The column went from being about a neighborhood to being all over the map. Now, I can’t attend any event, watch any movie, read any essay, discover any story, hear any conversation, see any news item without thinking, “this might be a column.”
Instead of the arrogance of cynicism, Parton embodied the innocence of humility. We could all use some of that humility.
Maintaining a positive disposition so consistently is difficult to pull off. I know I can’t.
On Monday, the council will vote on a motion to cut ties with Israel.
“Good for America” should enter the American Jewish bloodstream. Just as we make lots of noise fighting antisemitism, let’s make lots of noise fighting for America.
“Her prose disrupted my mind,” I wrote, “confronting me with words I had never seen come together before.”
We may be able to tolerate an irrational mob that goes after anything associated with Israel, but academics whose lives revolve around the search for truth and knowledge?
Anti-Zionism is wrong whether or not it is anti-Semitic. But how do we make that case when the word Zionism has become so toxic?
Why do you think the song has triggered such an uproar among the “Israel rhymes with genocide” crowd? Because it demolishes their case.
The master of this subterfuge is the savvy Mamdani, who makes socialism look as sweet and innocent as a community library.
