term “Fake News” off-putting, because so much of what we read nowadays isn’t exactly “fake” so much as it’s merely commentary pretending to be news. Do we really care if Donald Trump once slept with a Playboy Bunny, for...
by Peter Simon | Dec 10, 2017 | Culture, Politics |
Claire Berlinski, a freelance journalist working in Paris, has written a thoughtful and well-written piece in The American Interest called The Warlock Hunt, on the recent cataract of sexual harassment accusations currently roiling the political landscape. The first...
by Peter Simon | May 15, 2017 | Culture, Ephemera, Politics |
Andrew Sullivan soiled himself awhile ago writing a dread harbinger of journalistic things to come in the form of a gargantuan article for New York Magazine. Not that it was a mediocre performance. Rhetorically, it was stellar. The political blogging icon lashed into...
