But I am not talking about the victorious WW2 Allied forces and the cumulative actions up to May 14, 1948 that resulted in the forcible re-establishment of the state of Israel; I speak now of the Romans, in the year 135 CE, when they evicted the Jewish people from their ancestral homeland of Judea and bequeathed the newly designated land of Palestine Syria to the Jew’s even-then-arch enemy, a people known as the Philistines.
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If you want to play the game of politics, here’s step one: Reduce everything to a linear political viewpoint: “right” or “left.” No matter how deep and large and complex that viewpoint is, politicize it, turn it into something that’s either right or wrong. It’s all about winning or losing.
A woman who made a fortune in wrestling will take down education and chokehold funds for public schools. She will put curriculums in a headlock and public education programs will be forced to tap out!
People often invoke examples of great heroes and figures for strength in difficult times. Anne Frank once beautifully remarked, “It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” Likewise, Martin Luther King Jr. declared, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” These words inspire us to persist in the face of adversity.
America, a nation with a history of racism, is home to a staggering number of people living below the poverty level. The discriminatory tactics and policies of this country are more overt and deliberate towards Black people and others of color. However, the incoming government’s Project 2025 will target poor white people harshly as well. This stark reality raises a crucial question: why does the government perpetuate the injustice of poverty’s vicious white lie? It’s time to inspire change, debunk this vicious lie, and expose the immorality of Project 2025.
You Get What You Voted For
I drove to Ohio State University that day to participate in a study on Amantadine Therapy for Cognitive Impairment Related to Post-COVID Condition. The Principal Investigator, Dr. Andrew Schamess, whom I had yet to meet, is highly regarded for his work with underserved populations and his efforts to make healthcare more accessible. His values resonate with me, reminding me of my father, a pediatrician, and my mother, a nurse, who met while treating the poor in Haiti.
What is one thing – just one – you can agree on with someone on the opposite side of the political divide? The late General Colin Powell once told me, “Figure that out and you can get a lot done. And as you win one victory together, you might just discover along the way that there’s something else you agree on.”
Subsequently, other Chinese sources, as well as Xi in his final meeting with President Biden at the APEC summit on November 16, repeated this line of thought: China wants more rather than less cooperation with the US. An article in the People’s Daily the day after Xi’s message by Zhong Sheng (The Bell), an authoritative editorial collective, reinforced it, saying: “Win-win cooperation is the trend of the times and should be the bottom line of China-US relations.”
The words are those of Stephen Miller, speaking last month at the infamous Madison Square Garden rally, but they define Donald Trump. This is the message – the cry from the mountaintop – he brought to the country . . . at least to approximately half of it. It’s the unifying force behind his campaign, both pragmatically and spiritually. It transcends politics and cuts to people’s deepest values and deepest fears.